This is a video from the David Attenborough narrated Planet Earth II, highlighting the sword-billed hummingbird, a hummer that’s evolved a beak longer than its entire body to access nectar no other bird can. Now that is an impressive beak! Semi-related: did you know that in all the animal kingdom,
This is some footage from a typical morning at a bird feeder located in Nuevo Arenal, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Visitors include “collared Aracari Toucans, several kinds of woodpeckers, Oropendula, Palm Tanagers, Blue/Gray Tanagers, Baltimore Orioles, Clay-colored Thrush (the national bird of Costa Rica), Red-legged Honeycreepers, Black-Cowled Oriole, Euphonias, a few
This is a video of Nikki Kundanmal filming herself practicing Sixpence None The Richer’s 1997 banger ‘Kiss Me’ when a hawk lands on her balcony railing. Then it casually comes inside to inspect her cereal bowl (that may not actually be cereal, but if she’s anything like me she just
This is a video of Spanish pet raven Vanta saying hola to her owner in a shockingly deep voice. Definitely not the voice you want to hear right before bed. Oh who am I kidding, I’d settle for even a demonic voice saying goodnight. I’m so lonely. Spoon me, satan
In OMG what a precious angel news, this is a short video of a baby flamingo (just a lil’ flam) learning how to stand on one leg. How precious is that? The answer is ultra precious. Right up there with how Smeagol feels about the One Ring.
Deciding to eat on the go this morning instead of taking its meal somewhere to nipple on and people watch, this is a video of a bald eagle grabbing a small fish from the water, then eating it just a moment later in mid-air. Impressive. For reference, I don’t like
This is a video of two black-headed seagulls pushing another off a railing, then laughing about it together. It looks like a scene straight out of a Pixar movie. It’s not though, it’s real life. An unfortunate life for that bird being bullied. Hopefully it found some french fries and
These are a couple videos of a raven named Odin (of course) at the Tropical Butterfly House in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, producing abstract paintings, using her beak to pick up and use a brush. Admittedly, I wouldn’t mind having an Odin original hanging in my home. “That was painted