birds

seen that over the weekend, instantly made me think of this cover. the character’s name was Proginoskes iirc

emus make the best sounds

saw 1 of these red-backed fairy wren boiz 2day w. his demure coloured harem popping about ((::

The offspring of a pair of blackbirds nesting in our neighbor's garden came to pay us a visit today.

https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/amp.abc.net.au/article/12364266

This old lady and local icon died this week in a hit-and-run. I live here and had seen her out and about from time to time :(

  On 6/19/2020 at 2:13 PM, Roo said:

https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/amp.abc.net.au/article/12364266

 

This old lady and local icon died this week in a hit-and-run. I live here and had seen her out and about from time to time 

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Wait ... so is his the same cold blooded killer as in he post above yours?

(blackbird offspring are now learning to fly in our garden. One smashed into our bedroom window and another almost flew in face as I sat reading)

  On 6/19/2020 at 3:04 PM, rhmilo said:

Wait ... so is his the same cold blooded killer as in he post above yours?

 

(blackbird offspring are now learning to fly in our garden. One smashed into our bedroom window and another almost flew in face as I sat reading)

Doubtful. Especially considering the killer cass was in Florida. I guess the victim was keeping it as a pet or something.

From what I know these birds aren't carnivores, but their talons combined with their strength are dangerous enough to disembowel somebody with a single blow.

  On 6/19/2020 at 3:04 PM, rhmilo said:

Wait ... so is his the same cold blooded killer as in he post above yours?

 

Yeah different continents. I live on the Cassowary Coast and a lot of the road signs and Big Things here are cassowary-related. We drive slow here so we don't hit them, you often see them moving about in families with the smaller chicks.

Despite that dangerous streak, their nature can tend to be librarian-shy though.

My neighbors:

I've never seen a duck twerk.

Until now.

Thank you Internet!

Rest in peace King Dodo.  Tragic victim of human speciecide.

Nice, .mp4 embed works now

Here's a pointless post listing the birdies I've spotted during the lockdown from my terrace the last couple of months. No pics. 

Saw some pigeons, sparrows, magpies and seagulls today, same as any day. Birds.

Forgot blackbird. Saw that as well. Same as any day. Probably saw some ducks as well, can't remember. Blackbird has a better singing voice so that's ok. Birds.

It just takes practice. Practice and patience and then after a while you’ll see birds you never noticed before.

Which then turn out to be marked as “very common” in your birding guide.

Stalking birds is fun. There are a lot of large grey herons standing in the flat river waters fishing, in the middle of the city. I'm always fascinated when such big animals haven't been exterminated yet. Probably because there isn't much meat on them

  On 7/8/2020 at 2:11 PM, dingformung said:

Stalking birds is fun. There are a lot of large grey herons standing in the flat river waters fishing, in the middle of the city. I'm always fascinated when such big animals haven't been exterminated yet. Probably because there isn't much meat on them

 

Apparently hunting and subsequently eating herons used to be a thing. Mary of Burgundy came to an untimely end when she fell off her horse during a heron hunting party.

Personally I consider the heron to be God’s finest creation, especially the white variety (which are called egrets in English). Thanks to the miracle of climate change these are becoming more and more common over here.