Birds are crazy

[Essence Lumin]

They achieve flying in place by flying into the wind at the same speed as the wind. Hummingbirds are the only birds that can truly fly in place. Or so a couple of websites say.

 

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Get out of here, ducky!



Maglink

 

[Isabeau]

'Aggressive' crow brings gift to Nottingham hospital worker

Melony Lockhart befriended the crow after it made a nearby tree his home.

www.bbc.com

 

[Isabeau]

I wonder if it went after the jogger after.

 

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[Isabeau]

 

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Now that's what I call taking a detour.

 

[Isabeau]

I like hearing birds outside my window in the morning. At times, they can be a little too loud, but all in all, it’s a good way to wake up.

Not sure I would feel the same way with these ones, though.

 

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Magpielink

 

[CronoCloud Creeggan]

I like hearing birds outside my window in the morning. At times, they can be a little too loud,

I get geese. River town within their year-round range. So you can hear them any time of the year. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...doesn't matter, they're always there....always watching.

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[Khamon]

Geese will chase you down and take that hotdog right out of your hand I tell you.

 

[Veritable Quandry]

Geese will chase you down and take that hotdog right out of your hand I tell you.

And then take your wallet to buy more.

 

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Another good use for BlueSky.

 

[Isabeau]

Jeeze!
Other birds will usually be more tolerant, but Cardinals can be real jerks, sometimes.

Wasn’t sure if I should put this in the music thread…

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

Don't fuck with corvids.

 

[Khamon]

Blue jays and Cardinals fought over our yard for a decade. They finally signed a truce for the Cardinals to occupy the back yard, and giant crepe myrtles in the side yard, and relegating the Blue jays to the three large trees in front of the house. That lasted six years as the Cardinals gradually encroached. Now it is all red up in here.

 

[Isabeau]

Bluesky

bsky.app

 

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Put me down for being an uninformed American for not knowing this was not already the case.

Biden signs a bill officially making the bald eagle the national bird of the US

President Joe Biden has made it official: The bald eagle is now the national bird of the United States.

apnews.com

The bald eagle, a symbol of the power and strength of the United States for more than 240 years, earned an overdue honor on Tuesday: It officially became the country’s national bird.

President Joe Biden signed into law legislation sent to him by Congress that amends the United States Code to correct what had long gone unnoticed and designate the bald eagle — familiar to many because of its white head, yellow beak and brown body — as the national bird.

To quote Benjamin Franklin:

[The bald eagle] is a Bird of bad moral Character. He does not get his Living honestly. You may have seen him perch'd on some dead Tree near the River, where, too lazy to fish for himself, he watches the Labour of the Fishing Hawk; and when that diligent Bird has at length taken a Fish, and is bearing it to his Nest for the Support of his Mate and young Ones, the Bald Eagle pursues him and takes it from him.

Seems apt to make it the national bird of the U.S.

 

[CronoCloud Creeggan]

In the Morning: Honk! Honk!
In the Afternoon: Honk! Honk!
In the Evening: Honk! Honk!
at 1:30 AM: Honk! Honk!
at 3:30 AM: Honk! Honk!

Geese are assholes.