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Archive of cool birds for me to draw main is @cyber-seagull404

[bittern]

physically, yes, i could fight a bird. but emotionally? imagine the toll

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[snailkites]

Crested Caracara being allopreened by two Black Vultures! This is such an interesting behavior and one that's typically one-way (preening by vultures to caracara). Here you can see the caracara either attempting to reciprocate but getting rebuffed by both vultures, or telling them to stop for now.

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[teaboot]

Black Vulture couple locate Crested Caracara bisexual unicorn across the bar in a rare W for all parties

[herpsandbirds]

May I request some waterfowl?? They’re just the best.

WHY YES!!!

Smew (Mergellus albellus), male, family Anatidae, order Anseriformes, Mooka-Igashira Park, Moka, Tochigi, Japan

photo by anonymous photographer on eBird 

Baikal Teal (Sibirionetta formosa), male, family Anatidae, order Anseriformes, found in Russia and East Asia

photograph by Gary Kramer

King Eider (Somateria spectabilis), males, family Anatidae, order Anseriformes, Norway

photograph by Marek Jackowski

Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata), male, family Anatidae, Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, California, USA

photograph by Alan D. Wilson 

Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis), family Anatidae, order Anseriformes, found in parts of Northern Europe and Greenland.

photograph by Andreas Trepte 

African Pygmy-Goose (Nettapus auritus), male, family Anatidae, Ethiopia

photograph by Andrew Spencer

Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus), family Anatidae, order Anseriformes, Japan

photograph by Maga-chan

Knob-billed Duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos), male, family Anatidae, order Anseriformes, Kruger National Park, South Africa

photograph by Brian Radford

[garvet]

[blurds]

A whippoorwill from Nebraska Wildlife Rehab's instagram. They are responsible for the music.

[herpsandbirds]

Southern lapwing, masked lapwing and an Egyptian plover as seen at the Sylvan Heights Bird Park

[herpsandbirds]

Blue bellied roller as seen at the Sylvan Heights Bird Park

[herpsandbirds]

Thicknee as seen at the Sylvan Heights Bird Park

[kazieka]

was outside earlier and a bird Came Up, squatted down, fluttered it’s wings at me and opened its mouth like a hatchling begging for food (it was a grown female) so I went and checked the seed cube in the feeder and the thing was completely covered in mold. this is one of the weirdest things that’s ever happened to me. how did she know im the one in charge of the birdseed. How Did She Know To Pantomime Hunger At Me. Hello.

[kazieka]

i have spent my afternoon confusedly getting dressed, driving to the store, purchasing a new seed block, driving home, washing the cage, and getting the feeder set back up. i don’t take this much care for my Own nutrition. ive been bullied into a grocery store run by a tufted titmouse. i feel so loved

[squeakitties]

flingo

[nyanletnest]

looks at you cutely

[squeakitties]

[herpsandbirds]

your blog is so amazing and i'm glad it exists as someone who loves sooo many animals. so since ive been having parrots on the brain lately i humbly request underrated parrot faves. some parrots that you think are really cool and interesting or have really unique patterns/coloration but you feel like not enough people know about or appreciate properly for whatever reason.

Thank you so much boo boo. I have some parrots right here that I think you will like...

Brown-hooded Parrot (Pyrilia haematotis), family Psittacidae, order Psittaciformes, Costa Rica

Photograph by Pieter-Jan D'Hondt

Bald Parrot (Pyrilia aurantiocephala), family Psittacidae, order Psittaciformes, Brazil

photograph by Source

Red-breasted Pygmy Parrot (Micropsitta bruijnii), male, family Psittaculidae, order Psittaciformes, New Guinea

These tiny parrots are only 8 cm (3 in) in length. (This measurement does not include the tail feathers).

photographs by Lev Frid

Maroon Shining Parrot (Prosopeia tabuensis), family Psittaculidae, order Psittaciformes, endemic to Fiji

photograph by Lars Peteersson

Ultramarine Lorikeets (Vini ultramarina), family Psittaculidae, endemic to the Marquesas Islands (South Pacific)

ENDANGERED.

photograph by peterodekerken

Night Parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis), family Psittaculidae, order Psittaciformes, found at various sites in arid regions of Australia

CRITICALLY ENDANGERED.

Once considered to be extinct, as there were no sightings of the bird between 1912 and 1979, since then the bird has only been seen very rarely.

The causes for the assumed decline of this bird are unknown.

Mainly terrestrial, nocturnal, feeds mostly on the seeds of Spinifex grasses.

photographs: John Young (QLD, 2013), Steve Murphy

[tunabyte]

🦜

[herpsandbirds]

Blue-banded Pitta (Erythropitta arquata), family Pittidae, order Passeriformes, endemic to Borneo

photographs by Supasil Kalayanakoul 

[herpsandbirds]

Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus), family Tyrannidae, and a male Altamira Oriole (Icterus gularis), family Icteridae, order Passeriformes, having a conversation in South TX, USA

Photograph by Alan Murphy

[tunabyte]

it's too late for i have already portrayed you as the angry, aggressive bird and myself as the nonchalant bird.

[herpsandbirds]

Cloven-feathered Dove (Drepanoptila holosericea), family Columbidae, endemic to New Caledonia

photograph by Lev Frid

[holopics]

black vultures

[parakeet]

huge fan of the snow pigeon. reminds me of a wood pigeon with a sweater on because its oh so Colds outside