Upperclass Birds

Wishing we had half as much class as a bird

[clayorey]

Wonder what happened to the dinosaurs? This is a baby Blue Heron.

[leviathan-supersystem]

this baby Blue Heron killed the dinosaurs.

[todaysbird]

seeing really common birds with the leucism mutation is really neat because sometimes they look like totally different birds ? so i got some pictures from macaulay

blue jay

mallard

blackbird

crow

house sparrow

american robin

black-capped chickadee

red-tailed hawk

[chaointe]

@elodieunderglass

[elodieunderglass]

This is what I love about colour morphs too! Mutations like melanism and leucism are exciting to me because they reveal new ways of looking at animals. We are so oversaturated with images and access that I think it is good for our brains to have a shock, a surprise, an inversion. Colour morphs also show us startling things about pigment, form and anatomy. A giraffe with no spots suddenly becomes an imagination-creature. A white moose feels holy. A melanistic owl shows how the genes for pigment interact with feather and form. And a pied blackbird is funny as fuck. Look at that little guy. He didn’t choose this but that’s who he is. He is a one-man Blackbird Pie.

[his-shining-tears]

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[parakeet]

“Although it swims like a duck, the American Coot does not have webbed feet like a duck. Instead, each one of the coot’s long toes has broad lobes of skin that help it kick through the water. The broad lobes fold back each time the bird lifts its foot, so it doesn’t impede walking on dry land, though it supports the bird’s weight on mucky ground.”

big ‘what are those’ vibes from these boys

x | x

[flagellant]

That’s not actually an American Coot, that’s a Eurasian Coot, though they both have similar feet anatomically.

Y'all want what are those vibes just wait til you see Jacanas.

[sophiecale]

Dinosaurs. All of them.

[pretty-frown-deactivated2026011]

What in fresh hell.

[dryingoutmymind]

Him feet too feet

[linestickeroftheday]

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[thechanelmuse]

[moeeskeekin]

Literally the best post I’ve ever seen

[kofukune]

@wolfthedragon

[perhapsarat]

there will never be another headline that comes close to comparing with this

[j0jin-deactivated20210309]

My little army

[i-say-spooky-you-say-scary]

fucking unmute

[pparsnip]

This is heckin terrifying

[judylicious]

[softarthur]

OP I’m scared

[earthdad]

you can’t control me

[depsidase]

[mattrivas]

Like who has this kind of time

[little-yogi]

It’s a cute little thing though.

[ayellowbirds]

Sometimes it is hard to remember that owls are incredibly dangerous predators seen by cultures throughout  the world as ill omens. Especially when they look like toasted marshmallows.

[armouredswampert]

My boss once described them as flying pillows filled with seething hatred.

[birdcheese]

A fresh batch.

[trulyvincent]

Murmuration of Starlings that looks like one huge bird

[todaysbird]

today’s bird: this Taiwan blue magpie

[mind-if-i-scream]

I’m sorry, I just love how you’re pointing at him and he’s looking at you like he wants to fight

[coochiefart]

Why’s he wearing jeans

[bumbledott]

Jeathers

[iwouldliketobutteryourmuffins]

It looks like a pokemon

[solmadethis-blog]

[end0skeletal-undead]

John James Audubon’s Entire ‘Birds of America’ Now Downloadable

The illustrations of 19-century ornithologist John James Audubon are some of the most influential paintings of nature in both science and fine art. Now, all 435 of his “Birds of America” watercolors are available for free, hi-res downloading. From the American Avocet to the Zenaida Dove, each was produced from hand-engraved plates, works originally printed between 1827 and 1838.

Downloads available here.

[adventures-in-zookeeping-deacti]

[airframeextender]

all i ever think about is how birds are dinosaurs 

[maxofs2d]

is this bird dubstep

[solaniar]

I really just wanted this on my blog. Sorry. 

not sorry

[becausebirds]

A reminder that Kookaburras are a thing that exists.

[dr-dendritic-trees]

[A large kookaburra is sitting on someone’s wrist and laughing.]

[suddenlycomics]

So you’re telling me the stereotypical jungle animal noise sound effect was a Kookaburra all this time!?

[spider-hands-mannos-deactivated]

laugh, Kookaburra, laugh

[teawithhades]

“Listing to the Kookaburra’s pleasant laughing song.”

^I now have a reference point for this lyric!

[supa-yel-deactivated20211101]

These scary mofos are everywhere..fucken scare me shitless at night.

But they are cute