Personal blog of an illustrative nightjar.

Kestrel-dad not sure how to dad but he’s trying his best.

Dad loves you and feeds you. But he is also dumb and feeds you a wonderfully done wagyu steak. You are 3 days old.

Okay, but check out this video from mid-May 2022 of a Kestrel Dad who just kept piling up voles and mice beside his babies when the mom was injured/killed/mia’d by owls…but then watched one of his babies just swallow a lizard and went “OH. I can feed them small food!” and learned to tear it apart!

EDIT: There’s a not-zero percent chance that this could be the same dad???????? The source is the same–Robert E Fuller–but they could be different birds. 

UPDATE: Not only has Mister Kes learned to feed his chicks all on his own…

….the three chicks who were taken out of the nest for intensive care after the mom disappeared were put back in, and he just started feeding them, too.

He’s a single father of six who does not possess the instincts to feed even one of his offspring, but he learned and adopted that behavior without difficulty and is now hunting and providing for six kids all on his own. 

Steller’s jay stealing sweetener packets

National Geographic photo contest 2011

Cubic gem stones by Yoda Kiseki

BIRDS: EXPOSED

SERATONIN: RISING

Moves as smoothly as an ocean liner.

I couldn’t tell what it was at first, but that wasn’t what I was expecting

i thought it was an otter, then i thought it was a shark, and let me say i was wrong both times

There’s literally no way to guess. There’s no way at all to guess

i showed this to my mom, my aunt, my grandma, and the minute the quarantine ends this is going to become my go to dinner party conversation starter

Sea serpent

Moose are pretty good swimmers and they swim enough for Orca Whales to pose a significant threat.

My favorite moose fact is the cryptid herd in New Zealand. We know they’re out there, but nobody has seen one in over half a century.

In New Zealand.

Hi I’m sorry. I usually don’t insist that people elaborate on their comments but-

What the everloving fuck are you talking about???

In 1910, a herd of 6 females and 4 males was released in Fiordland. The last confirmed sighting was in 1952, and it was considered marginal territory for them, so it was presumed they had died out.

Until some moose hair was found in 2002.

This lead to extensive searches and installation of automatic cameras - none of which have caught an actual moose, though bedding and rub sites have been found.

The current theory as I understand it is that they’re living off of rich seaweed beds in the area.

Reblogging for the cryptid moose

NZ moose sighting in early 2020, everything you could want from a cryptid sighting

@is-the-parrot-video-cute is this ok or is that parakeet getting territorial

Rating: cute

If this cockatiel was truly being territorial it would be trying to attack the other bird.

You may also notice that it is not hurting the person’s hand, and is certainly not trying to bite them, this is not aggressive behaviour. This behaviour is called beaking (using the beak to interact with another individual in a play/non-aggressive way). The yellow cockatiel is simply trying to get the person’s attention, kinda like poking someone repeatedly until they pay attention to you. It’s not aggressive, just a little bit demanding.

You might also notice that when the person takes their hand away from the white cockatiel, it bows its head and moves closer to their hand. Both of these birds want cuddles, they just have very different personalities and different ways of asking.

this is the funniest thing I’ve seen in weeks

#key moments in poly cinema

i, too, am bisexual and so delighted when shown affection that i throw my head into my hands and fall backwards off the couch

IS THAT A SHARK?

if you watch any video today it needs to be this one

I LOVE THIS NEWSCAST AND IM NOT EVEN FROM AUSTRALIA.

#like that little cage is gonna help ya

Theyre so. Honest

idc what anyone says, that was a megalodon

As a person from australia that dude always has the best reactions to things. like always. I’m pretty sure it’s the only reason he was hired.

You non-Aussies are missing out on quality television

This clip got them a cameo in Sharknado 5 lmao

Full Video: Riekko mukana hiihtoreissulla, Tolkuton Willow ptarmigan included in ski trip

For the love of god, PLEASE UNMUTE!!!

ptarmigan: [in a deep, croaking voice] awow awow awow awow awow awow awow. awow. awow. awow… awow… bup bup bup bup bup bup. pow. pow. pow.

Eyebrows,,,,,,,,,,,,,…….

Awesome 👏🏽

I need to start doing this because I sit in a chair so much of the day. Need to start doing this in the morning and like, go for a walk or something.

fucks sake

god dammit

Okay now which one is clearer? 1?

or 2?

S T O P

Maybe just take off the glasses!?

This spoke to my soul wth

I feel attacked.

hmmm

i hate this post yet it keeps coming back

The absolute Madness and Glee in that neighbour’s laugh. Priceless.

i love you guillermo del totoro

[ID: Four gifs of Guillermo del Toro in an interview. He says, “I think the sublime confusion is from 19 to 29. You think you are late for everything, you’re a has-been, nothing is happening, there’s no opportunity for you, the world is closed, everything is a disaster, you wanna die. And then you’re 30.” /end ID]

He once gave a class in Guadalajara and said “Ustedes los jóvenes están en la edad exacta de la desesperación. Yo nunca me sentí más acabado y viejo que a los veintitantos. Decía ‘ya me pasó la vida y no hice nada’. Pero estoy aquí para decirles que no: tienen un chingo de tiempo”

Which translates to “You young people are in the exact age of desperation. I never felt more done and old than in my twenties. I’d say ‘life has passed me by and i did nothing’. But i’m here to tell you that’s not true: you have a lot of fucking time”

Sharp-tailed Grouse

i am crying i can't breathd

i know i already reblogged this today but this video has more emotion in it than my university-level acting classes

Someone give these two their Oscars.