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Title: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: cassini on September 05, 2023, 06:03:26 AM
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Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: 2Vermont on September 05, 2023, 06:14:22 AM
Huge bird lover here Cassini.  I needed this thread.  Thank you.
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: AMDGJMJ on September 05, 2023, 06:37:37 AM
Share your favorite bird pictures thread!  I love it!  :popcorn:
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: AnthonyPadua on September 05, 2023, 07:45:27 AM
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Yes birds are very cute, especially when they tweet and chirp. Or the way they walk and wag their butt.

Blessed by God for making such things.
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: Viva Cristo Rey on September 05, 2023, 11:42:15 AM
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Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: Viva Cristo Rey on September 05, 2023, 11:43:58 AM
Parrot Mountain, Tennessee
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: Viva Cristo Rey on September 05, 2023, 11:46:50 AM
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Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: Kazimierz on September 05, 2023, 11:48:35 AM
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Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: Kazimierz on September 05, 2023, 11:49:32 AM
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Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: Viva Cristo Rey on September 05, 2023, 11:50:01 AM
Smokey mountains Tennessee has many wild turkeys.  

(https://i.imgur.com/LVB3Dqo.jpg)
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: Viva Cristo Rey on September 05, 2023, 11:53:44 AM
Our rooster:

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Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: Viva Cristo Rey on September 05, 2023, 11:55:51 AM
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Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: Viva Cristo Rey on September 05, 2023, 11:57:17 AM
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Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: cassini on September 05, 2023, 12:47:11 PM
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I love the name given to the flock of starlings that perform such flights:  a murmuration of starlings.
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: 2Vermont on September 05, 2023, 12:51:28 PM
Not really my first bird, but he looks a lot like him.  This is where my love of birds started:

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Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: Seraphina on September 05, 2023, 01:11:56 PM
https://youtu.be/XJ-pPZzvVK0?si=SJ6hkMJX_Ayrdr1w

Sort of cute?

https://youtu.be/FrkUbWB5cSo?si=TwH5LcW9Gbe6h45-
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: 2Vermont on September 05, 2023, 01:44:57 PM
And my first exposure to EINSTEIN:

(187) * Einstein the famous talking African Grey Parrot! * - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rfGEtALHYs&t=1s)
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: songbird on September 05, 2023, 04:54:06 PM
Oh, how tweet it is!
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: Viva Cristo Rey on September 05, 2023, 07:00:25 PM
The Holy Spirit Dove:

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Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: hansel on September 05, 2023, 07:44:13 PM
The very strange and beautiful birds of paradise: 

https://youtu.be/nWfyw51DQfU?si=BRF1ELGVkr5lQ8f6

https://youtu.be/BvIuUABZkiI?si=Aeqy5ByRVFqz2M_f

https://youtu.be/KIYkpwyKEhY?si=NW42wsuj76Q8yw7L

https://youtu.be/sKJfvdV4uHU?si=72YjIxJUSR1k9EZs
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: AnthonyPadua on September 05, 2023, 11:38:49 PM
https://youtu.be/XJ-pPZzvVK0?si=SJ6hkMJX_Ayrdr1w

Sort of cute?

https://youtu.be/FrkUbWB5cSo?si=TwH5LcW9Gbe6h45-
Yes still cute but definitely has a 'wow' factor.
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: Ladislaus on September 06, 2023, 11:42:57 AM
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Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: Nadir on September 06, 2023, 07:01:33 PM
The Noisy Friar Bird, one of my favourites that comes seasonally to my backyard. He is quite ugly, poor thing, but a ton of personality. Small head, completely bald with a small horn on his nose. Great sounds. Turn up the volume. The first couple of minutes a bit drawn out unfortunately

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=er3xe6FO1ks
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: Nadir on September 06, 2023, 07:12:40 PM
Another visitor to our garden is the Rainbow Lorikeet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YZkvxRrGAs

 (https://youtu.be/-YZkvxRrGAs)
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: Quo vadis Domine on September 06, 2023, 07:14:34 PM
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One of the most amazing birds is the Killdeer. 


https://www.reconnectwithnature.org/news-events/the-buzz/creature-feature-crafty-kildeer/


Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: Nadir on September 06, 2023, 07:19:07 PM
Not forgetting this fellow. Imagine 20 of them in chorus.

https://rangerrick.org/rr_videos/a-kookaburra-call-or-laugh/
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: AnthonyPadua on September 06, 2023, 10:10:59 PM
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Is this a dove? Siri thesis bros?
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: Ladislaus on September 06, 2023, 10:27:23 PM
Is this a dove? Siri thesis bros?

Yes, it's a dove.  Landed on his head when he was offering Mass outdoors under a tent somewhere about a year before the "election" of Roncalli.  Read what you will into it.  But then I recall how doves attacked Wojtyla the one time, and then how a raven or some other bird swooped down and attacked / killed the "peace doves" released by Bergoglio.

Here's Jorge's "peace dove" --
(https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2020/08/14/d99ae2b1-fd42-4436-990b-97b197977537/thumbnail/1280x720/00d52542d5e566f1f016f77424201650/ctm-0127-doves-640x360.jpg?v=bd30f47a894d621fb3691fc64d1442e9)

Ratzinger released some "peace doves" also, and they refused to leave the window.

Wojtyla got attacked by them and had to swat them away.
(https://www.cleveland.com/resizer/mteaXQ6ZqpNG95eOKzJnbVzKFnI=/1280x0/smart/advancelocal-adapter-image-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/image.cleveland.com/home/cleve-media/width2048/img/opinion_impact/photo/pope-dove-merlin-cle1x00101-9jpg-0d7a697d651fd2fb.jpg)
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: AnthonyPadua on September 06, 2023, 10:41:18 PM
Yes, it's a dove.  Landed on his head when he was offering Mass outdoors under a tent somewhere about a year before the "election" of Roncalli.  Read what you will into it.  But then I recall how doves attacked Wojtyla the one time, and then how a raven or some other bird swooped down and attacked / killed the "peace doves" released by Bergoglio.

Here's Jorge's "peace dove" --
(https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2020/08/14/d99ae2b1-fd42-4436-990b-97b197977537/thumbnail/1280x720/00d52542d5e566f1f016f77424201650/ctm-0127-doves-640x360.jpg?v=bd30f47a894d621fb3691fc64d1442e9)

Ratzinger released some "peace doves" also, and they refused to leave the window.

Wojtyla got attacked by them and had to swat them away.
(https://www.cleveland.com/resizer/mteaXQ6ZqpNG95eOKzJnbVzKFnI=/1280x0/smart/advancelocal-adapter-image-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/image.cleveland.com/home/cleve-media/width2048/img/opinion_impact/photo/pope-dove-merlin-cle1x00101-9jpg-0d7a697d651fd2fb.jpg)
Hmmm ;)
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: Nadir on September 06, 2023, 11:55:37 PM
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Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: cassini on September 07, 2023, 05:38:55 AM
A female European Honey Buzzard Bird was fitted with a satellite tracking system in Finland recently and was of particular interest to locals because it spent the most recent austral summer around the town of Reitz in the Free State in South Africa. She left Reitz to start heading north on 20 April and on the 2nd of June, she finally reached Finland where she will probably spend the boreal summer before probably returning again next season for a visit in South Africa.
Here is an image showing the data received from the tracker which plots out the route that she took to head north... so, in just 42 days, she covered over 10 000 km at an average of more than 230 km every single day! Isn’t that just amazing...?!"
What is amazing is how she took a straight line north except for when she had to fly over water. (or Sudan)
Apparently she turned right at the source of the Nile and followed it. It is still fascinating that after that deviation she returned to the same longitudinal line she started on and continued until she reached her destination. Mother nature at its most fascinating best.


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Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: 2Vermont on September 07, 2023, 05:48:27 AM
Another visitor to our garden is the Rainbow Lorikeet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YZkvxRrGAs

 (https://youtu.be/-YZkvxRrGAs)
How wonderful that you can see these birds in the "wild" where you live.  Here in the US, Lorikeets and Cockatoos are only found in pet stores.
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: AnthonyPadua on September 07, 2023, 06:36:52 AM
Mother nature at its most fascinating best.
:facepalm: Cassini no :fryingpan:
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: Nadir on September 07, 2023, 06:34:56 PM
:facepalm: Cassini no :fryingpan:
Why are you beating Cassini, Anthony?
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: Nadir on September 07, 2023, 06:42:41 PM
How wonderful that you can see these birds in the "wild" where you live.  Here in the US, Lorikeets and Cockatoos are only found in pet stores.
Yes, we are greatly blessed with squawkous raucous birds, like these fellows

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sulfur crested cockatoos, who fly overhead screeching enough to wake the dead.

And this red tailed black cockatoo will break the branches of a tree with their ferocious beaks. Just as well they are not permanent but seasonal residents.

(https://i.imgur.com/ycf4WNF.jpg)
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: AnthonyPadua on September 07, 2023, 10:24:23 PM
Why are you beating Cassini, Anthony?
"Mother nature" ---> God's Creatures/Providence


As a side note. I saw a pigeon walking along the fence this morning. The little clack sounds as it walks is very pleasing as well as the way its head/neck moves forward/backwards as it walks is cute. 

Thy cheeks are beautiful as the turtledove's, thy neck as Jєωels.

Behold thou art fair, O my love, behold thou art fair, thy eyes are as those of doves
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: AnthonyPadua on September 07, 2023, 11:09:41 PM
"Mother nature" ---> God's Creatures/Providence


As a side note. I saw a pigeon walking along the fence this morning. The little clack sounds as it walks is very pleasing as well as the way its head/neck moves forward/backwards as it walks is cute.

Thy cheeks are beautiful as the turtledove's, thy neck as Jєωels.

Behold thou art fair, O my love, behold thou art fair, thy eyes are as those of doves
I think it might have been a dove not a pigeon because it was on the small side.
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: Nadir on September 08, 2023, 05:58:16 AM
As a side note. I saw a pigeon walking along the fence this morning. The little clack sounds as it walks is very pleasing as well as the way its head/neck moves forward/backwards as it walks is cute.
I wonder if it was a crested pigeon. His wings whistle as he takes off in flight.

Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: 2Vermont on September 08, 2023, 07:02:10 AM
Yes, we are greatly blessed with squawkous raucous birds, like these fellows

(https://i.imgur.com/2fbmCLL.jpg)

sulfur crested cockatoos, who fly overhead screeching enough to wake the dead.

And this red tailed black cockatoo will break the branches of a tree with their ferocious beaks. Just as well they are not permanent but seasonal residents.

(https://i.imgur.com/ycf4WNF.jpg)
Ha.  I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic here.  I never thought of that.  Yes, these are some loud birds.  That's why you'll never find one in my home even if I think they are amazing.
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: Nadir on September 08, 2023, 04:12:46 PM
Ha.  I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic here.  I never thought of that.  Yes, these are some loud birds.  That's why you'll never find one in my home even if I think they are amazing.
Oh, no, 2V. I wasn't being sarcastic. It really is very noisy sometimes, but mostly a pleasant noisiness. The kookaburras sometimes join in and drown us out when we are saying our Rosary. I am fascinated by the sounds of the various birds. So much variety.

I would never have even the quietest bird inside my home. It is nature of birds to be free, unless of course it is destined to provide food for us human. 
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: 2Vermont on September 08, 2023, 05:28:13 PM
Oh, no, 2V. I wasn't being sarcastic. It really is very noisy sometimes, but mostly a pleasant noisiness. The kookaburras sometimes join in and drown us out when we are saying our Rosary. I am fascinated by the sounds of the various birds. So much variety.

I would never have even the quietest bird inside my home. It is nature of birds to be free, unless of course it is destined to provide food for us human.
Oh OK.  Thanks for clarifying that!!

I just discovered these adorable beach birds when we went to Maine this summer.  It's amazing how well camouflaged they are on the beach and how quickly they run across the sand:

Official Trailer: The Piping Plovers of Moonlight Bay on Vimeo (https://vimeo.com/818861213)
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: Nadir on September 08, 2023, 06:59:39 PM
Oh OK.  Thanks for clarifying that!!

I just discovered these adorable beach birds when we went to Maine this summer.  It's amazing how well camouflaged they are on the beach and how quickly they run across the sand:

Official Trailer: The Piping Plovers of Moonlight Bay on Vimeo (https://vimeo.com/818861213)
How beautiful are they!!! Thanking you for sharing, 2V.
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: Nadir on September 08, 2023, 07:58:25 PM
I wonder if it was a crested pigeon. His wings whistle as he takes off in flight.
Is this the bird you saw, Anthony. They are very endearing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj3WKZGUJEs

This shows their whistling wing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTuk1jm3L5s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTuk1jm3L5s)
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: EWPJ on September 08, 2023, 10:46:18 PM
Yeah, the government sure makes some great looking and cute spying devices don't they.  :laugh1:

:trollface:
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: AnthonyPadua on September 09, 2023, 02:30:18 AM
Is this the bird you saw, Anthony. They are very endearing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj3WKZGUJEs

This shows their whistling wing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTuk1jm3L5s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTuk1jm3L5s)
I think it was a rock dove.
(https://i.imgur.com/XTgX5Vz.jpg)
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: Nadir on September 09, 2023, 05:48:31 AM
I think it was a rock dove.
(https://i.imgur.com/XTgX5Vz.jpg)
Aha! I love the way he moves too. This guy, though very common to see in parks cleaning up the food scraps messy people have left around is very intelligent. He is also known for his navigational skills. He is used as a racing, homing or messenger pigeon. He was used in wartime for carrying messages and the enemy would try to shoot him done. A plucky little fellow. As a child, I hada neighbour who kept an aviary of these which he used for racing and sending messages.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A6HN73oIps
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: 2Vermont on September 09, 2023, 06:32:34 AM
How beautiful are they!!! Thanking you for sharing, 2V.
You're very welcome, Nadir.  I think they are my new fave after experiencing them this summer.  It appears that they are slowly gaining ground although I think they are still technically considered "endangered".
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: 2Vermont on September 09, 2023, 06:41:38 AM
I am partial to the Mourning Dove.  They have such pretty faces and a wonderful coo:


(196) Mourning Dove Song Coo Call Sounds - Amazing Close-Up - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Km-jtXueTw&t=11s)
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: 2Vermont on September 09, 2023, 07:15:04 AM
Smokey mountains Tennessee has many wild turkeys. 

(https://i.imgur.com/LVB3Dqo.jpg)
Turkey chicks are so adorable:



(https://i.imgur.com/z2F8kTB.png)
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: Incredulous on September 09, 2023, 01:27:33 PM
Not forgetting this fellow. Imagine 20 of them in chorus.

https://rangerrick.org/rr_videos/a-kookaburra-call-or-laugh/

Surely, the funniest bird ever!  :laugh2:

kookaburra (https://youtu.be/7jW7A2glZbk)

Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: AMDGJMJ on September 09, 2023, 05:13:31 PM
Surely, the funniest bird ever!  :laugh2:

kookaburra (https://youtu.be/7jW7A2glZbk)


Your post reminds me of this song my mother used to sing:

Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree

https://youtu.be/p2VitpGRalw?si=u2fdHy9WxUIVd4pj (https://youtu.be/p2VitpGRalw?si=u2fdHy9WxUIVd4pj)


:cowboy: :laugh1: (https://youtu.be/p2VitpGRalw?si=u2fdHy9WxUIVd4pj)
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: Soubirous on September 10, 2023, 05:16:02 PM
Smokey mountains Tennessee has many wild turkeys. 

(https://i.imgur.com/LVB3Dqo.jpg)

Not as nasty as wild geese, at least. Wherever there are open fields, dozens of them en masse regularly decide to cross the road unannounced. Tap your brake lights for the driver behind you and wait patiently. Oh, and don't wear a red or blue bandana during turkey hunting season....
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: Nadir on September 11, 2023, 12:42:13 AM
This Aussie native, the world’s third largest bird, can be pretty ferocious.
Cassowary stalks hikers in Queensland's north | 9 News Australia - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qg9VrxXq7M



Meanwhile, although this flightless bird, the emu, should not be confronted in the wild this video shows how endearing they can be if handraised from chicks.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdvag24NDKQ
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: cassini on September 19, 2023, 05:01:53 AM
https://youtu.be/jiUrYxH5GII

‘For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen – His everlasting power also and divinity - being understood through the things that are made. And so they are without excuse, seeing that, although they knew God they did not glorify Him as God or give him thanks, but became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless minds have been darkened.’--- St Paul’s Letter to the Romans.
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: cassini on September 21, 2023, 07:09:42 AM
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Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: cassini on September 22, 2023, 07:14:29 AM
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No abortion with God's birds.
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: cassini on September 22, 2023, 07:18:35 AM
Not a bird, just one of God's bumble bees that needed to be rescued

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CwQYFfDOJM_/?igshid=YTUzYTFiZDMwYg==

Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: Meg on September 22, 2023, 08:29:42 AM
Not a bird, just one of God's bumble bees that needed to be rescued

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CwQYFfDOJM_/?igshid=YTUzYTFiZDMwYg==

Bumblebees are quite beautiful. We don't see many where we live, but we have a lot of wasps. We have an electric water fountain on the patio in the summer, and there's often one or two dozen wasps patiently waiting for me to fill the fountain so they can have a drink. They are never aggressive; probably paper wasps. They help to keep down the bug population. Nature is amazing really.
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: cassini on September 28, 2023, 06:53:54 AM
https://va.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_rmbx58A18x1vmobp0.mp4
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: 2Vermont on September 28, 2023, 05:22:34 PM
Bird of the Day!

Magnolia Warbler - Sep 28th (the bird of the day) (https://birdofthe.day/)

Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: Nadir on September 28, 2023, 07:34:27 PM
Not a bird, just one of God's bumble bees that needed to be rescued

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CwQYFfDOJM_/?igshid=YTUzYTFiZDMwYg==
This is just SO beautiful, thank you Cassini.
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: cassini on October 05, 2023, 06:20:42 AM
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Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: Lemko on October 11, 2023, 03:29:37 PM
My husband hand feeds this White Breasted Nuthatch every morning.
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: Nadir on November 05, 2023, 12:46:53 AM
This morning my husband discovered a female Eastern Koel sitting in a tree nearby as as we finished our prayers. He she is
(https://i.imgur.com/GVGJSck.jpg)
The Koel makes the distinctive Cooee call so well known to Bushies like me.
The male is glossy black with red eyes. I had often heard them but never before seen one up close.

Also known as Storm bird.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plli75O5Qc0




Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: cassini on March 11, 2024, 06:18:20 AM
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Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: 2Vermont on March 11, 2024, 06:27:55 AM
(https://i.imgur.com/Tx1is2b.png)
Just adorable.  Do you know what kind of bird this is?
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: cassini on March 11, 2024, 06:33:28 AM
Just adorable.  Do you know what kind of bird this is?

No 2Vermont, it was sent to me by a friend in Australia.

Motherhood as God created it.
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: 2Vermont on March 11, 2024, 11:23:51 AM
No 2Vermont, it was sent to me by a friend in Australia.

Motherhood as God created it.
Oh, maybe Nadir knows!  
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: SoldierofCtK on March 11, 2024, 12:35:09 PM
I think it's a sub-species of the common robin, artificialis intelligentia, from the Midjourney region. ;)

Still pretty cute, though.
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: Nadir on March 11, 2024, 04:53:37 PM
Sorry, 2V, I don’t know and can’t find it on the web doing a brief search.
Soldier, did you make that name up? 
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: SoldierofCtK on March 11, 2024, 05:31:36 PM
Soldier, did you make that name up?
I did, Nadir. If you reverse search the image of the mother bird with babies, it comes back as AI-generated. The latin was a failed attempt at humor and Midjourney is a popular AI image generator. :laugh1:

It almost looks like it's based on some varieties of Coturnix quail, like a Pearl or Egyptian.
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: 2Vermont on March 12, 2024, 05:52:11 AM
I did, Nadir. If you reverse search the image of the mother bird with babies, it comes back as AI-generated. The latin was a failed attempt at humor and Midjourney is a popular AI image generator. :laugh1:

It almost looks like it's based on some varieties of Coturnix quail, like a Pearl or Egyptian.
So that picture and those birds aren't real?  
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: SoldierofCtK on March 12, 2024, 10:47:02 AM
So that picture and those birds aren't real? 
Correct, it's a generated image.
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: 2Vermont on March 14, 2024, 05:59:12 AM
Correct, it's a generated image.
Is there anything real anymore?  So disheartening.
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: Nadir on March 14, 2024, 09:53:58 PM
These ar real, 2V. I see them in my garden (same for all the birds I’ve posted.

The redcollared lorikeet

(https://i.imgur.com/VYCf1P8.jpeg)


(https://i.imgur.com/MKg8En6.jpeg)
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: Nadir on March 14, 2024, 10:16:37 PM
This cassowary I hope never to meet. He lives in the coastal rainforest and he is wont to attack.

(https://i.imgur.com/9AI8s08.jpeg)

(https://i.redd.it/kcaj6t1gztlb1.jpg)



Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: AMDGJMJ on March 15, 2024, 06:22:54 AM
This cassowary I hope never to meet. He lives in the coastal rainforest and he is wont to attack.

(https://i.imgur.com/9AI8s08.jpeg)

(https://i.redd.it/kcaj6t1gztlb1.jpg)
Wow!  It is like an attack ostrich!
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: 2Vermont on March 15, 2024, 06:37:06 AM
These ar real, 2V. I see them in my garden (same for all the birds I’ve posted.

The redcollared lorikeet

(https://i.imgur.com/VYCf1P8.jpeg)


(https://i.imgur.com/MKg8En6.jpeg)
Thanks Nadir!  They are just beautiful.  If I ever get myself back on an airplane for a pleasure trip, I would definitely love to visit Australia.
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: Nadir on March 15, 2024, 05:15:56 PM
Another of our flightless birds - the emu.

(https://i.imgur.com/CeiZngW.jpeg)

A close up. They can look down on a man.

(https://i.imgur.com/uDLvBkF.jpeg)
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: Nadir on March 15, 2024, 07:37:03 PM
Thanks Nadir!  They are just beautiful.  If I ever get myself back on an airplane for a pleasure trip, I would definitely love to visit Australia.
Isn’t God great! 
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: Nadir on March 15, 2024, 07:41:27 PM
Another of our flightless birds, the fairy penguin.

(https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Little-penguin-inside-nesting-box.jpg)


(https://stanleyandtarkine.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/birds-fairy-penguin-penguin-wallpaper-preview.jpg)





Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: cassini on March 16, 2024, 05:17:35 AM
(https://i.imgur.com/8S9sBsS.png)
GOD CAN BE KNOWN WITH CERTAINTY FROM THE THINGS THAT HE MADE (DE FIDE)
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: Nadir on March 16, 2024, 05:25:49 AM

GOD CAN BE KNOWN WITH CERTAINTY FROM THE THINGS THAT HE MADE (DE FIDE)
Cassini, that is so true. We live in an imperfect world. We just can’t imagine the beauty of creation in the beginning.
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: Nadir on March 24, 2024, 06:11:00 PM


Small bird makes a nest and hatches 6 chicks over 63 days 

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=927771129011770




Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: Seraphina on March 31, 2024, 11:56:12 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/8cCAE1S.jpeg)
From a park in New Jersey!  This is the male.  They mate for life and take turns doing nest duty.  Photo is taken with a telephoto setting.  Nesting or parent swans can be very aggressive and will go all out to protect their young from perceived threat.  There are no Planned Parenthood or abortion clinics for swans.  
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: Nadir on April 01, 2024, 05:29:24 AM
Exquisite! Is this a painting or a photo?
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: cassini on April 01, 2024, 07:14:31 AM
(https://i.imgur.com/PRNTTzq.jpeg)
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: cassini on April 01, 2024, 07:21:18 AM
Dwarf Kingfisher
(https://i.imgur.com/5iO9sHN.png)
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: cassini on April 01, 2024, 07:22:54 AM
Said to be the most beautiful bird in the world - Mandarin drake
(https://i.imgur.com/0cMVz3h.png)
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: Seraphina on April 02, 2024, 12:16:22 AM
Exquisite! Is this a painting or a photo?
The swan is a photo sent to me by a nephew.  I’m not sure what kind of camera or phone he uses, but one of his side gigs is selling photos to businesses and offices.   
It’s too early for me to find any sights like this.  I’m too far north.  In fact, light snow is predicted for tomorrow morning.  There is still snow in the higher elevations and at least one small ski resort is still open and using mostly natural snow.  I’d guess a couple of weeks and we won’t see the snow again until late October.  The latest snow I ever remember is on May 4 of 1983, it came down in huge flakes and was melted within a few hours.  The earliest snow was on August 28, 1991; it was “spitting” snow from around 3-5 AM, leaving a blow-away coating, dry coating.  My camp thermometer read 29 F.  By afternoon, the sun was out and people in town were wearing shorts and t-shirts.  
The swans here will be nesting in early May.  The far northern and high elevations in New York State and New England have always been about 4-5 weeks apart in season.  
It’d be interesting to return in time to see the cygnets!  Then, you really need to be careful as neither Mama nor Papa Swan take kindly to uninvited visitors showing interest in their family!
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: Nadir on April 02, 2024, 12:50:06 AM
(https://i.imgur.com/r3leUGE.jpeg)
The Black Swan is the emblem for Western Australia. The cygnets are white when hatched.
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: 2Vermont on April 02, 2024, 05:59:46 AM
(https://i.imgur.com/PRNTTzq.jpeg)
I tried to search for this picture to see what kind of bird it was, and there is none.  I wonder if this one is AI generated as well.  
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: Philip on April 02, 2024, 06:13:25 AM
I tried to search for this picture to see what kind of bird it was, and there is none.  I wonder if this one is AI generated as well. 
I cannot tell if it is AI but the bird is a European Robin, Erithacus rubecula. There is a legend that a robin pulled out a thorn from The Crown of Thorns at the Crucifixion to help Our Lord and its breast was stained with blood.
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: 2Vermont on April 02, 2024, 06:14:55 AM
I cannot tell if it is AI but the bird is a European Robin, Erithacus rubecula. There is a legend that a robin pulled out a thorn from The Crown of Thorns at the Crucifixion to help Our Lord and its breast was stained with blood.
But the breast in the image is yellow and white.
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: Philip on April 02, 2024, 06:23:13 AM
But the breast in the image is yellow and white.
On my laptop the breast colouration does not appear as yellow but the correct colour. 

Compare with this: https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/robin
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: Philip on April 02, 2024, 08:27:03 AM
One of my favourites is the Java Green Peafowl:

(https://iili.io/JwD3BUl.md.jpg) (https://freeimage.host/i/JwD3BUl)
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: cassini on April 02, 2024, 10:47:26 AM
I tried to search for this picture to see what kind of bird it was, and there is none.  I wonder if this one is AI generated as well. 

Yes 2Vermont, Philip is right, its a robin redbreast washing itself. Most numerous bird in Ireland. 
They can become very friendly and are known to eat out of the hand that feeds them.

https://www.google.ie/search?q=robin+redbreast&sca_esv=2d4360a6340d5bc0&sxsrf=ACQVn0-8FA098WBRGY0NdLWeG6kIimmohQ%3A1712072344292&source=hp&ei=mCYMZtPND-uphbIP-MSBuAw&iflsig=ANes7DEAAAAAZgw0qAvfa3aV0Hzqo6zLheBEuFHrANHm&gs_ssp=eJzj4tDP1TdIKzQ0NWD04i_KT8rMUyhKTUkqSk0sLgEAbt8Iyw&oq=robin+red&gs_lp=Egdnd3Mtd2l6Iglyb2JpbiByZWQqAggAMgUQLhiABDIFEAAYgAQyBRAAGIAEMgUQLhiABDIFEAAYgAQyBRAuGIAEMgUQABiABDIFEAAYgAQyBRAAGIAEMgUQABiABEiFYFAAWOdLcAB4AJABAJgB8wGgAcYGqgEFOC4wLjG4AQHIAQD4AQGYAgmgAugHwgIKECMYgAQYigUYJ8ICEBAuGIAEGIoFGMcBGK8BGCfCAgQQIxgnwgIKEC4YgAQYigUYJ8ICCxAAGIAEGLEDGIMBwgIOEC4YgAQYsQMYxwEY0QPCAggQABiABBixA8ICERAuGIAEGLEDGIMBGMcBGNEDwgIIEC4YgAQYsQPCAg4QABiABBiKBRixAxiDAcICDhAuGIAEGIoFGLEDGIMBwgILEAAYgAQYigUYsQPCAgsQLhiABBixAxiDAcICCBAuGIAEGNQCmAMAkgcFNi4yLjGgB8mZAQ&sclient=gws-wiz#vhid=oBRhiJmEKBhxAM&vssid=l
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: 2Vermont on April 02, 2024, 11:16:29 AM
Yes 2Vermont, Philip is right, its a robin redbreast washing itself. Most numerous bird in Ireland.
They can become very friendly and are known to eat out of the hand that feeds them.

https://www.google.ie/search?q=robin+redbreast&sca_esv=2d4360a6340d5bc0&sxsrf=ACQVn0-8FA098WBRGY0NdLWeG6kIimmohQ%3A1712072344292&source=hp&ei=mCYMZtPND-uphbIP-MSBuAw&iflsig=ANes7DEAAAAAZgw0qAvfa3aV0Hzqo6zLheBEuFHrANHm&gs_ssp=eJzj4tDP1TdIKzQ0NWD04i_KT8rMUyhKTUkqSk0sLgEAbt8Iyw&oq=robin+red&gs_lp=Egdnd3Mtd2l6Iglyb2JpbiByZWQqAggAMgUQLhiABDIFEAAYgAQyBRAAGIAEMgUQLhiABDIFEAAYgAQyBRAuGIAEMgUQABiABDIFEAAYgAQyBRAAGIAEMgUQABiABEiFYFAAWOdLcAB4AJABAJgB8wGgAcYGqgEFOC4wLjG4AQHIAQD4AQGYAgmgAugHwgIKECMYgAQYigUYJ8ICEBAuGIAEGIoFGMcBGK8BGCfCAgQQIxgnwgIKEC4YgAQYigUYJ8ICCxAAGIAEGLEDGIMBwgIOEC4YgAQYsQMYxwEY0QPCAggQABiABBixA8ICERAuGIAEGLEDGIMBGMcBGNEDwgIIEC4YgAQYsQPCAg4QABiABBiKBRixAxiDAcICDhAuGIAEGIoFGLEDGIMBwgILEAAYgAQYigUYsQPCAgsQLhiABBixAxiDAcICCBAuGIAEGNQCmAMAkgcFNi4yLjGgB8mZAQ&sclient=gws-wiz#vhid=oBRhiJmEKBhxAM&vssid=l
Well, those pictures show an orange-red breast.  The other one is yellow.  Not sure why the difference.
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: cassini on April 02, 2024, 11:31:37 AM
Well, those pictures show an orange-red breast.  The other one is yellow.  Not sure why the difference.

Now that you point it out 2vermont it does look more of an orange-red breast than a red red breast.
I don't think they will change the name though. All the best.
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: Nadir on April 02, 2024, 11:21:02 PM
Dancing Brolgas 
The lengths a male will go to !


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXkTZ_mvK-I




Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: Viva Cristo Rey on April 04, 2024, 08:40:16 AM
(https://i.imgur.com/8cCAE1S.jpeg)
From a park in New Jersey!  This is the male.  They mate for life and take turns doing nest duty.  Photo is taken with a telephoto setting.  Nesting or parent swans can be very aggressive and will go all out to protect their young from perceived threat.  There are no Planned Parenthood or abortion clinics for swans. 
That is cool.  Where in NJ?  
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: Seraphina on April 05, 2024, 08:42:42 PM
That is cool.  Where in NJ? 
My Nephew said it’s near Tom’s River.
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: cassini on April 10, 2024, 11:26:31 AM
(https://i.imgur.com/kPN8uNU.png)
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: 2Vermont on April 11, 2024, 08:30:59 AM
I'm guessing you heard about this Nadir?

Insta-famous magpie Molly to reunite with Peggy the staffy under strict conditions - ABC News (https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-11/molly-the-magpie-heading-home-under-strict-conditions/103694302)

Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: Nadir on April 11, 2024, 03:59:31 PM
I'm guessing you heard about this Nadir?

Insta-famous magpie Molly to reunite with Peggy the staffy under strict conditions - ABC News (https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-11/molly-the-magpie-heading-home-under-strict-conditions/103694302)
No, I knew nothing about this. Here's a short clip I found.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IoYkElnVZU

Overreach there on the part of the gov't. Have they nothing more useful to do?
Thanks for thinking of me, 2V
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: Nadir on April 11, 2024, 04:19:10 PM
There's another side to the magpie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neCoYsxu_kU
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: Seraphina on April 18, 2024, 07:38:58 PM
Turkeys at Brookhaven National Laboratory, Long Island, NY, near AGS, Alternating Gradient Synchotron, atomic particle collider.
They glow in the dark. (Not! My Dad worked on the AGS for 42 years and he never glowed, either.)  🦃 💡  ☢️
(https://i.imgur.com/cftrJuB.jpeg)
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: Seraphina on April 18, 2024, 07:50:31 PM
This cassowary I hope never to meet. He lives in the coastal rainforest and he is wont to attack.

(https://i.imgur.com/9AI8s08.jpeg)
Imagine if this cassowary spent some time in the atom collider!  He’d be truly magnificent!  Better than a guard dog! He’d make short work of the turkeys, too!
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: Nadir on April 26, 2024, 05:24:47 AM
I hope this will work for you!

Ducklings first lesson in flying.

Brave little Mandarin ducklings 🐥 

https://youtu.be/W06Ph9wBTMM?list=TLGG5caFijA1YL4yNjA0MjAyNA
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: cassini on May 02, 2024, 06:48:57 AM
(https://i.imgur.com/3ZzgUBR.png)
Title: Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
Post by: Miseremini on May 03, 2024, 01:41:16 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/ej4Opxv.png)