On 3/30/2023 at 3:26 AM, ambermonk said:

  On 4/1/2023 at 7:32 AM, iococoi said:

 

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better cgi than any marvel universe movies out there... just saying...

  On 4/14/2023 at 12:35 AM, ManjuShri said:

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true colors...

the northern mockingbird is quite an item.

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A Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos harasses a Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis over Logan Square in Philadelphia. This image was shot 22 stories above ground. The Red-tailed Hawk is an adult that has a nest near the Art Museum. Cathedral Basilica is visible in the background

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With hundreds of songs in his repertoire and the stamina to sing for hours on end, the male Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) specializes in vocal excess. A masterful mimic, he mixes a variety of songs borrowed from other species with his own material to defend his territory.

  On 5/31/2023 at 8:13 AM, iococoi said:

With hundreds of songs in his repertoire and the stamina to sing for hours on end, the male Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) specializes in vocal excess

i had a Mockingbird outside my bedroom window kept me up half the night for two nights last week. felt bad for the guy as late in Spring as it is, but i was sure as fuck over it, as cool as the songs can be in moments. i guess he got laid or just moved on to try somewhere else. 

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Few Hawks attack the Mocking-birds, as on their approach, however sudden it may be, they are always ready not only to defend themselves vigorously and with undaunted courage, but to meet the aggressor half way, and force him to abandon his intention. The only Hawk that occasionally surprises it is the Astur Cooperii, which flies low with great swiftness, and carries the bird off without any apparent stoppage. Should it happen that the ruffian misses his prey, the Mocking-bird in turn becomes the assailant, and pursues the Hawk with great courage, calling in the mean time all the birds of its species to its assistance; and although it cannot overtake the marauder, the alarm created by their cries, which are propagated in succession among all the birds in the vicinity, like the watchwords of sentinels on duty, prevents him from succeeding in his attempts. 

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from: https://www.audubon.org/birds-of-america/mocking-bird

Cape/Southern Penduline Tit (Anthoscopus minutus)

They build elaborate nests, suspending them from branches using spiderweb, animal hair... the nests incorporate a false entrance to confuse predators. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthoscopus#:~:text=The true nesting chamber is,protect the eggs and nestlings.

Been watching swallows chase off falcons recently...tough bastards in teams 

Red-winged Blackbird

  On 5/31/2023 at 8:13 AM, iococoi said:

the northern mockingbird is quite an item.

 

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I wish I had birds that song like this one close to my house... all I have is a microtonal wanna be one dove band right on the top of the antena of the house next to mine...

Phorusrhacids

  On 10/3/2023 at 2:06 PM, iococoi said:

Red-winged Blackbird

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Pretty aggro critters. They’ve divebombed me while out biking and I’ve seen them attacking crows and bald eagles on numerous occasions.

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Grandala are deeply sexually dimorphic and this is the difference. While females are brown with white streaks all over the head, males are almost eye-searing blue. Source

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Dozens of bird names honoring enslavers and racists will be changed

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/11/01/bird-names-racism-audubon/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNjk4OTg0MDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzAwMzY5OTk5LCJpYXQiOjE2OTg5ODQwMDAsImp0aSI6ImY5YzEwZWI0LTk0M2QtNGQxNC05YWJmLWI5NDYwNTQ5M2UwNyIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9jbGltYXRlLWVudmlyb25tZW50LzIwMjMvMTEvMDEvYmlyZC1uYW1lcy1yYWNpc20tYXVkdWJvbi8ifQ.ueheZdjm5HscE_k8ldj29PHZKtCGR7GvkcN0JJZooHM

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 Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius

https://ebird.org/species/pewnig1

We have these badass things here. Hoopoes. I was on my way to work and saw two hanging out. They generally chill in twos apparently.