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Phy posted:*a distant howl, as of a man trumpeting his vindication from the inside of a wine barrel in the marketplace*
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Inceltown posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgXVljKfCwI I saw one walking around in the fog on my way to work one day and was like,” what the gently caress is that?!” I live in Austin.
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Bored posted:I saw one walking around in the fog on my way to work one day and was like,” what the gently caress is that?!” I live in Austin. 
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Oh my goodness  Need some bird(b) watching direction - I've got a bird in my yard with coloration same to a common grackle (which I also have a ton of) but smaller and with black eyes. The beak shape and head coloration is not consistent with a brown headed cowbird (...which I also have) and it doesn't have speckles like I'd expect from a starling (regionally these are here but I've not seen one in my yard). For reference:  Two of my grackles.  One of my brown-headed cowbirds.  One of my ~*MYSTERY BIRB*~ Help?
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Nessus posted:Y'all got any good kakapo photos around? Obviously they're extremely rare and limited to a couple of NZ islands, but I want to surprise a friend who's a fan. She's already seen the Attenborough stuff. Kakapo Recover on facebook is a great follow for this! https://www.facebook.com/KakapoRecovery/
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13Pandora13 posted:Oh my goodness As someone who has her job handling brown-headed cowbirds regularly, I'm going to say negatory on BHCB, especially on beak shape. Here's a male from my job  The beak you are showing is curved and longer, instead of being triangular with a kind of wedge-shape to the bottom jaw.  And a female  I see iridescence on your mystery bird, which could be very telling. Have you tried using the Merlin app? It's free and will tell you about birds in your area this time of year. Definitely not a European starling. Very iridescent, speckled with white and a bright yellow beak.   New to birding, but I can tell you about those two since I get them daily at my job. Chaosfeather has a new favorite as of 08:02 on May 1, 2020 |
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Chaosfeather posted:As someone who has her job handling brown-headed cowbirds regularly, I'm going to say negatory on BHCB, especially on beak shape. Here's a male from my job You job is riddled with (pretty) parasite birbs. I'll check out Merlin, thanks! Someone on Imgur suggested it might be a Boat-Tailed Grackle, which can have dark eyes apparently (I thought they all that those hallmark gold eyes, but TIL). (edit) Since you know Cowbirds - I meme'd this (and the original is on my other computer) so I apologize for the macrotext, I'd originally ID's this as a House Finch male and juvenile but last night I saw a picture of a Cowbird youth and now I'm less sure - thoughts? 
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13Pandora13 posted:Someone on Imgur suggested it might be a Boat-Tailed Grackle, which can have dark eyes apparently (I thought they all that those hallmark gold eyes, but TIL). Boat tails are much, much bigger than common grackles, so that should be your first clue. A boat tail is about halfway between a common grackle and a crow. Where are you? My best guess would be an immature common grackle, which does have dark eyes and would be smaller than an adult. Could be a Brewer's Blackbird, though it's the females who have dark eyes and are usually brown.
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Cythereal posted:Boat tails are much, much bigger than common grackles, so that should be your first clue. A boat tail is about halfway between a common grackle and a crow. Central VA. It's much smaller than the Common Grackles I get so it must just be a juvenile. I've got ~30 living in the woods behind my house and the trees in my front yard so I probably shouldn't be surprised there's a bab or two 
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13Pandora13 posted:You job is riddled with (pretty) parasite birbs. Whoops couldn't quite find where this post was, sorry. I must admit it's a little early and I haven't seen any wild juveniles, but based on my id book and a quick internet search I would be more likely to suspect that's an (older) house finch baby. The angle makes it hard for me to use the beak shape for ID, but based on the tail length and body proportions being similar to the bird next to it I don't suspect that's a parasite baby. Cowbird tails are kinda short and stumpy compared to some other birds.
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Currently watching a king of the hill battle for a box of fries supreme.
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The gull calls out for reinforcements!! https://youtu.be/i_l1VqKKRhI
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Gull B has joined the battle!
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Chaosfeather posted:Whoops couldn't quite find where this post was, sorry. Excellent. The cowbirds are pretty but I want the other birbs in my yard/woods to be healthy too   Bonus Grackle attempting to land on a small feeder and lady Cowbird (...I think, lol) with midair Carolina Chickadee:  
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Bert Roberge posted:Hope this isn't too brutal for the bird thread. This ain’t the snake and beetle thread
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Roctavian posted:This ain’t the snake and beetle thread There's a few birds in that photo journal. The loggerhead shrike is indiscriminate.
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Bert Roberge posted:https://twitter.com/audubonsociety/status/1258880632102551552 You gotta love an animal that looks at barbed loving wire and thinks “Ah, this is perfect for me.”
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We regret to inform you that Fanta is a racist.
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Yesterday, out in my garden, our local friendly robin popped up looking for a little snack. Knowing he's feeding a mate and chicks, I stood there throwing him individual pellets while he flew back and forth to the nest. When he was done feeding them and had also had a couple for himself, his mate arrived and they gave me a surprise show of Robin mating. My god they are brisk little horndogs - 4 matings in about 30 seconds. She was totally down for continuing the session too, unlike her mate who hid in the hedge to get away from her. (European robins btw)
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Soda & Cola duking it out like they're in the Civil War over which name is "correct", likely already murdered Pop
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