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Bittern at the grocery store
The Red-fan Parrot (Deroptyus accipitrinus) puts its signature plumage to use in a few ways. When threatened, it’ll fan out its vibrant neck feathers to intimidate a foe by making itself seem larger in size. Feathers are also used in courtship rituals, when they’re raised up as come-hither collars by males and females in a display as a pair will sway their heads from side to side. Spot this bird in tropical forests throughout parts of South America, including Colombia and Peru.
Photo: Sham Edmond, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
"A few significant findings emerged. The birds engaged in most calls for the maximum allowed time. They formed strong preferences—in the preliminary pilot study, Cunha’s bird Ellie, a Goffin’s cockatoo, became fast friends with a California-based African grey named Cookie. “It’s been over a year and they still talk,” Cunha says.
"According to Kleinberger, the types of vocalizations the birds used suggested they were mirroring the call and response nature they engage in in the wild—“hello, I’m here!” in parrot-speak."
(courtesy wolvendamien at Bluesky)
Favorite genre of image ever
Sometimes people accuse my chickens of being generated images and sometimes I think they are too
a fledgling budgerigar or "budgie" 🐦 by @kevinsbirds
Meanwhile, in the puffin burrow...