#birds of the canada

[na-bird-of-the-day]

BOTD: Turkey Vulture

Photo: Jon Cox

"A familiar sight in the sky over much of North America is the dark, long-winged form of the Turkey Vulture, soaring high over the landscape. Most birds are believed to have a very poor sense of smell, but the Turkey Vulture is an exception, apparently able to find carrion by odor."

- Audubon Field Guide

[bob-artist]

My brain: You have so many tight deadlines. So many things on your weekly schedule. So many important jobs. You have to get important work done!!!

My hands:

[dumbbitchawards]

Crying over these geese.. oh to be a solitary goose finding love and starting a family in an interracial goose relationship

[great-and-small]

YES I’ve been chased and hissed at by a Canada goose but it doesn’t make me hate them guess I’m just built different

[samimarkart]

basic type pokemon of real life

[todaysbird]

this unique ‘blonde’ canada goose shows off one of a kind coloration due to leucism, a genetic mutation that results in a partial lack of melanin. the condition is frequently confused with albinism, but albino animals have a full lack of melanin; albino birds will most likely display all-white feathers, pink skin, and red or pink eyes.

[zayt0uny]

been drawing the wildlife of my southern ontarian childhood to unwind 🌾

[tbalderdash-art-blog]

HONK!

[peevishpants]

fuck it... bird sneaks

[digitalisdog]

A series of more realistic birds. These are birds I spotted throughout 2024 which I'm working through!

[hoot-alex]

[savagegood]

enemies to lovers? and they were teammates - and roommates? men’s sports have nothing on women’s sports

and this particular guy... cry harder (imagine if women's sports had the funding, visibility and accessibility men's sports are gifted):

[mushbeast]

a drawing of a canada warbler since it's starting to feel like spring in saskatchewan

[cookiedoves]

💙🩵🩶

[great-and-small]

Bird identification is so fucked up in a really fun way you can’t understand until you get into it. For example, there is a type of goose called the cackling goose that looks exactly like a Canada goose except smaller and “cuter”. The cackling goose is way, way, more rare in most places than its relatively common cousin, so it’s on tons of birders life lists. Everyone wants to see a cackling (look in any bird ID group to see lots of hopeful people posting petite Canada geese). The two species regularly commingle, so sometimes a flock of those common parking lot birds will have the equivalent of a Pokémon shiny just hanging out in the middle of them.

How ridiculous and fun is that? I can never look at a big group of Canada geese without scrutinizing their ranks for an adorable little extremely rare cutie pie cackling goose. It reminds me a bit of mushroom harvesting minus the risk of death if you get it wrong

[koobiie]

put together a one page zine about bird calls based on my observations!