#peruvian racket-tail

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The Peruvian racket-tail (Ocreatus peruanus)

A species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", tribe Heliantheini in subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Ecuador and Peru (x).

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THE BIRBS ARE HERE

Macaulay Library's Best Bird Photos 2025

Birders around the world have contributed more than 67 million photos to our Macaulay Library archive. Here are some of the best from the pa

Find someone who looks at you like this feral rock pigeon looks at her beau (his beau? How does one sex a feral rock pigeon?)

Hat.

"You do this every time! If you want some, order it yourself, stop eating off my plate!"

MOTHER. FUCKING. CASSOWARY.

Humanity is lucky the emu's didn't call for back up. If they'd gotten the cassowary special forces involved, Australia would belong to the birds.

Fun fact: owls can't roll their eyes in exasperation. Their eyes are mostly fixed in place in the orbital socket, that's why their heads turn so far! Also why so many get hit by cars - see a mouse, swoop down for mouse, can't see the vehicle coming at them because their focus is totally on the food.

When volunteering at the wildlife rehab center, I got to help weigh a Great Horned Owl. He was wrapped up in a towel, and then we put him in a Quaker Oats tube to keep him still on the scale. Big motherfucker - HUGE talons. He survived and was released a couple months later, I'm pretty sure.

(Plug: donate to your local wildlife rehab centers! They're almost always non-profit and do great work, and if you don't mind scooping poop or scrubbing cages, they usually have volunteer opportunities!!!)

Mom. Mom. MOM. MOM! MOMMA! MOMMA! MOMMY!

NGL, thought the snow was a cloud and we were finally getting a proper kaiju event.

(I don't know why I did this - I just saw birds and got excited and had to share. BIRBS!)

(Photos belong to Macaulay Library Archive & respective photographers!)