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boopsandswoops:

becausebirds:

This GIF shows how the toucan releases heat using its beak to cool itself off.

The toucan beak isn’t just beautiful, it’s also an adjustable thermal radiator that the bird uses to warm and cool itself. When the bird is hot, the blood vessels in their beak open up to allow more circulation to enable heat to escape. Birds can’t sweat so evolution has come up with some life hacks to get the job done. [video]

You fool they’re charging their laser cannon

You can actually kinda see the start of the heat bleeding out of their body!

theraptorcage:

Javan Green Magpie

fieldbears:

SCREAMING

cameoamalthea:

nesoi:

behold, a man

Is that a chocobo?

This is too agile to be a newborn nakey baby bird. Nakey babies are kinda floppy and terrible. I think it’s an adult of a small species, a parakeet or something, with a disease or genetic issue that makes it incapable of growing feathers.

vultureculturecoyote:

Eating some pasta at the weird discount store and I felt something poke my ass. Weird giant chicken begging for food in the eating area.

Yep, that’s a pea-hen. Peafowl are surprisingly good at fending for themselves in semi-urban areas and are large enough that a lot of predators in semi-urban areas don’t go after them.

rockjumperbirdingtours:

Photo of the Day – The Chestnut-crowned Antpitta (Grallaria ruficapilla) ranges from northern Venezuela south to central Peru. This stunning species is actually one of the easier antpittas to see. Their calls are easy to imitate and their curious nature means they often approach in response to human whistles.

This beauty was photographed by Adam Riley in Ecuador

Please look up “antpitta bird” on Google. They’re all little round birds with long legs, and it’s the cutest photoset ever.

crownofpins:

phdbff:

2spleenz:

oh myGOD i wasn’t ready

Science tumblr pleaE explains this funky birb

Me making the noise of updates

Birb likes the noise! A lot of parrots and parrotlets really enjoy repetitive sounds, and wil make said sounds for themselves.

mamapluto:

mad-hare:

Lads he’s dustbathing in nothing the absolute madman

I can’t believe your bird’s telling you to sweep

curiousmiscellanies:

Fledgling American Crow on Hand

photo by Robert Langham

why-animals-do-the-thing:

the-c4ts-pajamas:

timboallthetime:

that is hilarious!

@why-animals-do-the-thing is this owl actually happy?

Multiple people with professional bird experience that I’ve spoken with believe so! One noted that a some birds get so “into the scritch” that at times they will lose their balance or cease being aware of their surroundings (as you can see in this video) but that we don’t really know why. It looks like this owl was having a super good scratch, ended up leaning a little farther back that the human was in a good position to support, lost his balance, and recovered. It’s all good and yes, actually cute.

(It’s worth noting, of course, that this is an interaction that can only occur because the person has a strong history with the owl and a lot of previously developed trust. This isn’t something you should ever consider doing with an owl you don’t know and haven’t been trained to work with.)