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[sdm111]

 

[centrarchid]

Here is a another dino finding that should appear familiar to us.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/12/161222131647.htm

Our birds as chicks are decidedly carnivorous / insectivorous. MIne as chicks for the first couple weeks in a free-range setting consume almost exclusively invertebrate prey and it is usually pretty small stuff. The chicks start eating seeds and greens by three weeks but they are usually of weaning age (5 weeks) before such makes up a large part of what is consumed. By the time they are 10 weeks old the diet starts to approximate what adults consume but animal prey is consistently preferred when it is available. That is why my juveniles are so vested in hawking drift for all that animal protein it provides. Even adults prefer insect prey over anything else.

 

[centrarchid]

He wants a piece of YOU.

 

[sdm111]

He wants a piece of YOU.

seems like it but he's waiting for pellets. When I go in his pen I snap my fingers and he jumps on the roost and waits for a hand of pellets. Then I fill his cup

 

[sdm111]

Now this one here..........

 

[birdman55]

That guys like where is the beach. Lol

 

[centrarchid]

Look at tail and hackle posture in addition to eyes. Second bird could be in transition between one angle and another or he is already getting ready to bow down and kick your ***.

Hell, second bird is even showing you cotton.

 

[B123]

He's kind of looking at you sideways, may want to watch him.

 

[centrarchid]

Circle represents body in foreground while triangle represents tail in background and often partially obstructed by body.

Passive approach with tail higher and pinched at base. Even more passive has tail pinched vertically and horizontally which I associate with birds trying maintain low profile.

Aggressive approach with tail lower and fanned

 

[roosterhavoc]

Circle represents body in foreground while triangle represents tail in background and often partially obstructed by body.

Passive approach with tail higher and pinched at base. Even more passive has tail pinched vertically and horizontally which I associate with birds trying maintain low profile.

Aggressive approach with tail lower and fanned

fishing would be another good hobby. Maybe for something other than sunfishes