How to Scare a Bird

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— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) September 5, 2019

Big Bird Brain

(No, not the big brain of a bird, but the brain of a big bird...I just wanted a chance to use alliteration)

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

Funny Flamingo Fact

There are more plastic Flamingos in the United States than real ones.

Falcon Belly Dance

Don't Forget My Bum!

From one of my favorite YouTube channels, Gotcha The Cockatoo. Gotcha is a crazy, funny, loud and lovable 11 year old Moluccan Cockatoo, a rescue from his previous home where he was abandoned, neglected and mistreated. 

Dickens' Pet Raven

Charles Dickens had a talking pet raven named Grip and Dickens was devastated when the bird died from eating a paint chip.  According to Dickens, the bird's last words were "Halloa, old girl!"

Dickens had his adored pet stuffed and it now resides in the Rare Books Dept. of the Free Library of Philadelphia,

Hoo-Hoo Knows This Owl Trivia?

Owls are the only bird that lowers their upper eyelids to blink;  all others raise their lower lid to blink.

An owl has three eyelids: one for blinking, one for sleeping and one for keeping the eye clean and healthy.

Hot 404

So hot it's starting to smoke.

Found at Guinea Farm.

Smoked guinea fowl...sounds delicious.

The Early Bird Gets The Worm

Or does it?

Lyrebird

This Lyrebird has been playing too many video games and watching too many old Tarzan flicks.

Eye vs Brain

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

And I often find that when going through the buffet line, my eyes are bigger than my stomach.

Highest Flyer

The Rüppell's vulture is considered to be the highest-flying bird, with confirmed evidence of a flight at an altitude of 11,300 m (37,000 ft) above sea level.

Royally Useless Trivia

The "Today in History" module tells me that this day marks the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II of England in 1953.  Coincidentally, my trivia calendar says all the swans in England are property of the Queen.

I don't trust this trivia calendar because I've researched some of the entries and found they weren't exactly true.  So, I checked and found out on the official site of the British Monarchy that the Crown retains the right to ownership of all unmarked mute swans in open water, but The Queen only exercises her ownership on certain stretches of the Thames and its surrounding tributaries. The article goes on to say swans used to be considered a delicacy.

Not long ago, the Amarillo Globe-News Facebook page linked to a letter from someone complaining the city wasn't doing enough to protect the geese, ducks and swans on the Medi-Park lake, saying that there wasn't nearly as many as there used to be.  Someone said they probably migrated, but I suspect people were catching the ducks and geese and eating them. That reminded me of an old movie: John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! where American oil executives were served peacock tongues at a lavish banquet.

I'm surprised I remembered that esoteric bit of movie trivia; what I most remember about the movie was Shirley MacLaine dressed in a revealing harem outfit.

I'd hate to think someone had eaten those swans; even if they were stolen and cleaned and cooked, they could have bought quite a few steak dinners selling them for a fraction of what they were worth.

Beware of Duck

Mockingbird

A Mockingbird can imitate the songs of 40 different birds.

Image courtesy of ClipArtBest

Bet You CAN Eat Just One!

Put It On My Bill

The Australian Pelican has the longest bill of any living bird, up to 18 1/2 inches long.

Angry Owls

A little creepy.

WARNING!!! You might want to turn your sound down before clicking the "start" button.

Bird Bath

Deck the Halls - Animals of YouTube