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misszara
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Seoul, Seoul, Korea (South)
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Instinct Images
Posts: 23162
San Diego, California, US
The story about how the California Condo was saved from extinction is really cool. But those are UGLY friggin birds!!!
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Jules NYC
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New York, New York, US
Instinct Images wrote:
The story about how the California Condo was saved from extinction is really cool. But those are UGLY friggin birds!!! Ha ha
What do you think the most beautiful bird is?
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Done and Gone
Posts: 7650
Chiredzi, Masvingo, Zimbabwe
Jules NYC wrote:
Ha ha
What do you think the most beautiful bird is? Wood ducks are amazing with all the iridescent colors. Seagulls fly pretty but are butt ugly up close. Bluejays have great lines, sort of a WWII fighter plane look to them. Hummingbirds are beautiful, held one in my hands once.
Chickens are pretty all golden brown and sitting on a plate at the table!
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GK photo
Posts: 31025
Laguna Beach, California, US
twern't a condor. you'd know if it was. they look like a feathered 747 with a bfugly cockpit.
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Jules NYC
Posts: 21617
New York, New York, US
Michael L. wrote:
Wood ducks are amazing with all the iridescent colors. Seagulls fly pretty but are butt ugly up close. Bluejays have great lines, sort of a WWII fighter plane look to them. Hummingbirds are beautiful, held one in my hands once.
Chickens are pretty all golden brown and sitting on a plate at the table! I used to collect bird figurines as a kid and had a Wood Duck, hee hee.
I like birds of prey, esp. the Great Horned Owl, but each bird has a particular 'face and eyes'.
Try to dismiss the dipshits that filmed this, but look at the eyes! Wow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxGXtDGt … re=related
This is amazing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAz1L8DlvBM
Some finches are incredible to draw... so many colors
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Jules NYC
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New York, New York, US
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Done and Gone
Posts: 7650
Chiredzi, Masvingo, Zimbabwe
Jules NYC wrote:
I used to collect bird figurines as a kid and had a Wood Duck, hee hee.
I like birds of prey, esp. the Great Horned Owl, but each bird has a particular 'face and eyes'.
Try to dismiss the dipshits that filmed this, but look at the eyes! Wow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxGXtDGt … re=related
This is amazing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAz1L8DlvBM
Some finches are incredible to draw... so many colors Sweet, I forgot about owls. Owls rule. One day hiking in the foothills in Mendocino County CA I saw a Golden Eagle that we inadvertently startled take flight no more than 15 feet in front of us. He dropped his dinner and glided downhill until he had enough speed to gain elevation. Just a little while later we heard crows and decided to go take a look. They were harassing a Great Horned Owl that was perched at the base of a branch high up in a tree. They wanted to kill it (owls eat crow eggs and baby crows) but the owl was huge and stood his ground. The crows knew that the first one to actually attack was dead meat and possibly a few of them would go down. So they just fucked with it and kept their distance.
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Jules NYC
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New York, New York, US
Michael L. wrote:
Sweet, I forgot about owls. Owls rule. One day hiking in the foothills in Mendocino County CA I saw a Golden Eagle that we inadvertently startled take flight no more than 15 feet in front of us. He dropped his dinner and glided downhill until he had enough speed to gain elevation. Just a little while later we heard crows and decided to go take a look. They were harassing a Great Horned Owl that was perched at the base of a branch high up in a tree. They wanted to kill it (owls eat crow eggs and baby crows) but the owl was huge and stood his ground. The crows knew that the first one to actually attack was dead meat and possibly a few of them would go down. So they just fucked with it and kept their distance. Like this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oqPWISuC2Y
We can learn a lot from nature.
Good way to handle people that piss you off, ha ha
Nice to have a buddy drop in too:)
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Done and Gone
Posts: 7650
Chiredzi, Masvingo, Zimbabwe
Jules NYC wrote:
Like this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oqPWISuC2Y
We can learn a lot from nature.
Good way to handle people that piss you off, ha ha Pretty much like that, the size difference was a bit more dramatic. Still, an owl has superior armament.
There are two interesting breeds of birds that I enjoy watching in Bellingham. I call them "Parking Lot Crows" and "Parking Lot Seagulls". These birds survive off of the bags of Chinese food to go that humans carelessly toss aside and other bits and dabs. Instead of living in nature, they hang around in parking lots. What is fun is watching a gull try to stand it's ground against a murder of crows. Crows will gang up, seagulls don't seem to have this social skill yet. But they are usually larger and pretty mean spirited when attacked. So, the skirmish starts and the gull begins gulping down as much as it can force into it's mouth as the crows come from all sides. Sometimes the gull eats everything and flies away, sometimes the crows chase him off and first ones in gulp it all down. It always makes for a fun little show.
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Jules NYC
Posts: 21617
New York, New York, US
Michael L. wrote:
Pretty much like that, the size difference was a bit more dramatic. Still, an owl has superior armament.
There are two interesting breeds of birds that I enjoy watching in Bellingham. I call them "Parking Lot Crows" and "Parking Lot Seagulls". These birds survive off of the bags of Chinese food to go that humans carelessly toss aside and other bits and dabs. Instead of living in nature, they hang around in parking lots. What is fun is watching a gull try to stand it's ground against a murder of crows. Crows will gang up, seagulls don't seem to have this social skill yet. But they are usually larger and pretty mean spirited when attacked. So, the skirmish starts and the gull begins gulping down as much as it can force into it's mouth as the crows come from all sides. Sometimes the gull eats everything and flies away, sometimes the crows chase him off and first ones in gulp it all down. It always makes for a fun little show. Ha ha that is so funny!
'Parking lot Crows/Seagulls'.
Yeah, I see them too and it always just makes me think, 'hey, go back to the beach' (for the gulls) and the crows, I think to myself, 'shouldn't you be hanging out in a cornfield or around some really old woman or something?'
Howard Stern conditioned me make that association
ha ha
Now Ravens are more exquisite.
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Done and Gone
Posts: 7650
Chiredzi, Masvingo, Zimbabwe
Jules NYC wrote:
Ha ha that is so funny!
'Parking lot Crows/Seagulls'.
Yeah, I see them too and it always just makes me think, 'hey, go back to the beach' (for the gulls) and the crows, I think to myself, 'shouldn't you be hanging out in a cornfield or around some really old woman or something?'
Howard Stern conditioned me make that association
ha ha
Now Ravens are more exquisite. We have them too, enormous. Smart, smarter than some people. There was a municipality in Alberta that was having unusually high power bills one winter. They found out that the ravens had discovered that they could fold their wings over the streetlights in the daytime and the light would turn on and provide them with warmth! :0
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modeled
Posts: 9334
San Diego, California, US
"condor" ![https://i.imgur.com/C1djW.gif]()
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Jules NYC
Posts: 21617
New York, New York, US
Michael L. wrote:
We have them too, enormous. Smart, smarter than some people. There was a municipality in Alberta that was having unusually high power bills one winter. They found out that the ravens had discovered that they could fold their wings over the streetlights in the daytime and the light would turn on and provide them with warmth! :0 I have to admit, I really enjoy talking about birds.
I really, really wanted a Mynah bird when I was younger because of their speaking abilities. Not as available these days.
As for Ravens...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrYPm6DD44M
This is pretty cool & freaky at the same time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFXU7o0f … re=related
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Jules NYC
Posts: 21617
New York, New York, US
JC Stuart wrote:
"condor" ![https://i.imgur.com/C1djW.gif]() Yeah, established it's not a Condor but I can't change the thread title, um so
... and?
Change it to, 'Big Mother Fucking Bird Almost Flew Into My Windshield'
Get your Mutual Omaha Wild Kingdom Cards Out
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Frances Jewel
Posts: 9149
Dayton, Ohio, US
Jules NYC wrote:
Yeah, established it's not a Condor but I can't change the thread title, um so
... and?
Change it to, 'Big Mother Fucking Bird Almost Flew Into My Windshield'
Get your Mutual Omaha Wild Kingdom Cards Out we seriously have two sets of those. no joke!  Bo has his, and I have mine from when we were little!! lol!
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Jules NYC
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New York, New York, US
Frances Jewel wrote:
we seriously have two sets of those. no joke! Bo has his, and I have mine from when we were little!! lol! LOL! I love it!
I distinctly remember the 'Cheetah' one for some odd reason... it being the fastest at 60 miles an hour? Please check...
I made the birdie goof by remembering the colorings quickly and being a resident of Cali:)
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KMP
Posts: 4834
Houston, Texas, US
I'd say you're lucky.
I had some friends driving in west Texas and the silly thing dove into their windshield when they were going 90mph. It took out the windshield.
They were okay except for scratches, shock and having to leave their Toyota in a small town for a week to get a replacement windshield..
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Jules NYC
Posts: 21617
New York, New York, US
KevinMcGowanPhotography wrote:
I'd say you're lucky.
I had some friends driving in west Texas and the silly thing dove into their windshield when they were going 90mph. It took out the windshield.
They were okay except for scratches, shock and having to leave their Toyota in a small town for a week to get a replacement windshield.. Holy Shit!
I'm surprised they are O.K.! Whoa!
I must admit now, I should be a PSA for texting.
I wasn't texting I swear... BUT I just looked down to see who was trying to reach me (FOR A SECOND) and in the next second I see a big ass bird/turkey vulture 12 inches from the windshield, wings fully spread... Hey now!
*Poof*
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modeled
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San Diego, California, US
Jules NYC wrote:
Get your Mutual Omaha Wild Kingdom Cards Out You're adorable.
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Jules NYC
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New York, New York, US
JC Stuart wrote:
You're adorable.
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Frances Jewel
Posts: 9149
Dayton, Ohio, US
Jules NYC wrote:
LOL! I love it!
I distinctly remember the 'Cheetah' one for some odd reason... it being the fastest at 60 miles an hour? Please check...
I made the birdie goof by remembering the colorings quickly and being a resident of Cali:)
close! 70.  we couldn't find the other set, but they are packed away in teh basement somewhere. lol
![https://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f46/mariellenking/il_570xN_132169606.jpg]()
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Jules NYC
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New York, New York, US
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Natasha240
Posts: 6438
Cassina de' Pecchi, Lombardy, Italy
Frances Jewel wrote:
close! 70. we couldn't find the other set, but they are packed away in teh basement somewhere. lol
![https://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f46/mariellenking/il_570xN_132169606.jpg]() OH MAN! Nostalgia! I had one of those when I was a kid!! Funny story:
I was about 5 and I clipped the coupon out in the (I think it was the Sunday paper inserts, but it was a long time ago, I'm not sure) and mailed it in all by myself. When the first package came, my parents were like WTF. I told them what I did and they thought it was the funniest shit ever. Now I understand.
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Natasha240
Posts: 6438
Cassina de' Pecchi, Lombardy, Italy
Frances Jewel wrote:
close! 70. we couldn't find the other set, but they are packed away in teh basement somewhere. lol
![https://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f46/mariellenking/il_570xN_132169606.jpg]() OH MAN! Nostalgia! I had one of those when I was a kid!! Funny story:
I was about 5 and I clipped the coupon out in the (I think it was the Sunday paper inserts, but it was a long time ago, I'm not sure) and mailed it in all by myself. When the first package came, my parents were like WTF. I told them what I did and they thought it was the funniest shit ever. Now I understand.
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DAVfoto
Posts: 2324
New York, New York, US
want to talk about big? ![https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/bigphotos/images/070702-biggest-bird_big.jpg]()
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E P O N A
Posts: 13765
Copiague, New York, US
Jules NYC wrote:
Damn!
Peacefully cruising along and *Poof* out of nowhere a Condor flies right across my path.
Is this an omen? LOL
![https://www.animalspirits.com/vulture.jpg]()
http://www.animalspirits.com/index9.html
Those birds are HUGE! O_O Scary.
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Enfire Photography
Posts: 1488
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US
Hoodlum wrote:
Vultures and condors are not the same they are a completely different species. Condors are WAY bigger. yup
very different
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Enfire Photography
Posts: 1488
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US
Michael L. wrote:
We have them too, enormous. Smart, smarter than some people. There was a municipality in Alberta that was having unusually high power bills one winter. They found out that the ravens had discovered that they could fold their wings over the streetlights in the daytime and the light would turn on and provide them with warmth! :0 seriously?
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Bo has his, and I have mine from when we were little!! lol!
we couldn't find the other set, but they are packed away in teh basement somewhere. lol 
