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jaspie
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28 Aug 2010, 5:08 am

Here is a couple of birds I like...
This one is the Brolga(this is more technically a crane)...
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This one is the Superb Fairywren...ClickHere

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28 Aug 2010, 5:47 am

I like hummingbirds because they're very cute and unique.

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28 Aug 2010, 6:16 am

Horus wrote:

Yay for birdies!! !! :cheers:

I've only seen these on the TV. 4ft tall and very unusual.

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The unmistakable, prehistoric-looking shoebill is one of the most impressive birds to be found in Africa. A mysterious inhabitant of impenetrable marshes.
Primitive in appearance, the bird has baffled taxonomists over its affinities, showing similarities to storks, pelicans, hamerkop and herons in some respects, yet remaining different in others. Indeed, the shoebill's defiantly unusual appearance indicates how much it has evolved to occupy a highly individual niche, and one which happens to tie it to some of the most inaccessible habitat in the world.

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28 Aug 2010, 8:27 am

I've only seen these on the TV. 4ft tall and very unusual.

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Interesting!

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28 Aug 2010, 9:35 am

Chicken Vindaloo.

Seriously, The Albatross.

Why? Because it its a world traveller, it can live as long as a human being and the idea of flying around the planet for decades sounds like a nice existance.

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28 Aug 2010, 10:10 am

katzefrau wrote:

Horus wrote:

I've seen that film....we have flocks of the exact same species (Red-masked Conure...aka... Cherry-headed Conure) all over South Florida. We also have other parrots species (none of which are native), but none are as common as this one. They make an incredible racket and they are quite the nuisance because they chew up everything from electrical wires to exterior window sills. All the exterior window sills in the apartment complex I used to live at in Miami needed to be replaced because of these parrots. Still...I enjoyed seeing them and watching their antics. They used to wake me up every morning with their squawking.

These conures can endure cooler temps considering they can found at elevations of up to 8500ft in their native Ecuadorian and Peruvian habitats. While the climate in S. Florida is considered humid subtropical/tropical, we still get cold fronts here in the winter sometimes and nighttime lows can occasionally drop into the 40's (or even more rarely, 32F or a few degrees below). I was at the post office in Miami one day and I saw a blue and gold macaw flying over. There is apparently a breeding population of these macaws in Miami-Dade county. We now have exotic animals and plants from all over the world which have pretty much been naturalized here. This is hardly a positive situation for our native wildlife, but we can thank globalization for it.

what are the most common birds you see in Florida?

i'm in southern california and the ones i see most here (besides pigeons) are house sparrows and northern mockingbirds. the sparrows are all over the place outside of cafes and hop around under and on people's tables eating their crumbs, almost tame. i think a lot of people are annoyed by this (and my bird book calls them pests), but i love them.

the house sparrows is a non-native bird that was originally imported from europe. not sure why.

another introduced bird in the starling, which was introduced because someone had the mad plan of bringing all of the birds from shakespeare's plays to north america.

i wonder if any north american birds have been introduced to europe?

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28 Aug 2010, 10:13 am

Horus wrote:

Rose-crowned Fruit Dove from Australia:

I haz posted most colorful birdies so far! :jester:

oh. my. god. that is so beautiful. i love doves and pigeons, and that is definitely the prettiest i've ever seen.

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28 Aug 2010, 7:27 pm

Horus,

against all odds, it looks like the purple gallinule story is true:

story on the purple gallinule (with video)

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"How did it get here? We theorized that it had somehow been picked up by a twister that had rolled through the South in recent days, was trapped in the upper atmosphere with a flock of migrants and dropped far from its homeland habitat in our foreign neck of the woods."

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28 Aug 2010, 7:46 pm

Red tailed hawk is my favorite bird.

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29 Aug 2010, 7:23 am

Birdies are so nice. The colourful birds are very beautiful.

I like penguins, they are cute and funny. And puffins are lovely.

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29 Aug 2010, 10:39 pm

b9 wrote:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEoMEq8pLzc[/youtube]
i love all birds that i know.

Thank you for posting that. I really enjoyed it. It's a shame you couldn't get a bit better focus, but that's alright.

Living in a metropolitan area, I don't get a chance to see anything like that without going way out of my way. Of course the birds you have in Australia are all completely different than what we have here, so they seem very exotic.

If I look out my kitchen window, I usually see a few birds out on a grassy area. One of my favorites is:the black phoebe because of their playful antics.

I think my absolute favorite local bird is the the Brown Pelican. There is an area about a mile from my house where they fly back and forth at certain times of the year. They are kind of funny looking, but incredibly graceful in the air. They'll hover in midair while preparing for a dive, and then dive straight down to catch a fish. When they come next winter, I think I'll try to get some good pictures or video, although it always is best in person.

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31 Aug 2010, 1:42 pm

Great Tits are a beautiful bird.

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31 Aug 2010, 1:53 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf9JUwCUwds[/youtube]

This one.

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31 Aug 2010, 8:23 pm

Dalton_Man321 wrote:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf9JUwCUwds[/youtube]

This one.

ooooohhhhhhh so sweet!

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02 Sep 2010, 10:11 pm

Imelda. She's my pet turkey. She used to think my two silkie chickens were her children, even though they were the same age. Now her hobby is chasing my cats.

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02 Sep 2010, 10:25 pm

Peregrine Falcons.

Either them or African Grey Parrots (because they're absurdly smart)

Edit: African Grey Parrot (Alex):

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6KvPN_Wt8I[/youtube]

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