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Tendai
Mar 16, 2007

"When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber."

Grimey Drawer
Out in the bay by my hometown in southcentral Alaska, there is a huge rock imaginatively known as "Gull Rock" because it is covered in a cloud of screaming, making GBS threads, breeding seabirds including puffins and it's a combination of "wow what horrible cloud of shrieking making GBS threads parenthood" and "holy poo poo that's a lot of birds how cool."

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Winklebottom
Dec 19, 2007

a celebration of hummingbird nests





Ariong
Jun 25, 2012



They look so proud.

Wanted By Weed
Aug 14, 2005

Toilet Rascal
I held a hummingbird once. It was like holding an insect covered in feathers, constantly buzzing from its lightning-fast heartbeat.

Absurd Alhazred
Mar 27, 2010

by Athanatos
https://twitter.com/BirdCentralPark/status/1071974795997270016

Tendai
Mar 16, 2007

"When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber."

Grimey Drawer
This little guy looks so comfortable :3:

snergle
Aug 3, 2013

A kind little mouse!
i googled to see how they build those nests. Thats spider silk wound around their nest :metal:

quote:

Like a crown jewel, the nest of a hummingbird is one of the great wonders in all of nature. They are so tiny, yet so perfect. Few of us have ever seen a hummingbird nest. This is because they are nearly impossible to find. From the ground, they look like another bump on a branch. From above, an umbrella of leaves conceals them. And from the side, they look like a tiny knot, quilted with lichens, plant down and fibers. Though each of the 17 hummingbird species that breed in North America builds slightly different nests in various habitats, they have much in common.
Hummingbird Nest Facts

This photo shows the size of a hummingbird nest compared to a quarter.

Basic Hummingbird Nest Facts

Females build their nests 10 to 90 feet high, generally in trees or shrubs (with a few exceptions).

Hummingbirds build velvety, compact cups with spongy floors and elastic sides that stretch as the young grow. They weave together twigs, plant fibers, and bits of leaves, and use spider silk as threads to bind their nests together and anchor them to the foundation.

http://www.birdsandblooms.com/birding/attracting-hummingbirds/hummingbird-nest-facts/

Winklebottom
Dec 19, 2007



a spooky ivory gull

ChickenOfTomorrow
Nov 11, 2012

god damn it, you've got to be kind

https://twitter.com/BirdPerHour/status/1072371065760956416

Randaconda
Jul 3, 2014

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
https://i.imgur.com/4lK1Wwd.gifv

Heath
Apr 30, 2008

🍂🎃🏞️💦
Aww the random albino one

Cythereal
Nov 8, 2009

I love the potoo,
and the potoo loves you.

Heath posted:

Aww the random albino one

I don't think that's an albino, after pausing it. Beak and head shapes are wrong. My guess is it's a different species, maybe a cockatiel that got lost.

Randaconda
Jul 3, 2014

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

Cythereal posted:

I don't think that's an albino, after pausing it. Beak and head shapes are wrong. My guess is it's a different species, maybe a cockatiel that got lost.

lol what happened to your avatar

CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK
Sep 11, 2001



https://i.imgur.com/TUAir8i.mp4

Cythereal
Nov 8, 2009

I love the potoo,
and the potoo loves you.

Randaconda posted:

lol what happened to your avatar

FF14 goons.

Forsythia
Jan 28, 2007

You want bad advice?

Anything is okay if you don't get caught!

... I hope this helps!



Cockatoos are weird

Heath
Apr 30, 2008

🍂🎃🏞️💦

I'm getting sympathetic ASMR tingles from this

Bert Roberge
Nov 28, 2003

Absurd Alhazred
Mar 27, 2010

by Athanatos
Poor babies! :(

https://twitter.com/Gothamist/status/1073217391012798464

RoboRodent
Sep 19, 2012

There's a small office building less than a block from my apartment building with pink stucco and teal tile accents. It's... a peculiarly dated bit of construction. I walked by it today and there were tiles falling from the sky onto the sidewalk. I looked up and saw a woodpecker (I want to say a northern flicker, but the light was not forgiving and I saw it mostly in silhouette), cheerily prying tiles off the side of the building.

An architectural critic or just hoping for bugs under tiles? Either way, it did not appreciate me looking at it and it hopped up onto the top of the building, out of sight.

Bert Roberge
Nov 28, 2003

Carthag Tuek
Oct 15, 2005

Tider skal komme,
tider skal henrulle,
slægt skal følge slægters gang




*hiss* what is thiss fakeryy~

Bert Roberge
Nov 28, 2003

Krankenstyle posted:

*hiss* what is thiss fakeryy~

It's a spoonbill.

Heath
Apr 30, 2008

🍂🎃🏞️💦

2/2 Artifact Creature with Flying

Weatherman
Jul 30, 2003

WARBLEKLONK

:swoon: Where can I get one of these?

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

BREADS

Weatherman posted:

:swoon: Where can I get one of these?

Well I found who made them but you’re not going to like it.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/AirtightArtwork

quote:

ALL BIRDS HAVE SOLD. Thank you so much for the incredible support! See you next year!
More specimens: More birds

Bert Roberge
Nov 28, 2003

That guy rocks.

Ariong
Jun 25, 2012



Tweet the rhythm on your own
Beep the rhythm all alone
Spoonbirb

Tendai
Mar 16, 2007

"When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber."

Grimey Drawer
BIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRBS

https://i.imgur.com/8piR6FD.gifv

Bored
Jul 26, 2007

Dude, ix-nay on the oice-vay.

Birb is stoked to come hump a photographer's head.

(I think it is this birb)
https://youtu.be/xNAkdHKx9SM
Just an old-fashioned birb humpin' a man's head.

Bored has a new favorite as of 09:46 on Dec 15, 2018

Tendai
Mar 16, 2007

"When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber."

Grimey Drawer
well who can resist a handsome bird

ynohtna
Feb 16, 2007

backwoods compatible
Illegal Hen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4dYWhkSbTU

Bert Roberge
Nov 28, 2003

https://twitter.com/BirdBronx/status/1074078319455412226

Torquemadras
Jun 3, 2013

Hello thread

If I remember correctly, not too long ago, I promised to draw tits.
Here you go




I kinda like it better without background, actually...


Megabound
Oct 20, 2012

Great tits.

Absurd Alhazred
Mar 27, 2010

by Athanatos

Torquemadras posted:

Hello thread

If I remember correctly, not too long ago, I promised to draw tits.
Here you go




I kinda like it better without background, actually...




OMG! :kimchi:

Chaosfeather
Nov 4, 2008

Sorry for potato quality. Ticked off a redtailed hawk who was trying to hunt dinner next to the highway by driving by. Happened to get a couple lucky shots.



Toys For Ass Bum
Feb 1, 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwdEXbJ56X0

HOLY poo poo, A DUCK!

Randaconda
Jul 3, 2014

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
https://i.imgur.com/gmT8xbQ.mp4

https://i.imgur.com/8P9wAtv.mp4

https://i.imgur.com/J1UxvkA.mp4

https://i.imgur.com/qPO29gE.mp4

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lookslikerain
Jan 10, 2014

If you find yourself in a social situation, make threats.

I saw a bird of prey in my courtyard and posted about it. One of my neighbours sent me this.



Think it's a female sparrowhawk.

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