i see bird, i go apeshit

hey I'm vince and i like birds. actual art @vince-prime

[fatbushtit]

STOP: SAY SOMETHING NICE TO CRO

[wormsermonizer]

pear of ducks

[darknymfa-art]

Julaves day 25, agami heron. I love how this challenge introduces me to some fun birds I've never even heard of. Don't much enjoy turning those patterns into a teeny tiny sprite, though.

[oliviawhen]

A heist! 🍟🦅

[cardinalmecha2]

A couple pictures of a Northern Mockingbird, I love that you can see how curved it's beak is!

[grapehyasynth]

Green heron

[1five1two]

Red-cheeked cordon-bleu. Dubi Shapiro.

[grapehyasynth]

Baby green herons I love you so much

[fruitpigeons]

Bird I saw in a dream🌙

[crouteann]

peent

[bird-gifs-collection-agency]

ill just shake it all around! here i go!

[east-south]

maybe they don't like being called names. have you ever thought about that

[photogdenography]

Fish Located

Green Heron - Magnuson Park, WA

[platypusesforarms]

Peregrine Falcon 🦅 Earth Odyssey S07E14 "Birds of a Feather"

A large, crow-sized falcon, it has a blue-grey back, barred white underparts and a black head. As is typical for bird-eating raptors, peregrine falcons are sexually dimorphic, with females being considerably larger than males. Although its diet consists almost exclusively of medium-sized birds, the peregrine will sometimes hunt small mammals, small reptiles, or even insects.

[painted-bees]

this week has been way too exciting [negative]

I had just gotten back from my dog's neurologist appointment, which was...4 hrs long and stressful😭 Planned on eating a nice lunch and then getting some work done while there was still time in the day.

Only to watch a myna with a fat grub in it's beak land by my back door and then deliberately drop said grub and stare at it for a moment before flying off with a little "bwee" sounding coo.

And then I watched the grub move.

And then the horror dawned on me that it was not a grub.

it was this fucking thing:

I had a very ugly reaction that I will not describe in detail but fuck me 😭 I did not need this rn.

because I knew. I KNEW no rehabber here would take a myna hatchling. And I was right. Was basically told "congrats, it's urs" or "let nature take its course". It's such a strong, spirited little guy, if he's gonna die, he's gonna die warm with a full belly. Got a heatlamp and the appropriate food.

Let me be frank, I have no hope for this guy.

I have hand reared chicks before, but never this young. I hated doing it back then and I never wanna do it again. but this guy...He is like..1-5 days old.

SO, my life for the next week is gonna be waking up at 5:30am to feed this guy every 30 minutes until midnight. All day, every day. Assuming (biiig assumption) he doesn't just die overnight.

But he IS eating and pooping very well so far...so maybe he's gonna force me to live like this for a while after all 🫩 I give it a 50/50 chance, very generously. There's still a matter of diseases n' shit. He looks and acts healthy but who fuckin' knows what's going on under the hood.

It will be what it will be and all I can do is my best.

[painted-bees]

So, I have 2 plausible theories abt this

usually, when a parent kicks a chick out, it's because the chick is obviously very unwell and tending to it further is a waste of resources.

This chick, however, is very strong and determined AND had apparently been fed prior to abandonment. So--not unwell and not a waste of resources.

my first plausible theory is that these are first time parents who are very stressed by the monsoons and LOUD construction taking place across the street. Filicide can occur under such conditions.

My more plausible theory, however, is that the myna I saw was a home-invading kidnapper--not the actual parent of this particular chick. Mynas will kill rival nests, and evict chicks in order to claim the nesting site for themselves. And I think that's what happened here 😩

[painted-bees]

Grub survived the night

ate a fuckton of breakfast. Comfy.

[fleshdyke]

um. insects crustaceans molluscs and small fish in there?

[snapdragonnz]

i just found out about this bird (scale-crested pygmy tyrant) trying to find the most biodiverse countries and i feel tears welling up in my eyes because its so cute

why does it look like that i love him so much he's a little fella