The Bird Thread

Thoughts_Arrive

I've always loved birds.
I love the Australian Magpie. They sing so beautifully. I wish I could make one sit on me and be my friend.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rg9mB3YCXfc&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR2J81_4PXCKjmsePm7epwxSDYI9f3oji6VVUJY_rvp5uQ-6Tmaxa4csum4

mickeyrat

https://ostdrossel.com/  for all things bird.....

Thoughts_Arrive

^ ^ Nice birdies 

lastexitlondon

I love birds of prey. We have some  very common ones  now 

eeriepadave

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Thoughts_Arrive

^ ^ Awesome.

mickeyrat

birds shit on cars.

hedonist

I scrolled through them the other day - very cool, and the images are crystal-clear.

Some badass expressions on those blackbirds!

rollings

I love birds too.

  When people would ask me what I wanted to be when I grew up, I would say "a bird."

My mom would say, "maybe you want to be a nurse maybe " and I'd say, "fuck that. .you mean a bird maybe".  ...

if I knew the fuck word back then I mean 

Thoughts_Arrive

I wish I was a bird too. Would love to be able to fly.

HesCalledDyer

I have been trying to identify a particular bird for years and cannot figure out what it is.  A few summers ago during a kayak trip, this small, white/grey bird flew by my boat, It was so sleek, gliding perfectly just above the water. It made these really cool laser-like sounds when it chirped/sang, like a Star Trek phase gun kinda sound.  I've looked up bird calls, several different taxonomy sites, field guides... and I can't find anything.  I can usually find birds that look slightly similar, but their calls are nothing like what this one gave out. 

Do we have any bird experts here?

lastexitlondon

Is it some kind of swift?

HesCalledDyer

lastexitlondon said:

Is it some kind of swift?

I don't think so but I really have no clue.  Belted kingfisher (female) is the closest thing I can find as far as looks, but the call was different than anything I've heard when I look up kingfisher calls.

eeriepadave

mickeyrat said:

eeriepadave said:

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her website I posted above. 

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Gern Blansten

I came across these dickheads a month or so ago....Turkey Vultures I believe

markymark550

HesCalledDyer said:

I have been trying to identify a particular bird for years and cannot figure out what it is.  A few summers ago during a kayak trip, this small, white/grey bird flew by my boat, It was so sleek, gliding perfectly just above the water. It made these really cool laser-like sounds when it chirped/sang, like a Star Trek phase gun kinda sound.  I've looked up bird calls, several different taxonomy sites, field guides... and I can't find anything.  I can usually find birds that look slightly similar, but their calls are nothing like what this one gave out. 

Do we have any bird experts here?

Any pictures?

HesCalledDyer

markymark550 said:

HesCalledDyer said:

I have been trying to identify a particular bird for years and cannot figure out what it is.  A few summers ago during a kayak trip, this small, white/grey bird flew by my boat, It was so sleek, gliding perfectly just above the water. It made these really cool laser-like sounds when it chirped/sang, like a Star Trek phase gun kinda sound.  I've looked up bird calls, several different taxonomy sites, field guides... and I can't find anything.  I can usually find birds that look slightly similar, but their calls are nothing like what this one gave out. 

Do we have any bird experts here?

Any pictures?

Nope, phone was in the dry bag.  Though I think I might've made a breakthrough and it could be a tufted titmouse.  The colors & markings are in line with what I saw, and I just found this set of calls. The call I heard was pretty close to the 3rd-to-last and last ones listed.  I think this could be it.

Sprunkn7

lastexitlondon said:

I love birds of prey. We have some  very common ones  now 

Ditto! Woke up to a Red Tailed Hawk on my neighbors Basketball Hoop which is almost level with my bedroom window.

markymark550

HesCalledDyer said:

markymark550 said:

HesCalledDyer said:

I have been trying to identify a particular bird for years and cannot figure out what it is.  A few summers ago during a kayak trip, this small, white/grey bird flew by my boat, It was so sleek, gliding perfectly just above the water. It made these really cool laser-like sounds when it chirped/sang, like a Star Trek phase gun kinda sound.  I've looked up bird calls, several different taxonomy sites, field guides... and I can't find anything.  I can usually find birds that look slightly similar, but their calls are nothing like what this one gave out. 

Do we have any bird experts here?

Any pictures?

Nope, phone was in the dry bag.  Though I think I might've made a breakthrough and it could be a tufted titmouse.  The colors & markings are in line with what I saw, and I just found this set of calls. The call I heard was pretty close to the 3rd-to-last and last ones listed.  I think this could be it.

Lol. I did a google search on "small white gray bird" and that was one of the first ones in the results.

lastexitlondon

Kingfishers are so tiny. I watched one go back and forth for a while. The most vivid electric blue  and orange. Wonderful

HesCalledDyer

markymark550 said:

HesCalledDyer said:

markymark550 said:

HesCalledDyer said:

I have been trying to identify a particular bird for years and cannot figure out what it is.  A few summers ago during a kayak trip, this small, white/grey bird flew by my boat, It was so sleek, gliding perfectly just above the water. It made these really cool laser-like sounds when it chirped/sang, like a Star Trek phase gun kinda sound.  I've looked up bird calls, several different taxonomy sites, field guides... and I can't find anything.  I can usually find birds that look slightly similar, but their calls are nothing like what this one gave out. 

Do we have any bird experts here?

Any pictures?

Nope, phone was in the dry bag.  Though I think I might've made a breakthrough and it could be a tufted titmouse.  The colors & markings are in line with what I saw, and I just found this set of calls. The call I heard was pretty close to the 3rd-to-last and last ones listed.  I think this could be it.

Lol. I did a google search on "small white gray bird" and that was one of the first ones in the results.

This is why I hope Google burns to the fucking ground one day!!  It never once came up in my results.

Thoughts_Arrive

Amazing.
https://www.facebook.com/abcmelbourne/videos/714926712316148/

Thoughts_Arrive

omg those eyes!

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-07/california-firefighters-rescue-owl-from-ashes-of-fire/11680260?sf223102282=1&fbclid=IwAR0TAUIfVBHaL6PNv67TNEgqcTyx_pyHTeiaPq-3-MRtEJaclzxyCiqSbbI

Thoughts_Arrive

https://www.theage.com.au/national/pigeon-steals-poppies-to-make-its-home-at-the-australian-war-memorial-20191107-p538gg.html?fbclid=IwAR0WeKdZL1Y4fJsjKVYwYXxjss6fTVs9O_sNMtdXy-AN0Y-xvP9O2M6gx0o

brianlux

Birds are awesome.  Here's one of may favorite bird pictures:

tempo_n_groove

ISO

Nutsack Vulture

rgambs

Gern Blansten said:

I came across these dickheads a month or so ago....Turkey Vultures I believe

Yep.
We call them buzzards around here.

Bird law is not governed by reason.

dankind

HesCalledDyer said:

markymark550 said:

HesCalledDyer said:

markymark550 said:

HesCalledDyer said:

I have been trying to identify a particular bird for years and cannot figure out what it is.  A few summers ago during a kayak trip, this small, white/grey bird flew by my boat, It was so sleek, gliding perfectly just above the water. It made these really cool laser-like sounds when it chirped/sang, like a Star Trek phase gun kinda sound.  I've looked up bird calls, several different taxonomy sites, field guides... and I can't find anything.  I can usually find birds that look slightly similar, but their calls are nothing like what this one gave out. 

Do we have any bird experts here?

Any pictures?

Nope, phone was in the dry bag.  Though I think I might've made a breakthrough and it could be a tufted titmouse.  The colors & markings are in line with what I saw, and I just found this set of calls. The call I heard was pretty close to the 3rd-to-last and last ones listed.  I think this could be it.

Lol. I did a google search on "small white gray bird" and that was one of the first ones in the results.

This is why I hope Google burns to the fucking ground one day!!  It never once came up in my results.

That's OK. @markymark550 just searches for "tits" a lot more than you do.

HesCalledDyer

dankind said:

HesCalledDyer said:

markymark550 said:

HesCalledDyer said:

markymark550 said:

HesCalledDyer said:

I have been trying to identify a particular bird for years and cannot figure out what it is.  A few summers ago during a kayak trip, this small, white/grey bird flew by my boat, It was so sleek, gliding perfectly just above the water. It made these really cool laser-like sounds when it chirped/sang, like a Star Trek phase gun kinda sound.  I've looked up bird calls, several different taxonomy sites, field guides... and I can't find anything.  I can usually find birds that look slightly similar, but their calls are nothing like what this one gave out. 

Do we have any bird experts here?

Any pictures?

Nope, phone was in the dry bag.  Though I think I might've made a breakthrough and it could be a tufted titmouse.  The colors & markings are in line with what I saw, and I just found this set of calls. The call I heard was pretty close to the 3rd-to-last and last ones listed.  I think this could be it.

Lol. I did a google search on "small white gray bird" and that was one of the first ones in the results.

This is why I hope Google burns to the fucking ground one day!!  It never once came up in my results.

That's OK. @markymark550 just searches for "tits" a lot more than you do.

  I'm more of an ass man.  Or is it.. I'm more of an ass, man!

dankind

markymark550

dankind said:

HesCalledDyer said:

markymark550 said:

HesCalledDyer said:

markymark550 said:

HesCalledDyer said:

I have been trying to identify a particular bird for years and cannot figure out what it is.  A few summers ago during a kayak trip, this small, white/grey bird flew by my boat, It was so sleek, gliding perfectly just above the water. It made these really cool laser-like sounds when it chirped/sang, like a Star Trek phase gun kinda sound.  I've looked up bird calls, several different taxonomy sites, field guides... and I can't find anything.  I can usually find birds that look slightly similar, but their calls are nothing like what this one gave out. 

Do we have any bird experts here?

Any pictures?

Nope, phone was in the dry bag.  Though I think I might've made a breakthrough and it could be a tufted titmouse.  The colors & markings are in line with what I saw, and I just found this set of calls. The call I heard was pretty close to the 3rd-to-last and last ones listed.  I think this could be it.

Lol. I did a google search on "small white gray bird" and that was one of the first ones in the results.

This is why I hope Google burns to the fucking ground one day!!  It never once came up in my results.

That's OK. @markymark550 just searches for "tits" a lot more than you do.

Just don't show my wife my search history.