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Happy Friday! Question of the week(end): What is your favorite bird of all time and why? 🐦

2 months ago | [YT] | 36



@YukFai

Roseate spoonbill. No I will not elaborate.

2 months ago | 5

@UniqueornBacon

Ravens and crows. They look very cool and they're very intelligent. Great eared nightjar. What even IS that thing? Looks like a Pokémon! Horned shoebill. Dinosaur. The sound it's beak makes when it closes it's mouth is a threat!

2 months ago | 3

@Ericaodd

Big Bird! He's kind and gentle and teaches me the alphabet.

2 months ago | 6

@SilentStrike117

Puteketeke is a beautiful bird with awesome mating rituals plus John Oliver made a huge one for his show

2 months ago | 2

@NickLandsberg780

Any of the corvids. Crows are more funny, ravens are serious and magpies are shit disturbers.

2 months ago | 5

@MSEYQM

The Norwegian Blue. Beautiful plumage.

2 months ago | 5

@jasoncromwell4206

With two Bird Baths and currently living in Louisiana I have a variety in my backyard all year long and it's hard to just pick one. I love seeing all of them come through and play

2 months ago | 0

@AFonicel

Chickadees, their calls are incredibly complex, almost like their own language. They also cache food, and have been seen to specifically hide their Cache from other birds known to steal food. They are also just soooooooo cute!!

2 months ago | 0

@Felicia_Plans

Flamingos 🦩 Beautiful and magica

2 months ago | 0

@pamw8102

Hard to choose, but all owls and doves. And Killdeers, so amazing how they protect their young by acting injured. Oh, and…😁

2 months ago | 0

@chrisrumbaugh3569

I really like the colors on a peacock, but my favorite bird is an emu. I like laying one's head on my shoulder and hugging it. Plus they are kind of like dinosaurs when you step back and watch them.

2 months ago | 0

@Mohandraa

Chicken, it's delicious

2 months ago | 2

@kmklonowski

African Grey. They are amazing birds. So beautiful, smart and loving (when they want to be! 😆) We have had Grey 3 rescues and they are the best bird we've had

2 months ago | 0

@douxhc

As a Cuban there are 2 birds I love here Hummingbirds and Cartacuba (native to our country)

2 months ago | 0

@WagesOfSynth

Cape Barren Goose. A bird that has evolved to be able to drink sea water. I don't know why that blows my mind so hard, but it's the coolest

2 months ago | 0

@matthewdrummond1340

Crows and ravens. They look cool but it's their high intelligence that really gets me

2 months ago | 0

@jwhitely7

Harpy eagle because they look like people in a bird costume

2 months ago | 1

@JoaoPessoa86

Hummingbirds, they're zippy

2 months ago | 1

@adabaer

quail!! ❔ shaped head feather and silly little run plus bird call sounds like Mario doin' a jump

2 months ago | 0

@foureyedelf6151

#1 is the cardinal. They are said to be messengers of passed loved ones come to visit us. So seeing one peeking in through a window always puts a grin on your face. #2 is the hummingbird. They are just amazing. I love them but I feel slightly sorry for them due to how difficult their lives are, somewhat how I feel about butterflies. Mockingbirds and quails are tied for 3. Quails because their little coos just make me smile. Mockingbirds because they're so intelligent and amazing for memorizing so many sounds. I think they're almost as smart as crows are. Also I like crows but they're a little TOO intelligent. Some things I have heard about them are spooky. So they'd be a close 4th.

2 months ago | 0