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do you have any herps and/or birds that look.. fake? ai-generated, almost? things that just look Absolutely Ridiculous. like That is not a real animal that is a small child doing their best approximation of an animal with a crayon

To me there are certain colors that are so vibrant or so patterend and bright that if I hadnt seen them in real life myself, I might think they were AI or otherwise fake...

Grandala (Grandala coelicolor), male, family Turdidae, order Passeriformes, northern India

photograph by Adityaa Chavan

Grandala (Grandala coelicolor), EAT A TASTY MOFF!!!, family Turdidae, order Passeriformes, Sela Pass, Arunachal Pradesh, India

photograph by Kamlesh Mirkale

Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus), family Psittaculidae, order Psittaciformes, VIC, Australia

photograph by Fir0002 

Rainbow Lorikeet(Trichoglossus moluccanus), family Psittaculidae, QLD, Australia

Photograph by Dave Arnold Wildlife Photography

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Peekaboo! Great Spotted Woodpecker/större hackspett, Chaffinch/bofink, and European Robin/rödhake. Värmland, Sweden (March 28, 2021).

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Phil Davies

"The Egret was in shadow and the background was in full sun"

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Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus), LEUCISTIC, family Picidae, order Piciformes, northern CA, USA

Photograph by Thy Pygmy Owl Tour

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⋖ Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo ⋗

Beautiful parrots native to Australia. The males have a bright red tail and females have golden stripes and accents on their feathers🪶

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Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus), EAT A FROSTY BERRY!!!, family Bombycillidae, order Passeriformes, Alaska

photograph by Lisa Hupp/USFWS

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Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)

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Green Woodpecker/gröngöling. Värmland, Sweden (April 5, 2021).

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went on the pacific parrotlet wikipedia page and was introduced to echo smithour

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the juan fernández firecrown is a critically endangered hummingbird endemic only to isla róbinson crusoe, one of three islands on the juan fernández archipelago. males and females are very distinct from each other; males are a bright cinnamon-orange, while females have a bluish-green upperside and white underside. like other hummingbirds, they primarily feed on nectar from native plants, although they also feed on introduced species like eucalyptus. sadly, destruction of native trees is believed to be behind the declining population of this species.

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Today, migration royalty visited - a Purple Finch! I spotted him from my office and snapped some photos with the DSLR through the dirty window (1 + 2). And I almost thought he was by the cam feeder too but nope, the other one is a House Finch. When he got angry at the Goldfinch, you could see his non-red wing bars and some of the stripes on the belly. They can be tough to ID! I hope the Purple comes back tomorrow and visits the feeders with cameras.

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Please enjoy this delightfully ridiculous mating display from a Snowy Egret in peak breeding plumage. That signature gurgling call you can hear at the start of the video is one of my favorite noises in the animal kingdom! This is maybe the best time of year to go birding where I live as the swamps and wetlands are simply electric with activity and life. Everywhere you turn your head there is something remarkable to behold.

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The first sighting of a bluebird is always so exciting!

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The King looked extra gorgeous this morning 😍

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Today's bird is this white breasted nuthatch!

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Today is his 7th hatchday!

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Eurasian Bullfinch/domherre. Värmland, Sweden (April 5, 2021).