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veronica-rich:

marypsue:

becausebirds:

Britain’s smallest bird, the Goldcrest, weighs the same as a teaspoonful of sugar.

#it also appears to be full of hate (via tumbleaboutit)

If everyone else flying around you was the size of a Cadillac Escalade, you’d be pissed, too.

thalassarche:

Marvellous Spatuletail (Loddigesia mirabilis) – photo by 弹琴的鱼

strangebiology:

Agami herons by nature photographer Kristin Hines. During a 2011 trip to Costa Rica with her husband, a heron biologist, Hines photographed the entire mating ritual of the Agami Heron, which no one had ever done before.

ridiculousbirdfaces:

lilbudgies:

This lil fella is as friendly as a puppy. It’s actually seeking attention. Only attempted hand feeding em twice. Also the eldest of the 4 and likely half English budgie. These are only the second batch of babies that I’ve ever had and the first was only one chick who got a lot more attention and was never this friendly. Very excited to have at least one bird that doesn’t require so much effort to win over!

LOOK AT THIS PRECIOUS, SMOL CHILD TRYING TO WILL ITSELF THROUGH AN INVISIBLE FORCE FIELD TO SAY HELLO OOOH MY HEART

curlicuecal:

todaysbird:

a rare closeup of a black swift, found throughout north america and small parts of south america. swifts are rarely seen up close; they spend more of their life in air than any other species of bird – they eat, drink, mate and sleep while in flight. they are incapable of perching like other birds; they must cling to vertical surfaces.

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I had to look this up because “sleep while in flight” ????

but yeah, apparently completely true. these birds stay aloft for as much as 10 months nonstop, feed on insects, spend more energy at night (when there aren’t warm thermals to ride) and at dawn and dusk climb to 10,000 ft altitude where the 30 min slow descent is probably when they catch their sleep.

they’re unusually long-lived for such active critters (20 yrs) and they may be limiting energy expenditure by being extremely aerodynamic and narrow bodied. Also a single bird travels the distance of about 7 roundtrip journeys to the moon in its lifetime (>3 million miles).

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Reminder: this is a dinosaur.

taz-quails:

well look who thinks they’re a big girl and can just go flying out of the brooder and into the world all on their own.

i might believe her is she didnt immediately start crying.

ridiculousbirdfaces:

guillemot funny eyes by
Oleg Gontar

Common Murre
(Uria aalge)

awwcutefuzzyanimals:

lil baby hawk

forbiddencronch:

What a wiggly strawberry macaroon !

Does anyone know what this lovely little creature is? Looks like possibly a color variant of something else, the colors seem a bit splotchy to be the pattern it’s supposed to have.

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!