aduh:http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/righteouskate/30-rock-203.jpg
― peacocks, Friday, 28 May 2010 15:45 (fourteen years ago) link
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/05/27/article-0-09C73668000005DC-994_634x421.jpg
― i'm gonna go and talk to some food about this (Ned Trifle II), Friday, 28 May 2010 16:46 (fourteen years ago) link
take the silhouette of that and you have a very bizarre creature indeed
― some men enjoy the feeling of being owned (acoleuthic), Friday, 28 May 2010 16:50 (fourteen years ago) link
That pic is from a DM article - [url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1281970/Swooping-150mph-golden-eagle-really-knows-meaning-fast-food.html]Swooping in at 150mph, this golden eagle really knows the meaning of fast food.[/url
I'm pretty sure they don't travel at 150 mph?
― i'm gonna go and talk to some food about this (Ned Trifle II), Friday, 28 May 2010 16:51 (fourteen years ago) link
hahahahaha methinks the Mail have their raptors confused
― some men enjoy the feeling of being owned (acoleuthic), Friday, 28 May 2010 16:52 (fourteen years ago) link
The symmetry is amazing but it's the look on his face that kills me. "Yes, I am going to eat you, bwahahaha..."
― i'm gonna go and talk to some food about this (Ned Trifle II), Friday, 28 May 2010 16:54 (fourteen years ago) link
at that angle it looks like it's a slightly sympathetic, pitying, amused expression
― some men enjoy the feeling of being owned (acoleuthic), Friday, 28 May 2010 16:56 (fourteen years ago) link
o lowly vole, if only you could fly like me
flying dinosaurs, how do they work
― am0n, Friday, 28 May 2010 17:01 (fourteen years ago) link
http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/ifwis/ibt/userfiles/image/photos/800/olive-sided-flycatcher--tom-munson.jpg
Bird ppls have decided the olive-sided flycatchers call is saying, "Quick, three beers!"
― breaking that little dog's heart chakra (Abbott), Friday, 28 May 2010 17:04 (fourteen years ago) link
flycatchers are incredible birds
― some men enjoy the feeling of being owned (acoleuthic), Friday, 28 May 2010 17:05 (fourteen years ago) link
some of my favourite memories involve watching them at primary school
― some men enjoy the feeling of being owned (acoleuthic), Friday, 28 May 2010 17:06 (fourteen years ago) link
I saw a hawk in downtown Toronto today, a fucking hawk (roughly 2 feet in size, too).
― Ce soir je dîne sur la soupe de tortue (EDB), Saturday, 10 July 2010 04:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Golden Eagles definitely swoop at around 150mph, fastest is the Peregrine Falcon at around 200mph
― Jarlrmai, Saturday, 10 July 2010 12:40 (thirteen years ago) link
in neighbours garden finishing off a pigeon.http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4001/4568033551_d8b10a9d87.jpg
― not_goodwin, Saturday, 10 July 2010 12:47 (thirteen years ago) link
http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l69r5jj3zT1qak053o1_250.gif
― del griffith, Wednesday, 28 July 2010 20:55 (thirteen years ago) link
This bird has a RUMEN!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62Q-himJgaU&feature=related
― soviet, Friday, 17 September 2010 20:19 (thirteen years ago) link
They are all feathered dinosaurs but particularly that one.
― soviet, Friday, 17 September 2010 20:23 (thirteen years ago) link
poor smelly bastards
― acoleuthic, Friday, 17 September 2010 20:28 (thirteen years ago) link
better one, sorry, temporarily obsessed will stop now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18582_zqzF8&NR=1
I mean now.
― soviet, Friday, 17 September 2010 20:33 (thirteen years ago) link
worth watching gets even more amazing towards the endhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH-groCeKbE
― soviet, Saturday, 18 September 2010 16:22 (thirteen years ago) link
Wow, thanks for posting that.
Had just come on here to ask "Where is good for watching migrating starlings?" and it turns out it's two miles up the road ... Marvellous.
― djh, Sunday, 3 October 2010 22:14 (thirteen years ago) link
When's a good time to see starlings as in the above clip? (Looks like Feb?)
― djh, Sunday, 17 October 2010 16:25 (thirteen years ago) link
http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2010/11/23/1290551753396/Flamingos-001.jpg
― specifically, the word talking (Ned Trifle II), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 08:54 (thirteen years ago) link
if only its tail wasn't melting amirite
shaped a bit like the Spurs logo
― pro EVOO sucker (acoleuthic), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 08:56 (thirteen years ago) link
Some people have actually said that the image is divine intervention and proof that there is a God
That God, eh?
― specifically, the word talking (Ned Trifle II), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 08:57 (thirteen years ago) link
fucksake everyone involved, especially the flamingoes
flamingoes are among the most boring of birds imho
― pro EVOO sucker (acoleuthic), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 08:59 (thirteen years ago) link
if I wake earlier than the heroic 16:00 I have set my alarm-clock to I will rank all the birds whose jpgs still adorn this thread
― pro EVOO sucker (acoleuthic), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 09:03 (thirteen years ago) link
― pro EVOO sucker (acoleuthic), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 08:59 (10 hours ago)
ha
i agree
― calpolaris (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 19:25 (thirteen years ago) link
great fucking birds (an incomplete list)
gulls (larger ones)corvidswagtailsswifts (and martins, more so than swallows)robins when singingALL WADERS EVER esp sandpiperssmall falconsshrikesbuntings (much more so than finches)the chiffchaffthe zitting cisticola aka fantailed warblertreecreepers although I've never seen one ;_;migratory thrushes PIPITS
pipits might be stealth winners actually
― rmad and dangerous (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 11:47 (thirteen years ago) link
stormy petrels also altho they are almost too elusive and unlikely
― rmad and dangerous (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 11:48 (thirteen years ago) link
SHIT BIRDS (British; incomplete)
geeseducks EXCEPT mergansers and wigeonsmute swanssmall gullsowls when portrayed as cutelarge raptors when portrayed as superior (ospreys have their moments for instance but r overly fetishised)coots when there are too many of them and they are not being violent (violent coots r GREAT)starlings (do not need to explain this)
― rmad and dangerous (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 11:54 (thirteen years ago) link
So much wrongness, more later.
― Krampus Interruptus (NickB), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 11:58 (thirteen years ago) link
BIRDS THAT CAN BE GREAT DEPENDING ON MOOD
pigeons (esp wood)woodpeckerstits (esp crested)the dunnockthe heron (esp in unexpected surrounds)the moorhenthe kingfisher when not gratuitousgamebirds when not in seasongrebes when you haven't seen one for a whilegannets the first time you see them; see also auks - the black guillemot is a delightful species actuallyfulmars when you haven't had an overload of shearwater stiffwingnesswrens when they're not being miserable skulkers
― rmad and dangerous (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 11:59 (thirteen years ago) link
ok geese needs more of a breakdown. brent geese are cool.
― rmad and dangerous (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 12:00 (thirteen years ago) link
Can't believe yr trying to troll me on ducks tbh.
― Krampus Interruptus (NickB), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 12:02 (thirteen years ago) link
wtf wrens are awesome whatever their mood
― calumerio, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 12:03 (thirteen years ago) link
^
― rouxymuzak (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 12:04 (thirteen years ago) link
wrens are awesome when flitting around in full view and singing; not when they're dashing around the undergrowth and you can't see them
ducks are a bit played ime - the wilder, faster-flying ones are mad cool tho - <3 goosanders
― rmad and dangerous (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 12:05 (thirteen years ago) link
oh shit, EIDERS ok eiders are also cool but they're seagoing ducks - much preferable on the whole
Smew, garganey, eider, long-tailed duck - all classics of the genre imo.
― Krampus Interruptus (NickB), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 12:08 (thirteen years ago) link
^^^all otm; feel ashamed now BUT I must stress those are ALL seagoing migratory sorts as per my amendation - actually thought of long-tailed ducks, add harlequins and goldeneyes too
― rmad and dangerous (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 12:10 (thirteen years ago) link
Smew are actually fucking spectacular. Sorry, Smew. I was attacking your staid and pond-bound brethren.
― rmad and dangerous (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 12:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Rolling my damn eiders here.
― Krampus Interruptus (NickB), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 12:12 (thirteen years ago) link
SHIT BIRDS
geese
you ever seen Fly Away Home, motherfucker?
― lonely is as lonely does, lonely is an eeyore (unregistered), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 12:12 (thirteen years ago) link
haha I've caused a controversy :/
am just flinging ideas around tbh - will have made my peace with all the shit birds before and will do so again
red kites over oxfordshire = great btw
― rmad and dangerous (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 12:15 (thirteen years ago) link
http://i47.tinypic.com/dnltu8.jpg
forgot you were A Bird Man aco, always found that charming abt u
― Princess TamTam, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 12:17 (thirteen years ago) link
you ever read The Once and Future King, motherfucker?
― e.g. delegates at a set age (ledge), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 12:19 (thirteen years ago) link
as for non-migratory thrushes, the order of greatness is
mistle(big gap)ring ouzelblackbirdsong thrushnightingale
― rmad and dangerous (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 12:19 (thirteen years ago) link
ok whatever, take up thy goose and shit everywhere
― rmad and dangerous (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 12:20 (thirteen years ago) link