#Birdblr

[occasionallybirds]

Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)

April 18, 2024

Southeastern Pennsylvania

#birds #bird #photographers on tumblr #blue jay #birdblr #birb #birbs #ornithology #birblr #nature #animals #wildlife photography

[webberwoof]

black kite!!! i never get to get good images of them so im super happy. pretty babies

#birds #birding #ornithology #special interest #bird #birdblr #bird photography #australian birds #black kite #accipitridae

[seagull-yuri]

Happy lesbian visibility week. I want what they have.

#I love you laysan albatross #I love you #wlw #laysan albatross #sapphic #lesbian #lesbian visibility week #birdblr #ornithology #yuri #<3

[libberkib]

Black-and-White Warbler Gouache and Ballpoint Pen on 8x10 inch Wood Panel Painting no. 5 in the "In Bloom" series, availability TBA

Print Shop | Commissions | Tip/Donate

#bird art #birdblr #birblife #warbler #roses #animal art #libberkib

[rhiannatruex]

something to say

#Queueue #bird #bird watching #birdwatching #birds #birb #birdwatchers #birdblr #Original Photography #photography #my photography #original photographer #photographers of tumblr #photographers on tumblr #lensblr #original photography blog #nature photography #nature #uncropped nature #wildlife #wildlife photography #wildlife photographer #critter #animal #cottage #cottagecore #cottage core #grandma core

[homeofhousechickens]

Beeper hugs

#Beeper #video #chicken #birdblr #pet birds #chickenblr

[lazer-t]

Got 6 new stickers available in my BigCartel store!

Each design comes in a holographic and non-holographic variant

Bronzewing stickers | Mononykus stickers | Waxwing stickers

#art store #art for sale #stickers #stickers for sale #holographic stickers #bigcartel #big cartel #store #bronzewing #common bronzewing #pigeon #bird #mononykus #mononykus olecranus #dinosaur #theropod #waxwing #cedar waxwing #birdblr #lazert #lazer-t

[stickynotebirds]

325. Doodle

#todays bird #birdblr #artists on tumblr #birds #bird of the day #bird

[albiraven]

My pigeon growth. Day 14

#birds #pigeons #pigeon #pet pigeon #pet bird #pet birds #birdblr

[makenna-made-this]

Sun's out, orping-tons out☀️

#it's been bursts of sun here the past few days and the girls are appreciating it #chicken notes #buff orpington #chickens #tiny fluffy dinosaurs #the BEST animals #doodle #oodles of doodles #is that my tag for sketchies #i can't remember #chickenblr #birdblr #sketch #artblr #artists on tumblr

[na-bird-of-the-day]

BOTD: Plain Pigeon

Photo: budgora

"A large pale pigeon of woodlands and forest edges; often found perching high in trees. Call is a soft, deep 'HOOO-hoo-hoooo' and variations thereof but never similar to 'oooOOO-hooo' of Ring-tailed Pigeon."

- eBird

#birds #plain pigeon #birds of north america #north american birds #pigeons #doves #birds of the caribbean #birding #birdblr #birblr #bird watching #bird of the day #Patagioenas inornata

[occasionallybirds]

Chickadee in the apple tree

Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis)

April 23, 2024

Southeastern Pennsylvania

#birds #bird #photographers on tumblr #chickadee #carolina chickadee #Poecile carolinensis #birdblr #birb #birbs #ornithology #birblr #nature #animals #wildlife photography

[webberwoof]

great egrets kept posing for me today....❤

#birds #birding #ornithology #special interest #bird #birdblr #bird photography #australian birds #ardeidae #great egret #egret

[introvertedswimmer]

Mallard Duck

#original photographers #nature #ontario #nature photography #beautiful #walking in nature #bird photography #birdblr #birding #birds of north america #birds #backyard birds #bird #birdwatching #bird art #art #artwork #artists on tumblr #nature photo art #my art #drake mallard #mallard duck #waterfowl #ducks #birbs #birblr #birb art #birbs of tumblr #cute birbs #nature hikes

[all-iridescent-birds]

What are the biggest and smallest iridescent birds?

Hello dear Anon! As our bird interest is a bit of a new thing, some research was in order to deduct our answer, and we're still not quite sure. However, we've given you our best attempt. For something perhaps more professional, you might want to go to a-dinosaur-a-day, who we believe is actually qualified to talk about this. We're just a guy obsessed with birds.

Now, explanation out of the way -- the smallest we can tell you with certainty. It is the bee hummingbird, a tiny, the smallest, in fact, bird in the world.

The bee hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) is only 2 inches long. Females are slightly longer, but only by a small fraction, and usually lay two eggs, with them being the size of coffee beans. Let that sink in. While their iridescent feathers are not as notable as their other hummingbird relatives, they are still there, and still as shiny as ever.

Now, here's where it gets tricky. We're not sure what the biggest iridescent bird is. Taking a guess, we'd say it's the peafowl. But when you look this up, you don't get a concrete answer, which makes sense, because no offense, no one ever asks this question. But don't worry! We side with you here -- we're just as curious.

Well, we've been doing some math here. At first, we were thinking of the microraptor, wondering if a prehistoric bird would count before we remembered the peafowl exists. But we put it to the side. Then, we remembered the resplendant quetzal and its ginormous tail -- we looked around different pages and totaled the tallest possible quetzal to be around 4 foot on the higher end, but it still wasn't enough. So we looked up the peafowl.

The peafowl has 3 types -- all sharing traits but all fairly different in ways. The one we're focusing on right now is the green peafowl.

The green peafowl (Pavo muticus) is the largest peafowl of the three. As its name suggests, it is primarily green, while the indian is primarily a bluish color, and congo variants are kind of brown.

This is the bird we're talking about here. While maybe not in height (but probably in height), it's definitely in length. Males, pictured above, can be 5 feet and 11 inches at lowest to 9 feet 10 inches at highest. And its iridescence is everywhere, from its tail to its beak, basically.

Honestly, we'll be shocked if this isn't the biggest. Wikipedia describes the green peafowl as 'perhaps, the longest extant wild bird in total beak-to-tail length', as well.

We hope this answers your and anyone else's questions, Anon!

TL;DR: It's the bee hummingbird and green peafowl. Probably!

#and take this w a grain of salt #bird #birdblr #avian #iridescent bird #birding #birds #game birds #game bird #pheasant #pheasants #peacock #peafowl #peahen #green peacock #hummingbird #bee hummingbird

[rhiannatruex]

Red Winged Black Bird

#Queueue #bird #bird watching #birdwatching #birds #birb #birdwatchers #birdblr #Original Photography #photography #my photography #original photographer #photographers of tumblr #photographers on tumblr #lensblr #original photography blog #nature photography #nature #uncropped nature #wildlife #wildlife photography #wildlife photographer #critter #animal #cottage #cottagecore #cottage core #grandma core