#bird behaviour

[bird-of-the-day]

BOTD: Chestnut-Bellied Sandgrouse

^Image credit: Hari K Patibanda

Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles exustus)

Although they live in hot, arid climates, these birds are heavily reliant on water, known to fly up to 50 miles (80 kilometres) a day in search of water, typically going to water once a day at sunrise. They are rarely kept in captivity due to their high mortality rate in captive conditions, usually due to stress.

[iamemeraldfox]

Which bird flys south on new years??? Isn't it a little late for migration?

Also the calls were odd? And they had long necks. Cranes?

[ukdamo]

Today's photo with the most hits: these four cow egrets, near Demnate, Morocco.

[amingethia]

Oh my gods it’s beautiful and I want it.

[bookloversofbath]

Birdscapes: A Pop-up Celebration of Bird Songs in Stereo Sound :: Miyoko Chu with The Cornell Lab Of Ornithology

Birdscapes: A Pop-up Celebration of Bird Songs in Stereo Sound :: Miyoko Chu with The Cornell Lab Of Ornithology

[mostlybirdsandphotos]

impress? lovely feathers, yes? impress? attracted to me? good feathers?

eep!

(male brown-headed cowbird attempting to woo a female)

[spaghetti-machete]

what must fledging be like for birds. like you wake up one day and your brother tells you to jump out a window cus it feels right and itll all work out and you just nod and go "yeah" and throw urself out of a tree

[starflungwaddledee]

Hear me out…Meta Knight and Starstruck

✧˖°.✧ gravity ✧˖°.✧ ɡravɪti (noun) 1. the force that attracts a body towards the centre of the earth or towards any other physical body having mass 2. the degree of intensity of gravity, measured by acceleration 3. extreme importance; seriousness 4. solemnity of manner

[jaubaius]

No, this is for you!

Source

[aeviann]

I come forth bearing the joyous news of another absolutely perfect bird fanfic that my beloved bestie @fideliahoney has published. Of course I had to draw for it in tandem with her writing process, because how could I not when it dips into my favourite guilty pleasure rarepair that is Tibarn/Naesala.

Please go read it on Ao3 if you like crack with sexy birds treated seriously that also involves Naesala having tattoos

[horuslupercal]

I really do think Sanguinius (alone amongst primarchs) can swim on account of the extra surface area from his wings and the hollow bones he certainly needs to have. he'd hate it though. it's slow and his wings are soggy and they're going to take two hours to dry and he never learned how to swim PROPERLY so he's just slapping his wings at the water. (jealous Sanguinius voice:) HORUS can fall in the water and just walk to the shore but nooooo, he has to swim. like a pleb

[bird-of-the-day]

BOTD: Snail Kite

^image credit: Andreas Trepte, Wikipedia

Snail Kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis)

The Snail Kite is named because its diet consists almost entirely of Apple Snails. They glide low and slow over marshes, and drop to pick up a snail with one foot from the surfaces of water or plants. They are believed to turn to alternative food sources only when Apple Snails become scarce, such as during drought.

[its-dragon-magic]

hungry crow in my sketchbook

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[violetsandshrikes]

A carolina wren has taken up residence in the news slot of my family's mailbox. We aren't particularly bothered by it, but the wren gets startled and flies out every time someone gets the mail, which probably isn't great for it. Do you have any advice on how to get the wren to move?

Oh birds. They really do make some interesting choices.

Getting any nest moved is a nightmare + there can be legality factors depending on where you are. You usually have to set up a site very close by, and hope they move and don't abandon the nest completely. If you don't mind them in there, you could always put up a sign, cover the slot, but human presence will probably still stress them out.

Paging @todaysbird to see if they have suggestions (or if followers do!)

[nakaremfarlei]

Was just thinking about the amount of animals Obi-Wan interacts with compared to literally everyone else and in the Clone Wars episode where Kamino gets attacked he literally gets saved twice by the same ray-like animal and just...

The growth from judging Qui-Gon for the 'pathetic lifeforms' he picks up to whatever he has going on during the Clone Wars era. He must have gotten that from Qui-Gon though, right?

And because it's my brain and it's rotting with all the star wars stuff I am consuming I was thinking of Obi-Wan saving all these creatures and the 212th having to deal with that. Surely they made one of the rooms pet proof in case one of them needs a new home. There also have to be clones who love that because of course Obi-Wan can't really take care of rescues on top of all his duties.

After the first few times this happens Cody learns to order animal food and other necessities. And if the Republic doesn't fulfill these requests or asks too many questions he'll just have to make sure to organize them on planet during the campaigns.

[melina-mellow]

Xiao giving Lumine flowers to decorate their her nest house with....

Peak bird courtship behavior.

Next he's gonna start singing or perform a dance for her.