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American Kestrel. (press play to hear it’s call) (via raptor_rehab_of_kentucky)
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all predatory birds are squeaky toys
The bigger ones have a deeper call, but American Kestrels are itty bitty, and first cousins to squeaky toys, yes.
Yeah no red tails are fully capable of sounding like squeaky toys, and eagles have pitiful squeaky calls. The bigger ones are not exempt from squeaky toy classification.
I will consider myself enlightened!
There’s nothing quite like watching a big badass looking eagle go “meep”.
The exact opposite feeling of that is seeing a barn owl, looking at its soft looking pretty fluffy face, thinking it emits pleasant hoots like other owls, and then “SCREEEEEE” - the worst freakiest sound you could ever hear in the woods at night comes out.
And so I learned why they’re called “chouette effraie” in French.
I almost forgot to mention: this woman came into the penguin enclosure with a KESTREL??? I said βoh my god is that an American Kestrel?β and she said βYes! She was outside doing raptor education for the kids, but she doesnβt like to get rained on.β
#she was watching the penguins with what I will anthropomorphically project as skepticism
kestrel: i hate rained on!!
human: here is birds in water
kestrel: ……no…..
it irritates me to no end when people say north american birds are dull in comparison to other countriesβ birds
blue jay
american kestrel
painted bunting
yellow-throated vireo
cerulean warbler
baltimore oriole
american goldfinch
northern cardinal
You’re forgetting the red wing black bird and the great and snowy egret. Best birds of the marsh!
I love how they’re all looking into the camera like they’re modeling.
other beautiful featherbeasts include orb bird
stylish accessory bird
loud and delicious bird
bird that will kung fu your face while you are grilling in your backyard
overly dramatic fishwizard bird
demonic creepy noise duck
assorted sky-cats
screaming inflatable doofus bird
stump
not technically native but it poops on my lawn
toasted marshmallow friend
weβre getting a little off-topic from brightly-colored birds, so letβs give it up for:
the INDIGO BUNTING
the MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD
the REGULAR EASTERN BLUEBIRD
the BARN SWALLOW
and STELLARβS JAY
this post has been brought to you by the color blue, thank you and goodnight
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Can someone please tell me this was a pair that was trying to do the death spiral that mating birds of prey do, and somehow in the process they ended up stuck on a road sign.
Because if it is, this is definitely one of the funniest “Okay, maybe we WERE a little bit over our head when we started this…” moments.
I doubt it. One of these birds is a juvenile (the top) while the other is an adult (bottom). The juvenile would have no interest in mating.
Honestly when I see hawks doing stupid stuff 9/10 times its a harris hawkβthis seriously just looks like one of those stupid hawks time. They are one of the only social raptors, so this leads to some funny things, like
Stacking
The harris hawk argument for stacking is βyour back is less Pokey than a cactus so imma use itβ
Not even falconers are safeβ¦
They even hold hands
Please, what are you doing harris hawks, learn how to hawk
(My experience with broody birds is chickens) Why does she do that? Is she having trouble keeping all the eggs under her? Or does she not pluck her breast to expose her skin to the eggs for more warmth?
Yep, birds of prey usually also pluck a brood patch! Shes doing it to rotate and reposition the eggs under her to keep them all warm.
Best quality: her mama wiggles
I am no kind of bird expert, but I think it’s mama AND papa wiggles? At 0:06 and 0:41 that is definitely a different bird.
Yes, the gray headed bird is the male!
Birds of Prey (2020)
Fuck this bitch. Sheβs just mad more people wanna fuck Pennywise than her.
I mean, look at him.
what the genuine fuck are you talking about
batman not being in birds of prey is so funny to me bc its like once he hears about harleyβs situation, he fucks off to a different country for a βvacationβ, and gets the occasional update from alfred thatβs like βwell sir, she blew up the ace chemicals.β and bruce is like:
and then he goes back to doing weird justice league grade bullshit detective work.
Alfred: she got a hyena
Bruce: oh shit
Alfred: she named it after you
Bruce: Aww
this has been the only good addition to this post
lahore pigeons are some of the most visually appealing birds out there. like in terms of visual design. very minimalist, good contrast.
Too bad Lahore pigeons are a domestic breed and don’t appear in the wild at all.
Some equally balanced wild colorations include
Pygmy Falcon
Great Hornbill
Wallcreeper
and
Black-throated Loon
this is a good addition to this post. thank you for this birds educations
the sequel trio in the falcon with leia: mcdonalds! mcdonalds! mcdonalds!
leia: there’s food at home
the trio, muttering: i fucking hate this family
the sequel trio in the falcon with han:
mcdonalds! mcdonalds! mcdonalds!
han: [pulls into drive thru]
the trio: [cheering]
han: one black coffee please
the sequel trio in the falcon with luke:
mcdonalds! mcdonalds! mcdonalds!
luke: mcdonalds! mcdonalds! mcdonalds!