Birb - Page 11

sexobon · 05-03-2019, 05:51 PM

Hummingbirds aren't too bad.

Diaphone Jim · 05-04-2019, 11:44 AM

I check the progress of the baby Bald Eagles on Santa Cruz Island off Southern California every day.
There are two nests at the link.
One has a single chick and the other has three.
I can't help but wonder how differently the solo one must view the world so far.

https://www.nps.gov/chis/learn/photo...gle-webcam.htm

BigV · 05-04-2019, 07:09 PM

More food less competition

BigV · 05-04-2019, 07:16 PM

I have pix of birdies to share with you. Some editing in the phone is required first though.

Undertoad · 05-05-2019, 10:14 AM

When it's rainy, mom provides shelter for the little ones. Now that they're not so little, she can't keep them completely covered. But they're big enough now that they can survive it.

All this instinctive behavior is really amazing. Just built right in.

Gravdigr · 05-05-2019, 10:49 AM

Split-second thought upon see that pic:

That eagle has the biggest knees I've ever seen on an eagle.

BigV · 05-05-2019, 11:45 AM

We visited the finnriver cidery last night and saw this beastly raven.

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Gravdigr · 05-05-2019, 11:48 AM

Seems it was really something to crow about...

BigV · 05-05-2019, 11:51 AM

Test of workflow successful. I took the picture last night using the camera in my phone, resized it using a newly downloaded app (PhotoResizer, cryptic, I know...) and uploaded it from my phone. This was done using the hotel wifi, but could also have been done using mobile data.

Yay!

Resizing, *not* merely cropping pics on the phone has been a giant post-blocking pain in the ass.

Gravdigr · 05-14-2019, 11:16 AM

Birb snap chats

Gravdigr · 05-17-2019, 01:48 PM

I didn't know that hawks had canard wings:

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Oh, it's another birb...Must be a canardinal.

TIHAW, try the wings.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-17-2019, 10:58 PM

It's a Kingbird.

Carruthers · 05-18-2019, 05:58 AM

Birbiplane...

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Quote:

Two red kites look rather like a biplane in a picture by amateur photographer Wayne Lewis that captured them flying in formation at Bwlch Nant-Yr-Arian feeding station, near the village of Ponterwyd in Aberystwyth, Wales.

The native Red Kite population was persecuted almost to extinction in the 19th century and just a small number were left in mid-Wales.

Since then a local re-introduction project has increased the numbers substantially and they are now a frequent sight hereabouts.

We had one land in the front garden a few years ago and occasionally they settle in the tall trees behind the house.

Sadly, I found one bird that had flown into a power cable and severed a wing.

I took the poor soul to a nearby wildlife hospital and they were hopeful that it would survive in captivity as the point where the wing was severed is the point used in amputation and doesn't bleed too badly.

Unfortunately, it succumbed about a fortnight later.

Gravdigr · 05-18-2019, 11:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

It's a Kingbird.

Good catch, and thanks for the ID.

Quote:

A kingbird was photographed in 2009 defending its young by landing on and sinking its talons into the back of a red-tailed hawk and pecking its skull until the red-tailed hawk gave up and flew away...The genus name means "tyrant".

~Wiki

Diaphone Jim · 05-29-2019, 11:28 AM

On 5/31 last year I reported that the Bald Eagle chicks on the Santa Cruz Island live cams took their first flights.
It looks like the first ones will do so today or tomorrow.
The three siblings on the bottom cam are really active this morning.

https://www.nps.gov/chis/learn/photo...gle-webcam.htm

05-04-2019, 07:09 PM	#3
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	More food less competition __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

05-04-2019, 07:16 PM	#4
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	I have pix of birdies to share with you. Some editing in the phone is required first though. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

05-05-2019, 10:49 AM	#6
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Split-second thought upon see that pic: That eagle has the biggest knees I've ever seen on an eagle. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

05-05-2019, 11:45 AM	#7
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	We visited the finnriver cidery last night and saw this beastly raven. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

05-05-2019, 11:48 AM	#8
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Seems it was really something to crow about... __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

05-03-2019, 05:51 PM	#1
sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793	Hummingbirds aren't too bad.

05-04-2019, 11:44 AM	#2
Diaphone Jim Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,122	I check the progress of the baby Bald Eagles on Santa Cruz Island off Southern California every day. There are two nests at the link. One has a single chick and the other has three. I can't help but wonder how differently the solo one must view the world so far. https://www.nps.gov/chis/learn/photo...gle-webcam.htm

05-05-2019, 10:14 AM	#5
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	When it's rainy, mom provides shelter for the little ones. Now that they're not so little, she can't keep them completely covered. But they're big enough now that they can survive it. All this instinctive behavior is really amazing. Just built right in.

05-05-2019, 11:51 AM	#9
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Test of workflow successful. I took the picture last night using the camera in my phone, resized it using a newly downloaded app (PhotoResizer, cryptic, I know...) and uploaded it from my phone. This was done using the hotel wifi, but could also have been done using mobile data. Yay! Resizing, not merely cropping pics on the phone has been a giant post-blocking pain in the ass. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

05-14-2019, 11:16 AM	#10
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Birb snap chats __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

05-17-2019, 01:48 PM	#11
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	I didn't know that hawks had canard wings: Oh, it's another birb...Must be a canardinal. TIHAW, try the wings. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

05-17-2019, 10:58 PM	#12
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	It's a Kingbird. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-29-2019, 11:28 AM	#15
Diaphone Jim Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,122	On 5/31 last year I reported that the Bald Eagle chicks on the Santa Cruz Island live cams took their first flights. It looks like the first ones will do so today or tomorrow. The three siblings on the bottom cam are really active this morning. https://www.nps.gov/chis/learn/photo...gle-webcam.htm

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