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[SuiSui1]

 

[Picnic_Boy]

Birds are the fowlest creatures known to man.

This is a great post but I HATE IT ANYWAY.

 

[SuiSui1]

This is a great post but I HATE IT ANYWAY.

have a pretty bird to brighten your day.

 

[Bessie]

 

[Spatula]

I want to express my appreciation for pigeons.
Pigeons are very smart birds. They can also pass the mirror test. They clean themselves in fresh water every day if there is a water source next to them.
It's unfortunate they get mistreated as pests, when just 70 years ago they were saving hundreds of human lives in wars.
Our technology progressed, and pigeons are not useful to us anymore so people dumped them in the cities, so now pigeons have to eat our trash just to survive, and people still hate them for something pigeons never had a choice in.
If you really hate their poop, a well fed pigeons poop is more fiber consistent so, its easier to come of, where a starving pigeon poop is runny and acidic and hard to clean.
So please grab seeds and feed your local pigeons. They will recognize you and one day they can even trust you to eat from your hand.

 

[Bessie]

I want to express my appreciation for pigeons.
Pigeons are very smart birds. They can also pass the mirror test. They clean themselves in fresh water every day if there is a water source next to them.
It's unfortunate they get mistreated as pests, when just 70 years ago they were saving hundreds of human lives in wars.
Our technology progressed, and pigeons are not useful to us anymore so people dumped them in the cities, so now pigeons have to eat our trash just to survive, and people still hate them for something pigeons never had a choice in.
If you really hate their poop, a well fed pigeons poop is more fiber consistent so, its easier to come of, where a starving pigeon poop is runny and acidic and hard to clean.
So please grab seeds and feed your local pigeons. They will recognize you and one day they can even trust you to eat from your hand.
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[SuiSui1]

Pretty sure that Blue herons are the descendants of the terror bird of old.

 

[A Grey Cat]

When god made hummingbirds he asked it if it wanted to be a bird or a bee... hummingbird said yes.

 

[Picnic_Boy]

Pretty sure that Blue herons are the descendants of the terror bird of old.
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The only good memory I have of camping is one of sitting beside a lake at midnight, watching a beautiful blue heron glow in the moonlight as it elegantly waded through the shallows. Well, feeding the mudhens in the morning was a pretty good memory too.

 

[SuiSui1]

 

[XYZpdq]

Pretty sure that Blue herons are the descendants of the terror bird of old.
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yeah basically once they get more than a foot the whole "birds / dinosaurs" thing gets less goofy

 

[SuiSui1]

yeah basically once they get more than a foot the whole "birds / dinosaurs" thing gets less goofy

yeah, especially Cassowarys.

 

[Neet Tokusatsu]

 

[MrJokerRager]

 

[SuiSui1]

 

[Death Grip]

@LazarusOwenhart

https://blog.nature.org/science/2017/02/27/waxwings-really-have-wax-wings/

Also I bought myself a crow caller but I am beginning to suspect that whoever shilled the idea on here has invested heavily in shares for a company that produces the damned things.
It isn't working and I am pretty sure that I make better crow noises without one.
Have I been taken for a ride?

 

[SuiSui1]

if there ever was a bird that looked like it was scheming it would be this one.

 

[Biek Fowler]

Can I post a picture of this fucker? He's been dead for millions of years but he's one of my favorite weirdo birds. I'll leave the Wikipedia link if anyone's interested in facts about him.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hesperornis

 

[SuiSui1]

Can I post a picture of this fucker? He's been dead for millions of years but he's one of my favorite weirdo birds. I'll leave the Wikipedia link if anyone's interested in facts about him.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hesperornis

of course you can, all birds are welcomed even if they have flown over the rainbow bridge.

 

[Biek Fowler]

of course you can, all birds are welcomed even if they have flown over the rainbow bridge.

I'm a sucker for ancient animals and birds have some of the weirder species. You got birds with dinosaurian traits, you have penguins the size of a grown men, and you have the really cool Terror Birds. Birds are just cool.