#ILoveBirbs

a sideblog for my bird obsession with special guest appearances by Maximus and Walter pfp by @cookiedoves !

[niqvassieart]

marsh harrier chick, close to fledging.

[birdslop]

baby common swift tries to slop human hand!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[triruntu]

#641, a mississippi kite for @sunshiny-aspirations! Lovely wings on these birds.

Requests for birds are open, updates happen on Thursdays. [project tag]

[contremineur]

A kingfisher emerges from a hole in ice after catching fish near Saxmundham (Suffolk)

photograph by Paul Sawer via here

[chick-it-out]

will be ok 🔅 🐦

[kavohh707]

Borb, aka common moorhen.

These pictures are from colder days, that is why the moorhens are all fluffed up.

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Belted kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon) female calling in summer, Montana, USA.

Donald M. Jones

[shithowdy]

hey now

[rainevaris]

Sharp as wind

[thomas--bombadil]

Blackbird upon survey stake.

[sheahuntphotography]

Very excited to share this photoset. I went on a 2 ½ day birding trip, visited a couple favorite birding spots, and took over 1000 photos of 24(!!) different species of birds. These 13 photos showcase 12 of the different birds and 1 mammal.

I'll be reposting some of my favorites from this set as a individuals over the next few days, but I like the way these looked all together! I hope others enjoy looking as much as I enjoyed taking them. 😊

30/06/2026 - 2/07/2026

[todaysbird]

he said 🤷

[parsleydraws]

osprey & red drum

[sakrafka]

Crow wooden decoration I made a few months ago!

[thethingsiveseen-photography]

Sunlit swan, Lake Brienz, Switzerland.

[artefarte]

A perfectly natural heterosexual black swan couple raising their cute fluffy babies together as God intended <3

SIKE

THEY'RE GAY

And they're not some rare exception to the rule, either!!!

About 25% of black swan couples consist of two swans of the same sex (typically, two males).

These couples will court each other, build a nest, and raise their young together in a more-or-less committed monogamous relationship.

In fact, these same-sex couples have a high success rate of 80% when raising their young to adulthood, as opposed to the 30% of their heterosexual counterparts! Two big buff papa swans are better than one when it comes to stomping on invaders of nesting territory.

"But," I hear you say, "where do their baby floofballs come from? Does mpreg exist among black swans?"

Alas, no, but there is a very elegant solution to this. The swan couple may simply temporarily associate themselves with a female swan.

Afterwards, the female swan deposits their eggs and swims off free to live her single girlie life if she wishes (or, find a boyfriend. Preferably one who isn't already committed to another boyfriend.)

So whenever someone commits the naturalistic fallacy "homosexuality bad because unnatural >:(" I like to point out not only their glaring illogicality, but also, respectfully, there is homosexuality happening in the local lake right now.

This concludes my Ted Talk on gay swans.

[celestealden]

I’ve finished painting a Eurasian Griffon vulture and a bearded vulture! I still have 4 or 5 more to go!