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herd-reject-arts · 1 year ago

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So I'm leaving work and something darts in front of me, maybe 10ft away, too fast for me to see what it is. Peek around the tree blocking my path and I see this

Just like... a whole ass hawk. Dude's gotta be about 1.5ft tall. Massive fucking bird. And it's just staring me straight in my soul like this, even as I try to move ahead. It didn't budge. And there's only this path back to my car unless I want to walk on a busy highway. So I have the option of Death By Raptor or Death By Truck.

So I walk in the poison ivy filled patch off the sidewalk. Guy still isn't moving. Still staring me directly in the eyes. And I do this thing when animals are behaving strangely where I'll talk to them, so I'm just like, "Hey, man. I don't know you. You don't know me. This feels really threatening. I'm just trying to get to my car, dude. Can I get some space please? You're a big fucking bird. I see those claws. You could kill me right now, but I'd appreciate if you didn't, ok?"

It didn't move until I was about 2ft away. Again: I'm as far from it as I can be without walking into the street. It clearly wasn't going to budge. I walk past, thing flies up (silent, btw. Scary) and lands on a brick wall a little further ahead

Anyway. Weird guy. Nearly shit my pants when I noticed a bird big enough to carry off a fully grown cat was just... there, staring me in the face, unwilling to move away from me, a human, something it should see as a threat. I watched behind me the whole rest of the way to my car, just in case this bird decided to help me shed this mortal coil. 10/10 experience. Super cool guy.

#not vc sorry #bird #birds #aves #raptor #hawk #red shouldered hawk #i think. might be wrong on that id #accipitriformes #birds of prey #honestly a really cool guy so close up #I'm happy i wasn't attacked. i would not want to fight a guy that big.#talons on this bird were huge. big scary.#I've never heard of large predatory birds just landing in front of people like that so i don't know what gives #it didn't catch any food or anything. just landed near me then stared me down.#I don't know a lot about bird behavior so i tried to not look back at it but still.#it also didn't look injured. seemed like a healthy bird #if anyone has any idea why this thing would act the way it did I'd love to know

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herpsandbirds · 1 month ago

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White-bellied Goshawk (Tachyspiza haplochroa), family Accipitridae, family Accipitriformes, endemic to New Caledonia

photograph by Dubi Shapiro

#goshawk #hawk #tachyspiza #accipitridae #accipitriformes #bird #ornithology #animals #nature #new caledonia #raptor

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snototter · 5 months ago

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A white-backed vulture (Gyps africanus) sits on a hippo skull in Maasai Mara National Park, Kenya

by praveen pandian

#white backed vulture #animal death #vultures #raptors #birds #gyps africanus #gyps #accipitridae #accipitriformes #aves #chordata #wildlife: kenya #wildlife: africa

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dovemoulins · 11 months ago

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ive wanted to get a close up pic of a black shouldered kite for so long and it finally happened 😭😭😭 SO HAPPY

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

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haveyouseenthisbirdpoll · 18 days ago

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#poll #birds #california condor #accipitriformes #cathartidae #gymnogyps #gymnogyps californianus #america #north america

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birds--daily · 6 months ago

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day 29

today's bird is the red kite!

requested by @kitedraws !!

- couldn't find any cool facts but i think it's funny that the red kite's scientific name is Milvus milvus...

#accipitriformes #accipitridae #red kite #artists on tumblr #bird art #birds #ornithology #milvus milvus #kite #wondering where the detail went? check my latest posts

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fullfrontalbirds · 15 days ago

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Ornate Hawk-Eagle (Spizaetus ornatus)

#ornate hawk-eagle #spizaetus ornatus #accipitridae #accipitriformes #alan chiang #birds

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vulture-appreciation · 3 months ago

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Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)

#black vulture #coragyps atratus #cathartidae #accipitriformes #braxton landsman #birds

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uncharismatic-fauna · 14 days ago

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Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

Birds of a feather flock together- until Gundlach's hawk comes! This bird preys almost exclusively on birds, especially parrots, doves, quails, and chickens. Unfortunately it's reputation as an agricultural pest combined with exstensive habitat loss have made it an extremely rare bird; only 400 are thought to be left in the wild.