A barred owl in Arlington, Virginia recently flew down a family’s uncapped chimney (that’s your bad) and perched atop their Christmas tree, knocking the star topper to the side and taking its place. Admittedly, that’s a great Christmas tree topper. In other news, apparently somebody’s going to be a freshman

The work of artist Thomas Deininger, this is a video of a sculpture of an endangered blue-and-yellow macaw that looks just like the bird from the front, but from the side reveals layers of carefully selected toys and non-recyclable plastic trash. Thomas’s work “thoughtfully addresses environmental concerns and critiques mass

This is a video of 10-year old autistic birder Samuel Henderson performing a series of spot-on bird calls during a talent show at his Oklahoma City school. He just keeps going, with each call even more impressive than the last. I wouldn’t have even been able to stand up in

This is a video of a pet umbrella cockatoo carefully listening to its owner’s very impressive beatboxing before it joins in the fray with some synchronized head bobbing and wing waving. Clearly, that bird knows how to party. The birds around here? They just try to dive-bomb my apartment windows

Note: Audio on for max chirpy chirping. This is a short in-nest video of a tawny owl that has had her two infertile eggs replaced with two orphaned hatchlings to raise. She seems STOKED. Me? That sounds like a lot of responsibility. I have a hard enough time keeping my

This is a video of African Gray parrot Apollo setting the Guinness World Record for most objects identified by a parrot in 3 minutes, with a total of 12. While it’s certainly impressive he can identify objects at all, I feel like there’s room for improvement. I mean that’s only

This is a video highlighting the life of Murphy, an injured bald eagle that lives that the World Bird Sanctuary in Valley Park, Missouri. The 31-year old(!) recently started nurturing and trying to hatch a rock he found in his enclosure, so when an orphaned bald eagle was brought to

After setting up a glass plate with contact microphone attached and spreading birdseed on top, Libby and Marcel of Free To Use Sounds captured the surprisingly soothing sounds of an increasing number of pigeons pecking at (and walking on) the glass. It sounds like a rain storm coming! And you