Bird Crazies: this is what beak performance looks like.

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Official Bizness posted:

SUDDENLY A REAL BIRD HAS APPEARED IN THE NEST

hello i would like to know why you have removed me from my nest, this is all very terrifying, please let me snuggle back into your hair

Awwwww.

# ¿ Feb 7, 2014 12:04

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# ¿ Apr 23, 2024 18:24

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today i learned that the gang gang cockatoo is a thing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang-gang_cockatoo

# ¿ Nov 20, 2015 15:13

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Tsaedje posted:

A terrifying Gang-Gang Gang

are they fluffing up their sideburns because they're happy

# ¿ Nov 20, 2015 21:58

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http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/sausage-addicted-kookaburra-too-fat-to-fly/story-e6frflri-1225872729208

# ¿ Nov 21, 2015 01:16

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happy thanksgiving, bird thread

# ¿ Nov 27, 2015 13:46

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hello
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoJ6PTY0mzE

# ¿ Apr 28, 2016 02:38

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Tendai posted:

Holy poo poo what fearless little birds

are budgies just naturally the friendliest, happiest little pals ever?

also i love the noise budgies make when they hang out

# ¿ Apr 28, 2016 02:50

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http://fat-birds.com/

# ¿ Jul 22, 2016 00:42

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Cythereal posted:

https://fat.gfycat.com/UnfoldedIdioticEquestrian.webm

tap...tap...tap..tap..carriage return noise-DING-CHUNK-rattlerattlerattlerattlerattle

# ¿ Feb 1, 2017 22:18

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https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jun/28/cockatoos-impress-opposite-sex-phil-collins-style-drum-solos

# ¿ Jun 28, 2017 20:21

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CROWS EVERYWHERE posted:

That's the platonic ideal of a borb

Also, I don't mean to alarm anyone, but I think Crouton may be a member of the "alt-right":

I left her unattended for less than 30 seconds while I filled up their water dish Lovebirds, especially nesty ones, really are paper shredders with wings.

e: fascist lovebird synpe

the ribbons female lovebirds make are so...regular

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinking_shears

# ¿ Nov 19, 2017 14:25

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Battle Pigeon posted:

Tiny sparrow raptor...

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/12/08/health/dinosaur-tail-trapped-in-amber-trnd/index.html

you can't prove they weren't tiny fatbirds

# ¿ Dec 10, 2017 13:40

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RoboRodent posted:

New birb obtained?? I might have lost my mind. Why did I do this.

He still has no name. He makes weird warbling beeping noises. He sang a little, as loudly as possible. Rescue lady was like I THINK SHE MIGHT BE A GIRL but um that is definitely male plumage do you just not know tiels? My existing bird was so surprised by this new bird he fell off his perch (he's okay) and turned into velcro for the rest of the evening. They stared at each other from across the room for a while. Everyone is high strung and nervous.

cockatiels are so stupid and good

# ¿ Jan 9, 2018 18:53

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https://www.boredpanda.com/office-feathered-friends-window-birds/?cexp_id=7885&cexp_var=13&_f=featured

# ¿ Jan 19, 2018 20:49

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAer4rDnA6I

# ¿ Apr 19, 2018 08:41

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artichoke posted:

Oh my GOD

Where was this? Where can I purchase such a fountain?

no idea, it came from the internet

voomvoomvoomvoomvoom

# ¿ Apr 20, 2018 21:19

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CROWS EVERYWHERE posted:

OP says they are barred parakeets in the comments. What good birds

dear little fluffs

# ¿ Apr 22, 2018 09:28

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https://i.imgur.com/IiLhZJ4.mp4

# ¿ Jul 10, 2018 00:12

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https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/jul/11/liron-gertsmans-best-photograph-cobalt-winged-parakeets-audubon-photography-awards

# ¿ Jul 11, 2018 22:30

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-45179970

# ¿ Aug 15, 2018 00:54

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Tendai posted:

It's a fat bird off!!!

all these potatoes have very high self esteem

# ¿ Oct 18, 2018 14:07

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Tendai posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOxn2x9tp2E

they sound like tiny typewriters that beep instead of going ding :swoon:

# ¿ Oct 29, 2018 11:06

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https://twitter.com/Paige_Burton/status/1063725333487149056

# ¿ Nov 19, 2018 09:38

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https://jezebel.com/snipers-suggested-as-a-possible-solution-to-spains-para-1830633726

# ¿ Nov 25, 2018 15:54

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TheFluff posted:

I've been watching this Russian lady on youtube lately. From what I can understand from google translate and the odd English-subtitled video, she works as a falconer at the Moscow Domodedovo airport, and she has a pet eagle owl in her apartment because of course she does. It's a very well behaved bird but jesus christ it's loving huge and I just can't get over videos like this one where she comes home to her World of Warcraft gaming rig to find this girl perched on the headrest of the gaming chair:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1BmvYbUKgg

peep those claws

Incredibly fun channel with a whole bunch of various birds and a lot of interesting bird facts, like for example how to force feed a concussed goshawk if it doesn't want to eat (that one is even subtitled in English). Also this viral pop culture phenomenon, plus blooper reel (with subtitles):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W6Py1g4I04

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5W82toaHs8

There's a video where she has to trim the beak on that eagle owl, and well, let's just say she needs some reinforcements to pull it off because the owl does not like it.

# ¿ Dec 8, 2018 16:36

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it came from reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/aww/comments/akht06/this_is_my_old_man_bird_named_chagall_this_year/

# ¿ Jan 28, 2019 04:45

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Kenshin posted:

Just don't get a cockatoo or macaw.

get several hundred budgies and live with them in a room

# ¿ Feb 2, 2019 01:54

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https://twitter.com/NatureSuperLit/status/1102973849073643520

# ¿ Mar 9, 2019 03:21

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oh
my
god

https://twitter.com/birb/status/1107356501847494658

# ¿ Mar 17, 2019 22:07

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someone tell me more about the bourke's. they're fat, pink, and super-chill?????

# ¿ Apr 12, 2019 03:51

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LITERALLY A BIRD posted:

Yes, yes, yes.

iirc the Bourke's natural coloration has a lot more brown or gray; the ones bred to be pink are called rosy Bourke's but I think they're the most common variant for pet sales because, I mean, why wouldn't they be???

give me 50

# ¿ Apr 12, 2019 17:59

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RoboRodent posted:

Oh my

look at these fat muffins
https://www.eddiesaviary.com/bourkes

# ¿ Apr 12, 2019 23:22

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Tendai posted:

This thread is a super nice thread and it's always very relaxing Everyone is friendly and encouraging no matter where else they post or whatever people think of them, and everyone loves their idiot bird children. Part of the reason I didn't break down as hard as I might have after Judah's death were people in this thread being just unbelievably good people.

i love birds a lot, i just refuse to have any because my life isn't the kind of life where i could care for them, so i enjoy reading this thread instead

# ¿ Apr 20, 2019 03:10

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Cythereal posted:

Relatedly, I love this thread but this thread has proven time and again that I just do not have the temperament to care for a pet bird. I'd be fine visiting someone who has one, but they're not the pet for me.

i move almost every year. i live in the us, my fiance in the uk, and i study in the german-speaking world. Not the life for pets.

# ¿ Apr 20, 2019 07:26

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whch one of you was this

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/24/brazil-drug-parrot-trained-as-lookout-for-dealers

# ¿ Apr 25, 2019 08:39

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Tsaedje posted:

That owns, especially the tone of the article where the parrot is treated like a human criminal suspect.

I hope this naughty parrot can be successfully rehabilitated and lead a peaceful future life

he has not been named, presumably to protect his privacy

# ¿ Apr 25, 2019 23:27

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Cythereal posted:

I live in Florida. A couple of the places I've lived and worked at have had self-sustaining feral budgie flocks. One place in particular, I learned not to eat lunch on the outside balcony or I'd get half a dozen chirping green birds sitting on the railing hoping I'd throw them food.

i love budgies so much

# ¿ May 2, 2019 00:11