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BIRD IN A SUPERMARKET!!!

Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola), family Rallidae, order Gruiformes, found across much of North and Central America

This image of a rail in a supermarket went viral a few years ago. I do not know where this happened. Virginia Rails are usually found in marshes, and do not normally feed on dark chocolate.

original photograph source: unknown

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wood pigeon baby content from my balcony :')

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Robins love to pose for me

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Little idiot kept running into windows in a building with only half the walls

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These are a sort of bird to me

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Hes standing watch

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So I was watching a video on ptarmigans and it was mentioned that they dig burrows in the snow for shelter and protection. Which, cool! Burrowing bird! Then they showed this picture and

It's perfect

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Grackle drop!

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Just realized the sparrows and robin ended up in the original post, whoops. Meant to add those later in a reblog lol

Grackle drop!

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The people on iNaturalist ided the lighter ones as grackles, too, but lets see if i can learn something about birds

So these photos were taken in northern utah, all at once—there were a few non-grackles and non-cowbirds there, a few house sparrows and a robin, and the rest were great tailed grackles, save those few brown babies

Brown-headed cowbirds tend to show up in utah during summer, which it is. Almost officially summer, and utah.gov says there ARE nonsummer cowbirds, but they’re in the southern parts of the state

Cowbirds DO look a lot like the female grackles

Theres a few of them with similar face markings, but theyre stronger on the grackles. Heres some close ups of the brown bird photos

Those face markings are pretty strong, but im more convinced by the beaks and tails?

Cowbirds have those thicker, shorter beaks and i think their tails match the grackle lengths a bit better

Theyre a little scronched up but. Probably not cowbirds, i think theyre just some feathery grackle ladies

Grackle drop!

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Grackle drop!

+sparrows and a robin, hadnt realized they ended up w the grackles lol

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Its parking lot pigeon photoshoot time!!!!

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This blog is really just “oops all pigeons!”

In my defense i really love pigeons

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Posed so perfectly for me! Forgot to upload them to iNaturalist so i have no clue what they are, but I think they were from Wyoming?

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Pigeon and a ???, taken across the parking lot as quick as possible before my nephew scared them off