#landfowl

[antiqueanimals]

Кто у нас на дворе? Illustrated by Alexey Komarov. 1924.

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[have-you-seen-this-animal]

could i perhaps possibly request the grey partridge, perdix perdix?

Have you seen the grey partridge (Perdix perdix)?

I have now

Yes, in photos/videos

Yes, irl

I'm not sure

Voting ended onJun 24

[photogdenography]

Fanciful Babyface

Gambel's Quail - Bosque del Apache NWR, NM

[weirdchristmas]

Kissing your pen pal who lives in a giant egg, under the watchful eye of the hen who laid it. This is peak suburban weirdness, just like my childhood.

[inatungulates]

Lesser mouse-deer Tragulus kanchil

With red junglefowl Gallus gallus

Observed by gussoni, CC BY-NC

[na-bird-of-the-day]

BOTD: White-tailed Ptarmigan

Photo: Doug Greenberg

"Far above timberline in mountains of the west lives this elusive little ptarmigan, the smallest member of the grouse family in North America. While the other ptarmigan are strictly northern, this one follows the cordillera of the high Rockies as far south as New Mexico. Easily overlooked, it may crouch motionless as hikers pass close by."

- Audubon Field Guide

[a-disaster-piece]

@south-africa-official! the guineaflings, they live!

they now have a little routine of coming through my house, taking advantage of my dog's water bowl, cooler temperatures inside, & the shade on the deck. my dog just lays there sleeping on the cold tile floor, she could not care less, while the parents coo & the keets walk a little more warily past her (same goes when we walk by them resting in the bushes).

i've also never seen birds so small & so young jump so high! i watched them just vertically spring up the tall pines, up to where their parents were settling in for the night roost.

the jackal buzzard pair is also collecting nesting material, taking it down quite close on this side of the gorge, & also saw one of the juvenile/immature african fish eagles returned to the area...for now, at least, until the breeding pair probably chase it off again.

[coffeenuts]