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This blog is about birds. I like them

Sometimes I really regret that this isn't actually my most used blog, but well. It is my main and it is a bit too late to change

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@minecraft-warden my mcyt blog bc yeah. There is quite a lot of it

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dxppercxdxver

the devil on my shoulder is telling me to Post a Take. i am gently ignoring them. let us all consider the humble indigo bunting instead

herpsandbirds

Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla), family Picidae, order Piciformes, Spain

photograph by Ignacio Yúfera

vintagewildlife

Gull inspecting two fake eggs and deciding to incubate the larger one By: Thomas D. McAvoy From: Life Nature Library: Animal Behavior 1965

abyssalcaptain

crowboy-bebop

unauthorized fucking thing!!!!!!

(warning: loud chirping throughout)

source: hellgate osprey cam

curlicuecal

pseudomantis

What the fuck

astarlingdiscovery

It's a yellow bittern! They are very creechur.

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bogleech

Nature is incredible, you can really see just at a quick glance how these evolved to speak together in rhyming riddles while performing a spooky dance, laughing at you because they're The Wee Creatures Three and you will Never Get Their Key.

ceanothusspinosus

foot to head ratio off the charts

birdblues

kyleblackpaw

just leaving your important information in the tags again? cant have that

herpsandbirds

Let's Rename the Birds!!! (pt. 10)

As you may already know... ornithological authorities (such as the AOS and ABA) in North America have decided, for a variety of reasons, to rename all of the birds that have been named after people.

Some examples: Lewis's Woodpecker, Smith's Longspur, MacGillivray's Warbler...

I thought it would be fun for us to come up with some ideas for new common names here on Tumblr.

Here are some criteria for re-naming that might appeal to ornithologists and birdwatchers:

Habitat and geographical range

Physical characteristics

Call/song characteristics

Behavior

PLEASE MAKE YOUR NAMING SUGGESTIONS IN THE COMMENTS, REBLOG, OR TAGS.

We'll take the best ideas, and put them in a poll by the end of the week! (I and an esteemed panel of ornithological tumblererrsssres will make the decisions).

WEEK 10 - Harris's Hawk

Harris’s Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus), family Accipitridae, order Accipitrifomes

Called "pueco" in much of Latin America.

Previously called the Bay-winged Hawk, but I didn't want to just default to that.

Found in the SW United States, much of Mexico, western Central America, and parts of South America.

Highly social and gregarious.

Unlike most birds of prey, they are known for hunting in hierarchical packs of 2 - 7 birds, which includes a dominant female, an adult male, the last few years previous offspring, and young unrelated birds.

They prey mainly on small and medium sized mammals, but also take birds, reptiles, and large invertebrates.

The "pack" also helps to raise the dominant pair's chicks.

They nest in small trees, large bushes, and cacti.

Nests have been observed with 1 female and two males, and its possible that they engage in polyandry, but that is debated.

Believed to be one of the more intelligent raptors.

There are 2 subspecies, one found in North America and We and No South America, while the other is found in Ea and So South America.

In the U.S. the bird inhabits mostly desert and sparse arid woodlands, but can also be found in treed wetlands (such as mangrove swamps).

Populations have declined over the last several decades, due to habitat loss. (Regardless, there numbers remain high enough to be conservation classified as "least concern".)

They are non-migratory.

photos : Hector Astorga, Martin Molina, Ron Friesz

photograph by Peter K Burian

Southern CA, USA - photo by Barbara Wise

lumilamp

drew some new zealand birds bc theyre silly

flubber-flub1

We can put them back together....we have the technology...

illufinch

march, my bird army

13mo

Pūkeko !

googlesnakegame

I LOVE PUKEKO

bedupolker

It feels cool to be "in" on celebrity gossip before anyone else. I ran into Californian Condor V9 and looked her up on the condor lookup website. It says her current mate is dead and she has no kids but I saw her with a new man AND a juvenile.

dragoncarrion

????

dragoncarrion

They're taking over.

herpsandbirds

Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus), males, family Picidae, order Piciformes, St, Louis, MO, USA

photograph by Joe Burkes

#ptichki...

motoyuuri

cultivate bird-forward language. "Im so happy!" -> "im so harpy". Now you are a bird also

nattousan

ok so, I approached my local library with a proposal to donate a mural as a way to A: build portfolio/gain practical experience and B: give back to a beloved public institution. The director was very enthusiastic about it and i've been working on it since the beginning of March. Come with me as I endeavor to paint what is in all honesty an excessive amount of birds

I wanted the birds to look like they were actually in the space so first thing after doing the draft was to do a lighting study

after that I covered the walls in letters in lieu of a projector/vr headset bc i have neither of those :) Then i take a picture of the section of wall and superimpose the lineart over top of it so I can pencil in the lines