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Roctavian
Feb 23, 2011

Excuse me it is now time to look at birds outside
https://ebird.org/globalbigday

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Roctavian
Feb 23, 2011


i wonder did this fellow get pooped on, or is it some stylish graying around the eyes?

Roctavian
Feb 23, 2011

Bert Roberge posted:

Hope this isn't too brutal for the bird thread.

This ain’t the snake and beetle thread

Roctavian
Feb 23, 2011

Oh my god this must be the source for

Roctavian has a new favorite as of 23:17 on Jun 7, 2020

Roctavian
Feb 23, 2011


Every day, birds challenge my understanding of reality

Roctavian
Feb 23, 2011


that doesn't look like a very successful takeoff at the end there

Roctavian
Feb 23, 2011

https://twitter.com/FeiKhal/status/1305938445961891840?s=20

Roctavian
Feb 23, 2011


Found the full video, if you also can't get enough of this silly bird: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y1ItZDV3gc

Roctavian
Feb 23, 2011

SubponticatePoster posted:

:eng101: That is a Seriema, and they sometimes kill prey that way. So birb here is expecting the golf ball to go splat, and instead it bounces. The local aviary I volunteered at had a male and female named Ernie and Bert, respectively. This was a total accident, as Ernie's original cagemate passed and they acquired an already-named Bert from another facility. Bert also liked me very much and would often try to give me part of her dinner that consisted of dead mice. :3:

That tweet is a great case study in internet archaelogy, that bird video first showed up like 7 years ago and it only started getting posted with misinformation recently

Roctavian
Feb 23, 2011

mrmcd posted:

I remember someone posted that video last year and I learned that the Turkish word for grouse means "forest chicken".

If you like that information, you'll love that the literal translation of the Turkish word for owl is "Mister Bird"

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Roctavian
Feb 23, 2011

How is that camera attached to that bird, at that angle?

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