#i love birbs

[witchcraft-exotics]

I love how fluffy she gets when she's cuddly 🥰

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Wednesday, November 15.

The Pūteketeke: New Zealand's Bird of the Century.

The votes are in, and after two bruising weeks of voting in New Zealand's Bird of the Century, we have a new champion. It carries its young on its back, which is very cute. It enjoys grunting, growling, and barking, as one does. It possesses an elaborate set of mating rituals, including "the weed dance" and "the ghostly penguin," which is great. It has a colorful mullet—j'adore le style. It has a propensity for vomiting. It is, in other words, a worthy champion. Its name is the Australasian crested grebe, otherwise known as the pūteketeke, and we think you're gonna get on just *great*. 

(@edinzphoto)

If you want to do your bit to help these beautiful creatures, Forest & Bird ask bird enthusiasts to donate an old predator trap through Give a Trap, or add your voice to their collective call-to-action for birds in New Zealand. You can support Forest & Bird directly right here. In the meantime, we have gathered, for your viewing pleasure, a carefully-curated selection of content in tribute to the top five contenders from the #bird of the century election. Every last one a winner. 

Live, love, laugh. Grunt, dance, puke x

[verk0my]

I love it when I go to the balcony to pour some grain into the bird feeder and I see birbs on a nearby tree and I hear them chirping to each other like “human came! new food! new food! eating time!”

[whyireadsomuch]

https://wapo.st/45CjaRR

Fascinating and heartbreaking article about the akikiki birds that are close to extinction who were bravely defended from the fires in Hawaii. It’s a gift link, so you should be able to read the whole thing.

Please spread the word about this and help everybody in Hawaii if you can—both people and birds!

[the-gabardine-fox]

Bird-themed (well mostly bird) Ahsoka patches I designed! I’m weirdly so proud of these haha! I still have some available to purchase so feel free to DM me.

[troythecatfish]

[kadiekins]

Out of all the H;SR men, Jing Yuan is my fav

[bigmeatpete69420]

CAN I ASK YOU ABOUT BIRDS? er sorry for shouting i got excited. im friendly and quiet i swear. anyway, why are birds the absolute bestest ever?

HI YES PLEASE ASK ME ABOUT BIRDS!!!!!

No apology needed since volume doesn't come across through text I am sensitive to loud noises but who isn't lol

Birds are the bestest ever in my opinion because they are all technically dinosaurs.

Now you may have learned dinosaurs went extinct from the comet that crashed in the gulf of Mexico some 500 mil? Years ago but teachers lied!!

Dinosaurs survived and continue to grow and evolve into the beautiful, funny, magnificent birds that we see today

Besides that; the fact that they can fly makes them better than almost every other animal on the planet

Plus even though they have small brain to body size ratio they are wrinkled in similar places to our brains which means they have complex social dynamics just like we do

It's not about the size of the brain that makes something smart butthe wrinkles and synapses that connects the brain to the animal

I hope this helped or answered your question

If you want to get into bird watching/identification download the app "merlin" it is done through Cornell university ornithology program and using it actually sends them data about migratory birds which helps us understand human impact on birds and bird impact on humans lol

[themoonflowersgrove]

Sorry I haven’t posted in a while so here are some birbs

[corruptedromi]

[sparkles-and-trash]

Hawks isn’t a red tailed hawk, he’s obviously one of these weirdos, it’s all in the hair

[witchcraft-exotics]

She's so stinkin' cute!

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new zealand speaks, but tumblr decides

[alluv1um]

may be sick but that doesn’t stop the grind!! <- me drawing birds when i should be asleep

[squeezebox0]

I love to draw pigeons

[troythecatfish]