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herpsandbirds · 3 days
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Could we have some secretary birds please? I love those guys.
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But of course! One of my favorite birds!
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Secretary Birds (Sagittarius serpentarius), family Sagittariidae, order Accipitriformes, found across grasslands and arid areas in Sub-Saharan Africa
ENDANGERED.
These birds stand at a maximum height of 1.3 m (4 ft 3 in).
They feed on a wide variety of small animals, including venomous snakes.
Endangered due to habitat destruction.
photographs:  Michael Bourquet, Antero Topp, Marco Valenti, Subramanya CK
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josharlington · 3 days
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Baby Eurasian Eagle Owl
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Photographed at the National Aviary
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fusgia · 3 months
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hey guys you wanna see a really really bad image of a pelican
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YEAH you do. here it is. jesus fucking christ
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beardedmrbean · 3 months
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I like how the one dude had to sit down twice he was so overwhelmed
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pipermintz · 11 months
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I feel like if humans swallowed rocks like birds do to help grind up food we'd have so much fun with it.
Can just imagine all the girlies on tiktok going "I know this is a bit controversial but I honestly love using limestone as a gastrolith. Not only can you readily forage it but they are just so pretty when smoothed out after regurgitating them"
and then all the comments would be like " girl 😭 😭 calcite dissolves in stomach acid!! Just use quartz if you want a pretty gastrolith like 💀"
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chelledoggo · 9 months
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"We're gonna be talking about the BOOBY! We'll be talking about the WOODCOCK! Do you think that's FUNNY, Butthead? Do you find it AMUSING that we'll be talking about the SWALLOW? Yes, we're also gonna be talking about the DICKCISSEL, the BUSHTIT, the COCK-OF-THE-ROCK, the SHAG... and we will DEFINITELY be spending a LOT of time talking about...GREAT TITS!!"
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birds--daily · 3 months
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day 4
palestinian sunbird!
hey guys! so, evidently i've been gone for a while. it was kind of a bad time for me to start this account. a bunch of shit happened and everything sucked and it made me get art block 💔 oops. but now what's going on is too important to just sit there and have art block about. i'm using my, albiet small, platform to spread the palestinian cause during this global strike week called on by bisan. the palestinian sunbird is a symbol of freedom for the palestinian people. it flies across borders and checkpoints in defiance of israeli occupation. i hope that someday soon the palestinian people can be as free as their national bird ❤️🖤🤍💚
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sleepy-bebby · 6 months
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webberwoof · 7 months
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finch fancam❤
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zoologica42 · 3 months
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I refuse to believe spectacled eiders are real animals
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this is a goddam muppet.
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creepymutelilbugger · 10 months
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saw this weird bug on the wall can anybody tell me what it is ? thanks
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herpsandbirds · 3 days
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Japanese Night Heron (Gorsachius goisagi), family Ardeidae, order Pelicaniformes, Tokyo, Japan
photographs by Takanori Suzuki
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courtingwonder · 11 months
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Visual Comparison Of Bird Beaks And Their Uses
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No matter how I looked at it, he didn't like me.
Star (starling) am Max-Eyth-See, Mühlhausen.
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prole-log · 9 months
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typhlonectes · 2 months
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Don't feed bread to ducks!
Find out more:
4 Reasons Why You Shouldn't Feed Bread to Ducks (treehugger.com)
Wild Birds Unlimited - Nature Shop (wbu.com)
Do's and Don'ts of Duck Feeding - Maine Audubon
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