I am a dinosaur and birds are my great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandchildren.Tumblr (3.0; @birdies)http://birdies.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/FLcbWPSoKppz4ggphWJTIskco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A Muller’s barbet bird guarded its nest in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday. (Sam Yeh/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)</p> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-browed_Barbet">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-browed_Barbet</a></p>http://birdies.tumblr.com/post/138836412http://birdies.tumblr.com/post/138836412Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:50:00 -0500muller's barbet birdblack-browed barbarettaiwan<p><img alt="Eastern Bluebird" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3406/3330207022_99e790120c_b.jpg" align="middle" height="1024" width="792"/></p> <p>One (1) Easter Bluebird [http://www.flickr.com/photos/soccersc/3330207022/]</p> <p><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/199/487471199_a4a3e8d4c1.jpg?v=0" align="middle" height="460" width="500"/></p> <p>Two (2) male Goldfinches [http://www.flickr.com/photos/11437102@N00/487471199/]</p> <p><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/44/183844711_2ba1574848.jpg" align="middle" height="333" width="500"/></p> <p>Four (4) American Robin males [http://www.flickr.com/photos/mjmyap/183844711/]</p> <p>One (1) unidentified diving water bird.</p> <p>Four (4) unidentified anseriformes (probably geese&#8230;white and grey with light red on necks&#8230;size similar to Canada Goose).</p> <p><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3279/2537109371_c3f3d2dd2b.jpg" align="middle" height="335" width="500"/></p> <p>Twelve (12) Red-winged blackbird males (I hate them). [http://www.flickr.com/photos/vidular/2537109371/]</p> <p>And some really crazy top-gun style flying sparrows/swifts/i dunno.</p>http://birdies.tumblr.com/post/132536616http://birdies.tumblr.com/post/132536616Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:47:54 -0500<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebright_(chicken)">Sebright chickens</a></p>http://birdies.tumblr.com/post/131051914http://birdies.tumblr.com/post/131051914Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:24:00 -0500<p><a href="http://www.backyardchickens.com/LC-supplies.html">http://www.backyardchickens.com/LC-supplies.html</a></p>http://birdies.tumblr.com/post/131047154http://birdies.tumblr.com/post/131047154Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:11:04 -0500<p>I find myself feeling a strange affection for common birds (with the exception of Red-winged Blackbirds and House Sparrows).  Both the <a href="http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/American_Robin/id">American Robin</a> and chickens of all kinds (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken</a>) are two common birds that have a special place in my heart.  The Robin&#8217;s call is so earnest.  The chicken so noble.</p>http://birdies.tumblr.com/post/131044328http://birdies.tumblr.com/post/131044328Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:02:35 -0500<p><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8116551.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8116551.stm</a></p>http://birdies.tumblr.com/post/130013365http://birdies.tumblr.com/post/130013365Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:51:05 -0500gullsdiet<p><a href="http://www.metafilter.com/82680/A-chicken-in-every-post">http://www.metafilter.com/82680/A-chicken-in-every-post</a></p>http://birdies.tumblr.com/post/129820950http://birdies.tumblr.com/post/129820950Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:57:03 -0500<p>Why birds are the coolest animals ever: <a href="http://www.keepbusy.net/play.php?id=everything-is-possible">http://www.keepbusy.net/play.php?id=everything-is-possible</a></p>http://birdies.tumblr.com/post/129815629http://birdies.tumblr.com/post/129815629Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:44:44 -0500<a href="http://www.nrel.gov/wind/pdfs/30844.pdf">Avian Hearing and the Avoidance of Wind Turbines</a>http://birdies.tumblr.com/post/128173137http://birdies.tumblr.com/post/128173137Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:24:53 -0500hearingwind turbines<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rdxxZgxWPt8?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>One of the Western Grebes’ mating rituals (“rushing”).</p>http://birdies.tumblr.com/post/124982467http://birdies.tumblr.com/post/124982467Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:50:00 -0500