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My favorite bird is the Cedar Waxing. They have a pretty cute mating ritual. Two of them will sit on a branch and pass food back and forth between them.
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FreshFeesh posted:Any bird that dive-bombs its target at over 180mph is fine by me. Of all the raptors, peregrine falcons are my absolute favorite: I love that we live in an era when people can strap video cameras to birds. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAx35x8O6Ts&t=50s When he actually kicks into the dive he gets going so fast it made my acrophobia twinge.
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This thread has shown that there is a great variety of awesome birds out there. Seeing as nobody has posted them, and rightfully so, I think we can all agree that the Canada Goose is the worst bird.  gently caress these guys.
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Carnival of Shrews posted:
I have a love bird that's always jerking off.
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OK Some Butt Stuff posted:I love a bird that's always jerking off.
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Nov 27, 2014 23:45
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This happy guy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T1vfsHYiKY
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OK Some Butt Stuff posted:I have a love bird that's always jerking off. I thought that one of the advantages of being a bird was that mating season rolled around annually, and that even monogamous species could forget they were married for the rest of the year. It seems I was wrong, and that many social tropical birds (parrots, I'm looking at you) are sex fiends whenever the weather permits. This might explain London's ever-growing guerilla army of ring-necked parakeets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4P_NhFlb5w Also, no matter how amazing they are, don't ever be grabbed by an owl: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAz1L8DlvBM
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Nov 28, 2014 00:12
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Apparently this guy is related to a pigeon
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Carnival of Shrews posted:
I like how it closes its eyes on impact like a goddamn sky-shark. 
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Nov 28, 2014 00:20
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bearded vultures motherfucking bearded vultures YEAH  
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Nov 28, 2014 01:34
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Gaunab posted:Bearded vultures are pretty cool looking. YEAH this guy gets it the red coloration in the features comes from soil they rub into them. the iron oxide in the soil gives their feathers the awesome orange-red look. the brighter the look typically the older and more desirable and wise bird. it's not even done for any real purpose either, not for mating or scaring of predators or anything. they just do it. just 'cause. 
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Nov 28, 2014 01:39
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Master Twig posted:This thread has shown that there is a great variety of awesome birds out there. Yeah, because this is Post Your Favourite Bird. The Canada Goose is no one's favourite bird. If the Canada Goose were an ice cream flavour, it would be pralines and dick.
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Nov 28, 2014 03:36
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Radio! posted:I like Canada Geese I didn't know Canada Geese were allowed to post on the forums
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Blind Sally posted:Yeah, because this is Post Your Favourite Bird. The Canada Goose is no one's favourite bird. If the Canada Goose were an ice cream flavour, it would be pralines and dick. quote for fuckin troof
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Nov 28, 2014 04:53
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 Sandhill motherfuckin' cranes. There were a few of them, including a juvenile, that used to spend the mornings picking bugs out of the fields at my highschool. One morning, some little rear end in a top hat decided it would be hilarious to run out in the field and try to gently caress with them. He probably just expected to run at them and force them to fly away. What he DIDN'T expect was for them to start pecking the ever living poo poo out of him. These birds get like 4 feet tall. Their beaks are not small, and they're pretty sharp too. The little bastard ended up running back towards everyone else while getting the poo poo pecked out of him, and the terror screams he let out were priceless. Thank you, sandhill cranes, for being both majestic and  as gently caress.
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I think I'm the only moron in my country who likes these assholes: (Great-tailed grackle) They poo poo everywhere and break the trash bags to get the delicious food, they don't have pretty colors and are so common that one cares about them, but I have to admire the balls they have when dealing with birds of prey and other predators. They don't even give a gently caress if you are a human, get near a chick and they will come down together against you.
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Blind Sally posted:I didn't know Canada Geese were allowed to post on the forums My terrible secret is revealed! 
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Desperado Bones posted:I think I'm the only moron in my country who likes these assholes: No! I love the grackles around town here, too. They're my fav city bird  They're pretty smart for a non-corvid and in Houston, at least, we get clouds and clouds of them as they migrate. We called them mall-birds growing up, because they all liked hanging out in the parking lots and being so noisy. Here is a female one! 
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FutonForensic posted:My favorite bird is the Cedar Waxing. Cedar Waxwings are wonderful. 
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Nov 28, 2014 05:56
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Hummingbirds. All of them.
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Karma Guard posted:We called them mall-birds growing up, because they all liked hanging out in the parking lots and being so noisy. Haha, I called them french-fry birds as a little kid because they hung out around all the fast food restaurants eating fries that people had dropped 
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I am a huge fan of rear end in a top hat birds. Until recently, my favourite rear end in a top hat bird was the Eurasian Magpie.  Then when I moved the the US this summer, I met Bluejays:  The only rear end in a top hat birds I hate are Canada Geese. Those guys can go gently caress themselves for all the noise they would make outside my bedroom window at 3 in the morning.
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Nov 28, 2014 06:33
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Natalie Fartman posted:I am a huge fan of rear end in a top hat birds. Blue jays are corvids so yeah, they will clown on you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifCmvLNQl3s Canada geese are just hateful shitmachines.
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Blind Sally posted:Yeah, because this is Post Your Favourite Bird. The Canada Goose is no one's favourite bird. If the Canada Goose were an ice cream flavour, it would be pralines and dick. I like pralines and dick.
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ALL-PRO SEXMAN posted:Hummingbirds. All of them. never heard a hummingbird hum
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BloodWulfe posted:YEAH That is insane as gently caress. Kookaburras are pretty awesome, they're insanely friendly too. A Wattle Bird was chasing one out the front of my place the other day and the just flew up and landed between my arms then started laughing at the Wattle Bird because he knew it would be too scared to take both the bird and me on. 
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Sapphaholic posted:
I have a bird feeder set up in my backyard. In spring and fall we play host to black-headed grossbeaks, but most of the year it's just sparrows of various species and house finches. One day a Kestrel came in and snatched one of our sparrows. It was a "Hey! That's MY sparrow!" combined with "That was really cool!"
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plain blue jacket posted:never heard a hummingbird hum If they get close to you, you can hear the wings flapping really, really fast, which is sort of a hum. There was an Anna's hummingbird at my Mother-in-law's house that would fly right up to your face, hover in front of you, about 2 feet away, seemingly pass judgement, then fly away. One fun thing that the male Costa's hummingbird does is buzz on a descending note. He does this particularly when courting a female. He will fly over hear in a U-shaped path while buzzing. Since he's making a descending note, it gives the impression of a strong doppler shift, and it is assumed that females are attracted to fast males. The fake doppler shift makes him sound faster than he actually is. Here's a video someone shot where you can hear the buzzing call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDZIJCJtyS0 it can be heard between 10 and 20 seconds, and then at about 1:55. Genesplicer fucked around with this message at 10:49 on Nov 28, 2014 |
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Keas  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBdvRCkCNfo 2nd African Grey  Greys are smarter than you are.
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I present my favorite bird: tada!
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Natalie Fartman posted:Tawny frogmouths are the most amusing birds but not actually an owl. Well, I learned something today. Continuing my theme of Australian birds, the Major Mitchell's Cockatoo is fabulous. 
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genesplicer posted:If they get close to you, you can hear the wings flapping really, really fast, which is sort of a hum. There was an Anna's hummingbird at my Mother-in-law's house that would fly right up to your face, hover in front of you, about 2 feet away, seemingly pass judgement, then fly away. hummingbird's flapping totally produce a humming sound. i see lots of them and if you have a feeder they will come and eat from it even if you're standing right next to it. they are always jonesin' for that sweet, sweet, sugary water.
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mikerock posted:Keas Some New Zealanders might disagree, but I've always wanted to visit just to see the Keas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGtWxq7aH9Q Also these fat, adorable guys, but they're critically endangered so I doubt I'll ever get to see one up close:  
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T1vfsHYiKY I cannot believe you did not add this video to your post.
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 P1000446 by vexborg, on FlickrThe Uhu  Also known as the Eurasian eagle-owl.
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RaspberryCommie posted:Some New Zealanders might disagree, but I've always wanted to visit just to see the Keas. gif shamelessly stolen from a friend:  bonestructure posted:The best thing about green-cheekies is that habit they have of using their molted feathers as head-scratchers. Mine will pick up a tailfeather, carefully nibble the quill to the sharpest possible point, then go to town on the back of his head and his eyerings. also yes this is the best when mine doesn't have a molted feather around he'll grab one of my fingers, yank it around until he's satisfied with its positioning, and then start scratching his head against my nail.
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you are a very smart bird to be posting on an internet forum you must be a bearded vulture because they use tools, and a computer is a tool, therefor you are LITERALLY A [BEARDED VULTURE] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzmM_8BIx-Y
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Kidney Stone posted:
Eagle-owl in football game. Shows at about 40s, sorry for the bad quality vid, the better one was removed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_ad8Iu7AJI It used to live in the Stadium.
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