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hingehead
 
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Reply Wed 12 Oct, 2011 10:00 pm
I like these guys but I have no idea what they are.
http://pixdaus.com/pics/13184651279FwDUUY.jpg
Rockhead
 
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Reply Wed 12 Oct, 2011 10:05 pm
@hingehead,
they look like boobies to me.

how sad is that...
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Roberta
 
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Reply Thu 13 Oct, 2011 09:47 am
HH, I don't know what they are either. But I like 'em.

Peregrine falcon:

http://brianlean.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/peregrine_flying.jpg
ossobuco
 
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Reply Thu 13 Oct, 2011 11:37 am
@Roberta,
I thought they are a variety of boobies too..
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Roberta
 
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Reply Thu 13 Oct, 2011 12:15 pm
I looked up boobies. Couldn't find them We need Francis or Rosborne. One of them is bound to know.

BTW, don't bother googling white bird, blue head, curlicue feather. Bupkis.
High Seas
 
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Reply Thu 13 Oct, 2011 12:23 pm
@Roberta,
Never heard of them either but this is (well, was) a baby tyrannosaurus rex, recently unearthed in Bavaria; cause of death under investigation:
http://www.spiegel.de/images/image-270907-panoV9free-plif.jpg
Supposed to be a bird ancestor.
Roberta
 
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Reply Thu 13 Oct, 2011 05:43 pm
@High Seas,
High Seas, Little Otto was found almost completely intact. Amazing.

Scientists have been talking about birds and dynasaurs for a long time. This might give them some additional info.

Malay eagle-owl:

http://www.factzoo.com/sites/all/img/birds/owls/malay-eagle-owl.jpg
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Roberta
 
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Reply Thu 13 Oct, 2011 09:21 pm
Firefly:

http://www.creationtips.com/Pix/firefly.jpg
trying2learn
 
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Reply Thu 13 Oct, 2011 09:47 pm
Roberta,
Thank you for this thread. Thank you to everyone else who posts pictures. Sometimes it is all of you who make me smile.
Roberta
 
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Reply Thu 13 Oct, 2011 10:55 pm
@trying2learn,
t2l, I'm glad this thread makes you smile. It makes me smile too.

BTW, those birds above ain't boobies. Boobies have webbed feet. This is a challenge.
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rosborne979
 
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Reply Fri 14 Oct, 2011 04:39 am
@hingehead,
Those are Black Crowned Night Herons (I think). Smile
hingehead wrote:

I like these guys but I have no idea what they are.
http://pixdaus.com/pics/13184651279FwDUUY.jpg
Roberta
 
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Reply Fri 14 Oct, 2011 04:49 am
@rosborne979,
I take your word for it. I knew you'd know. I always assumed that herons were bigger birds.

These are little beauties.
rosborne979
 
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Reply Fri 14 Oct, 2011 04:52 am
@Roberta,
Roberta wrote:

I take your word for it. I knew you'd know. I always assumed that herons were bigger birds.

These are little beauties.

The posture of the birds in the photo is a bit unusual for them, and the habitat looks unusual as well. But I don't know any other birds with red eyes, black caps, tassel feathers and feet like that. It's possible they are a sub-species of some type, but it's hard to get much more information just from a single photo. It would also help to know where that photo was taken, but I don't think there's enough info in the photo to figure that out Smile
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djjd62
 
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Reply Fri 14 Oct, 2011 05:29 am
the dollar short & daily late B & O

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt0issJJXg1qzp2x4o1_500.jpg
are the snacks up here?

http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt0icmp96v1qzs75go1_500.jpg
can you find the hidden the otter in this picture?
djjd62
 
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Reply Fri 14 Oct, 2011 09:07 am
the daily B & O
http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt28manyyD1qzp2x4o1_500.jpg
http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt288wdFLe1qzs75go1_500.jpg
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hingehead
 
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Reply Fri 14 Oct, 2011 10:34 am
@rosborne979,
I definitely think heron sits right.
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tsarstepan
 
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Reply Fri 14 Oct, 2011 10:36 am
@Roberta,
Roberta wrote:

Firefly:

http://www.creationtips.com/Pix/firefly.jpg

Roberta? Is this a firefly in its larval stage? It doesn't appear to have any wings. AND not knowing the scale, it looks very large for a firefly or at least the fireflies I'm familiar with.
djjd62
 
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Reply Fri 14 Oct, 2011 10:47 am
@tsarstepan,
Lampyridae (fireflies), found around the world. The wingless adult female is the glowworm of literature, especially Lampyris noctiluca (the "Glow-worm" proper of British English) found in most of Europe. In this species the male flies but does not glow. In some areas, a Firefly can also refer to members of the Luciola genus in the same family, found commonly throughout Europe, in which both the males and the flightless females glow.
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High Seas
 
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Reply Fri 14 Oct, 2011 10:51 am
@djjd62,
djjd62 wrote:

............
http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt0icmp96v1qzs75go1_500.jpg
can you find the hidden the otter in this picture?

He's not hiding - his airline never provided an eye mask against daylight intruding while he wants to take a nap, so he's doing the best he can!
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Roberta
 
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Reply Fri 14 Oct, 2011 02:27 pm
rosborne, You animal maven you, I checked out black-crowned night herons. (Hey, I'm a responsible person.) You are correct.

I love dem boids.

dj, I owe you a dollar? When I contacted rosborne about the herons, I said that I bet a nickel that he would know. You don't get a dollar if I don't get my nickel. Loving the first bunny. Definitely looking for something good. The otter with the face leaves is a trend setter. You'll be seeing dead leaf millinary on every fashionable otter by the end of November. I'm having a little trouble making out the bunny face in the second picture. No problem with the second wonderful otter face.

tsar, dj's response to your question is better than anything I could provide. I was just looking for something that lights up. Glow worm. Sounds good to me.

Fox hunting:

http://dlysen.com/images/story_wolf.jpg
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