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
geese are at their best when u r feeding them and u hit them on the back with a large piece of bread and it makes the most satisfying noise
― rmad and dangerous (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 12:21 (thirteen years ago) link
lol
― Princess TamTam, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 12:22 (thirteen years ago) link
when i was a kid i was feeding ducks and a swan attacked me, v scary
SOmehow I read that as "Shit...birds..." like how a vulgar person like me says "shit" in reflex to the profound. All those birds are awesome, imo, I even like how starlings have fucked up America so much. "Like" meaning I appreciate all invasive species in an abstract way. ALso I think you need to see the owl movie in 3D. The climax is an owl flying around with a fire bucket while Dead Can Dance plays.
― Stop Non-Erotic Cabaret (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 12:22 (thirteen years ago) link
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3276/2950725421_9cfd5fe4be.jpg
i still got a lot of love for the geese
― e.g. delegates at a set age (ledge), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 12:23 (thirteen years ago) link
after that owl movie came out i spent a few weeks just saying the phrase 'owls of ga'hoole.' at choice moments, something about it just cracks me up
― Princess TamTam, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 12:23 (thirteen years ago) link
I am p sure I ruined the movie for all the kids there by repressed-laughing like crazy through the whole thing.
― Stop Non-Erotic Cabaret (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 12:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Makes me feel like an ass but OTOH the owl kept making this face
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OuKIMUeA20M/S8Q8Zynpc0I/AAAAAAAAC_k/KyQTUx90QDg/s1600/gahoole-owl.jpg
― Stop Non-Erotic Cabaret (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 12:25 (thirteen years ago) link
While he made that face, he would say something like "That can't be," or "That's not right" or "We must get to the Guardians" in a fake Aussie voice.
― Stop Non-Erotic Cabaret (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 12:27 (thirteen years ago) link
abbott there are always exceptions!
residential swans are disgusting; the best ones are the migratory onessome geese are dandy (the smaller ones and the Egyptian ones)shelducks are mutant duck-geese and are v coolowl movie will be watched with my kids in 13 years' time. owls are great but only when in their wild, elusive element - subtle birds, hunters. also, Kiwi accent not Aussie iirc
ok there IS one awesome small gull, the JUVENILE kittiwake
― rmad and dangerous (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 12:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Actually made a giant detour w/ the family on Sunday explicitly to look for owls over the meadows, but we drew a blank and now they hate me 8>
― Krampus Interruptus (NickB), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 12:28 (thirteen years ago) link
The asshole of the bird world is the cassowary.
― Stop Non-Erotic Cabaret (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 12:29 (thirteen years ago) link
its great imagining the owls forging all those helmets and shit... a sword that has OWL OF GA'HOOLE engraved in it... u have to imagine 'gahoole' being said gahoooooooole like 'cooooookie crisp' btw'
http://www.moviedir.com/photos/movie-legend-of-the-guardians-the-owls-of-ga-hoole-hq-33883903-photo-10.jpg
traumaowl.jpg
― Princess TamTam, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 12:29 (thirteen years ago) link
hahahahaha
I think I must have had a traumatic duck/geese (or "geeck" as I just typed initially)feeding experience too because now it kind of scares me to death. Did it with my parents a last year and as soon as one of the ducks became a little too grabby and aggressive I spooked and ran clear across the street. I love birds in theory but irl they make me nervous.
― ENBB, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 12:29 (thirteen years ago) link
hahaha traumaowl.jpg otm
― Stop Non-Erotic Cabaret (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 12:30 (thirteen years ago) link
http://i.pbase.com/o2/49/818749/1/118416236.wC5oDril.IMG_4888copy.jpg
sad that this bird will turn into a boring small gull in its adulthood :(
― rmad and dangerous (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 12:30 (thirteen years ago) link
i hear owls all the time but can never find them with my eyes, except for one night when i pulled into the driveway and there was a huge fuckin owl perched on the mailbox
― Princess TamTam, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 12:30 (thirteen years ago) link
egyptian goose = fake goose
how about a good ol' bar headed
http://www.rampantscotland.com/colour/graphics/bar-headed_goose_hoggan05345a.jpg
― e.g. delegates at a set age (ledge), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 12:31 (thirteen years ago) link
― Stop Non-Erotic Cabaret (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 12:29 (48 seconds ago)
yes but they're much more interesting than anything larger
barnacle goose >> bar-headed if we're getting into specifics
― rmad and dangerous (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 12:31 (thirteen years ago) link
― Krampus Interruptus (NickB), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 12:28 (3 minutes ago)
harriers (as 'small falcons') are the best predatory birds for scouting over meadows, but if you see a long-eared I guess it is mad rewarding
― rmad and dangerous (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 12:32 (thirteen years ago) link
― Princess TamTam, Tuesday, 30 November 2010 12:30 (2 minutes ago)
you see, this is AWESOME and how owls shd happen
― rmad and dangerous (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 12:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, that sounds great.
Owls that we get hunting over the wet meadows here in the winter are barn owls and short-eared owls - shorties are a top bird and they don't really give a shit about you standing there watching them either.
― Krampus Interruptus (NickB), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 12:42 (thirteen years ago) link
I haven't seen any of those! I need to, I think.
Cormorants = very much a solid, unspectacular bird. Black redstarts = superb, belong on Great list
anyway yeah concentrate on the positives guys
― rmad and dangerous (acoleuthic), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 12:48 (thirteen years ago) link
parakeets yall
was thinking today what the cultural equiv of them was
sum 41, apparently
― nax arrrrrgh (nakhchivan), Saturday, 18 December 2010 01:11 (thirteen years ago) link
MIA
― titular character (acoleuthic), Saturday, 18 December 2010 01:19 (thirteen years ago) link
imported from SE Asia, gaudy, noisy, all over fucking London these days, rly irritating, kinda played
― titular character (acoleuthic), Saturday, 18 December 2010 01:20 (thirteen years ago) link