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ramblingmoon · 4 months

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#opposum #raccoon #winter #storm #bring them in #loons are geese #meme #opossum meme #raccoon meme

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wizardhecker · 3 months

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In case you didn't get enough of my ducks and wet birds last year, I've combined them all into one big beautiful picture so they can huddle together for warmth in these cold winter months.

How many of them can you name?

Just like a baby duckling imprints on its mother you can also imprint on this picture at my inprnt shop here.

#fennes dumb drawings #ducks #geese #loon #grebe #swan #bufflehead #birds #nature #art

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savetheghost · 2 months

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Oh man I love Canadian geese, they distract everyone so loons can show up

at my work canadian geese are jjjuuuuuust tall enough to trigger the automatic doors

and when it gets hot

their babbies will run in to the air conditioning, and the adults wont follow

then they notice the babbies are MIA

and i wind up being the only person with enough experience dealing with animals that im the negotiator in this situation

scooping up baby geese and ushering them back out to the parents without getting my fingers bit

#baby geese are not as soft as you think #like theyre soft but not THAT soft #not like a baby duck or a chick #little more structure to their down #thank fuck i dont think there are loons in my area #or fuckin #swans #im also the resident snake wrangler but thats easy snakes are easy #i have a snake but hes a sweetheart

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antiqueanimals · 2 years

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Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia, vol. 11, Mammals II. Illustration by Wilhelm Eigener. 1972.

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krawdad · 11 days

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I've been seeing these things since we moved here they've been called Coots this whole time

#a smattering of these guys a fuckload of ducks and like 3-5 geese #in the park with the little lake that we have only ever caught catfish in #i think i get coots and loons mixed up because the words are silly and adjadcent

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emptyfie1ds · 6 months

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i'm on a short pilgrimage in search of wilder animals, and am renting a car tomorrow to make sure i still know how to drive. i was never very good in the first place, which is why i stopped. if i fail to complete inktober it's because i accidentally ran over an old lady and went to jail for ever. tell my prowl i love her

#log #ugh it's so wonderful in 2.5 hours i saw 2 bald eagles a flock of snow geese a seal a hawk #and ducks i will have to consult the field guides i bought in town when i arrived #to identify #mergansers and a loon at least #tons of herons #if i go to jail for vehicular manslaughter because i have no depth perception well reader i go in peace

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bunjywunjy · 21 days

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Hi I just learnt that grebe the bird existed and I am intrigued do you have any knowledge to drop on the dudes

BOY DO I! grebes are my favorite waterfowl!

they're specialist divers and fish hunters, and they're a pretty wide group with a LOT of species!

and they're all freaks. every single one of them.

they're most closely related to FLAMINGOS, of all things, which is why their feet are so weird! they evolved completely separate from other waterfowl like ducks and geese, so they did the flipper thing totally backwards.

this is going to be a theme, nothing these birds do is normal.

unlike other specialist diving birds (coughcough LOONS coughcough), they aren't totally incompetent on land! just, again. total freaks about it.

aaagh I love them so much I might actually explode

also they swim like frogs, babies can dive pretty much immediately after hatching, and adults can minutely adjust their buoyancy in the water at will like a fucking submarine. you just can't make any of this shit up.

weirdest fucking bird 100/10

#cursed biology #animal death

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na-bird-of-the-day · 1 year

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Hello and welcome to North American Bird of the Day! 🐦

Whether you're an avid bird enthusiast or just want to see cool bird pics, this blog can satisfy your bird-related needs!

As the name suggests, one bird from the continent of North America (yes, this includes Central America and the Caribbean) will be posted every day at 1:00 PM (EST).

While this blog primarily focuses on the bird species found in North America, I'm still happy discuss birds from all over the world! Just hit up my ask box! Also, feel free to request a bird for me to post :]

Join the Discord server! New members are always welcome!

Location tags:

Birds of the US

Birds of Canada

Birds of Mexico

Birds of Central America

Birds of the Caribbean

Ask tags:

Bird spotted! - Send me pictures of birds you find, I'd love to see them!

Bird identified! - Need help identifying a bird? I can try to help!

Bird sampler - Would you like me to give you a list of birds that fit a certain theme? I'd enjoy that a lot!

Request - Tell me any birds you would like me to post as bird of the day, and I'll add them to the queue!

Resources - Got any birding resources? Feel free to share!

Bird tags:

Auks

Blackbirds

Buntings

Chickadees

Cormorants

Corvids

Cuckoos

Doves

Ducks

Eagles

Falcons

Finches

Flycatchers

Geese

Grebes

Grosbeaks

Grouse

Gulls

Hawks

Herons

Hummingbirds

Kingfishers

Landfowl

Loons

Mimids

Nightjars

Nuthaches

Orioles

Owls

Parrots

Passerines

Petrels

Plovers

Quails

Rails

Raptors

Sandpipers

Seabirds

Shorebirds

Sparrows

Swallows

Swifts

Tanagers

Terns

Thrushes

Titmice

Trogons

Waders

Warblers

Waterfowl

Woodpeckers

Wrens

Vireos

Vultures

There are more, of course, but these are some of the biggest ones.

#bird of the day #birds #birds of north america #north american birds #north american bird of the day #birding #bird watching #birdblr #birblr

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a-dinosaur-a-day · 1 year

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Danielsraptor vs Heracles

Factfiles:

Danielsraptor phorusrhacoides

Artwork by @otussketching, written by @zygodactylus

Name Meaning: Michael Daniels’ Terror Thief Bird

Time: 55 million years ago (Ypresian stage of the Eocene epoch, Paleogene period)

Location: Walton Member, London Clay Formation, England

While the Eocene fossil records of Seriemas, Passerines, and Parrots are fairly well known, the last remaining group of Australavians - the Falcons - remains something of a mystery. Danielsraptor helps to put together this puzzle a little more. Along with Masillaraptor, these birds show an early radiation of falcon-relatives from the Eocene in which they tried out a more terrestrial lifestyle! Danielsraptor had long legs, allowing it to forage and hunt on the ground like modern caracaras. It had a very large pygostyle, giving it long tail feathers - and with strong wing bones, it was able to fly in addition to hunt on the ground. It had a beak very similar to living caracaras and the extinct Terror Birds, further corroborating the idea that it was a bird of prey (and also potentially indicating a more complex evolutionary story for the early-derived Australavians). Living in the London Clay, Danielsraptor would have been one of the top predators, easily hunting the small mammals as well as the birds it shared its environment with - aided by both its terrestrial stalking abilities as well as its flying capability. Living in the London Clay, it shared its environment with the early loon Nasidytes, early owls, trogons, paleognaths, tropicbirds, duck-screamers, other diurnal raptors, the pseudotoothed bird Dasornis, and many parrot-passerine relatives. Crocodilians, snakes, turtles, fish, sharks, and a handful of mammals (including a primate) also lived in this rich post-Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum environment.

Heracles inexpectatus

Artwork by @otussketching, written by @zygodactylus

Name Meaning: Unexpected Herculean Parrot

Time: 16 to 19 million years ago (Burdigalian stage of the Miocene epoch, Neogene period)

Location: St. Bathans Fauna, Bannockburn Formation, Aotearoa

Heracles was a truly alarmingly large parrot, related to modern day Kea, Kaka, and Kakapo, known from the fantastic avifauna of St Bathans. Standing more than two feet tall and weighing about fifteen pounds, this animal was much larger than any expected from the St Bathans fauna, which represented the initial colonization of Aotearoa (Zealandia) after it returned above sea level. Heracles is also the largest known species of parrot, ever. It was presumably flightless, though it is uncertain if it was nocturnal like its living relative the Kakapo. Its exact ecology is still uncertain, given the material known from Heracles is limited and its living relatives have very disparate ecologies, though it is possible it was omnivorous similar to the Kea and Kaka today. The St Bathans fauna lived in a freshwater lake system, in a subtropical emergent rainforest. Separated from land bridges, the fauna was dominated by birds, with early relatives of the Kiwi, New Zealand Wrens, Adzebills, and Wedge-Tailed eagles found in the fauna, as well as somewhat modern looking Moas. Smaller flamingos, large fruit pigeons, and a huge variety of geese and other waterfowl are known. In addition, frogs, tuataras, other lizards, crocodilians, turtles, and many different types of fish are known from this fascinating ecosystem.

DMM Round One Masterpost

#dmm #dinosaur march madness #dmm round one #dmm rising stars #palaeoblr #dinosaurs #paleontology #bracket #march madness #danielsraptor #heracles #polls

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identifying-birds · 8 months

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(if you have any questions about where YOUR favorite falls leave a comment or an ask) (that is what my whole blog is about)

#birds #birdblr #birdwatching #not identifying #other birds

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tastesoftamriel · 10 months

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What are your favorite egg-based meals?

Eggs! Whether they're from chickens, ducks, geese, quail, and more, there are many dishes around Tamriel that feature this simple ingredient.

Altmer

In Summerset, a popular starter dish is a savoury steamed seafood egg custard known as chawanmushi. Served either chilled or hot enough to melt your face, this little dish is packed with prawns and shellfish and mushrooms, and topped with a slice of chewy fishcake.

Argonians

Crocodile eggs are a delicacy in Black Marsh, and the local Saxhleel have many ways of preparing them. My personal favourite is a flavourful scrambled omelette with scallions and oysters, cooked until the oysters are juicy to the point of bursting and the eggs are fluffy yet crisp. Known as or luak, this omelette is served with a healthy serving of chili sauce.

Bosmer

While people tend to hyperfixate on the meat aspect of the Bosmeri diet, they forget that eggs are just as important a food source. Poached giant snake eggs with cream sauce and smoked salmon atop cricket bread are the perfect brunch delight, especially when paired with a bit of jagga-and-honey.

Bretons

If there's one race in Tamriel who's mastered the soufflé, it's the Bretons. Whether savoury or sweet and set aflame with liquor, you can't deny that this tricky dish is worth every delicious mouthful. I'm personally a big fan of (surprise) four-cheese soufflé, where the egg is whipped with a clever blend of local High Rock cheeses to enhance the stiffening and therefore prevent an immediate collapse upon leaving the oven.

Dunmer

You'll never guess what this Dunmeri dish involves. Kwama eggs? Volcanic ash? Yes. Whole kwama eggs are buried beneath a mixture of lime and ash, and left to ferment for a few weeks until they have achieved a jelly-like texture on the exterior, and a creamy yet firm yolk. The eggs are served sliced and chilled, with pickled ginger on the side. Also great atop savoury saltrice congee.

Imperials

Like their penchant for eating pecorino-stuffed dormice, this dish will have you wondering what's wrong with Imperials. Balut is simply a raw duck egg, containing the lovely surprise of a two week-old foetus. Crack open the egg and sip up the whites, then season that foetus with salt and a splash of vinegar and slurp it up whole. This is, to some, unimaginably cruel, but Imperials in the Blackwood region insist that it's good for the health, and that it's delicious. I'll take their word for it, as this is one of the very few dishes I can't bring myself to try.

Khajiit

If there's a quintessential dish native to southern Elsweyr, it's probably telur balado, or twice-cooked eggs with chili sauce. Eggs are first boiled, then briefly deep fried to give them a delightfully crisp exterior while maintaining a rich yolk. It's then slathered in a rather spicy tomato-based sauce, and served with steamed rice. Also rather nice with a pinch of moon sugar.

Nords

While eggs from just about every bird are commonly used in Nord cuisine, chicken's eggs are by far the most popular and easily accessible. A signature egg dish in Skyrim is a thick omelette studded with bacon, served with sliced spring onions and rye bread. Simple, delicious, and downright good (except for its traditional, apparently Atmoran name, flæskeæggekage).

Orcs

Not everyone enjoys chub loon eggs, but Wrothgarian Orcs can't get enough of their rich, slightly fishy flavour. One popular egg dish is a seafood soup with egg drops, horker meatballs, and mudcrab meat. The egg drops are formed by whisking beaten eggs into the boiling soup, allowing the tendrils to cook on contact. It's served with seaweed noodles and a dash of strong black vinegar.

Redguards

Seagull eggs are a popular ingredient in coastal Hammerfell, and also act as a control measure against too many seagulls. This has happened numerous times in Stros M'kai, where shakshouka hails from. This famous dish is comprised of seagull eggs poached in an iron skillet with a spicy, flavourful tomato sauce, onions, and charred peppers. Usually eaten at breakfast with flatbread to mop up the sauce.

#Bit lazy so have some world foods #the elder scrolls #tes #food #asks #Egg #Eggs #world building #worldbuilding

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honexjams · 8 days

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#talkin.555 #birds #birdblr #inspired by somanypolls's one

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coopzine · 4 months

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I have been informed that the Geese have started a collective attack! The ducks have roped other waterfowl into their nefarious plans. Intel has stated that there will be loons on the horizon, and a squadron of wood ducks specifically have plotted to take over on Christmas day.

The only way you can appease these birds is to submit your bird poetry and/or art to our special duck duck goose edition!

I'll be cleaning duck and goose feathers out of the COOP forever 😭

#duck duck goose #chickens #the duck-saster continues

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tommytom-tom · 7 months

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HOLY FUCK I LOVE BIRDS i love eagles i love shoebills i love cassowaries i love emus i love ostriches i love FLAMINGOS i love peacocks i love ducks i love geese i love secretary birds i love blue footed boobies i love cardinals i love blue jays i love chickadees i love turkeys i love crows i love ravens i love tits i love galapagos finches ALL OF THEM. i love loons i love storks i love egrets i love birds of paradise i love those birds that can make car alarm noises for sex appeal i forgot what theyr called. I LOVE PENGUINS i mildly enjoy puffins i love albatrosses i love

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female-malice · 1 year

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We should think about how our access to cheap supermarket chicken, breasts and legs wrapped in plastic, kindles jeopardy for the hawks, falcons and owls of our forests, the ducks and loons of our wetlands, the vultures that clean away carrion, the crows that amuse us in town, the gulls and terns of our shorelines, the wild geese we enjoy hearing as they honk southward on an autumn night — and jeopardy also for ourselves. We should bear in mind that those 33 billion broilers and roasters represent a great petri dish for the continuing evolution of flu viruses. One such virus could well — just by chance — acquire mutations that make it the next human nightmare. The eagles would still be falling dead off their perches, a tragedy in itself. And the chickens, for us, would come home to roost.

#cc

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homeplanets · 4 months

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birds who are my friends personally: osprey, turkey vulture, black vulture, dark eyed junco, chimney swift, brown creeper, boat tailed grackle, towhee, double crested cormorant, monk parakeet, goldfinch, morning dove, redwinged blackbird, northern flicker, carolina wren

birds who are my friendly acquaintances: crows, ruby throated hummingbird, red tailed hawk, bluejay, cardinal, herring gull, tufted titmouse, nuthatch, turkey, rock dove, pied billed grebe, great blue heron, killdeer, piping plover, tree swallow, golden crowned kinglet, downy woodpecker, common yellow throat, redstart

birds i have met and would like to get to know better: various owls, various ducks, magpie, nighthawk, various sparrows, mockingbird, various terns, whippoorwill, various orioles, sandhill crane, night heron, gallinule, avocet, roseate spoonbill, pelicans, various warblers, razorbill, snow geese, sora

birds who are like celebrities to me: king eider, prairie chicken, ani, whooping crane, auks, loons, frigatebirds, anhinga, loggerhead shrike, crossbill, puffin, albatross, skimmer, petrels, scissor tailed flycatcher

#bird autism #limiting myself to north am birds for the last 1 bc there's sosososo many cool birds out there i want to meet #non exhaustive list

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