BrandonsBirbs
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A thread to discuss wild birds, maybe even get some help with identification if someone can!
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Thank you.Some lovely birds and nice photos!
In some parts of the U.S., comorants are known as "hell divers" because of their ability to plunge into the water, strike and return to the surface.
Your English robins certainly look different than the ones we have in Iowa. Ours don't seem particularly aggressive, either, Unless you almost step on one of their young ones.
While searching for hidden runner duck eggs in a bunch of trumpet vines, I looked down just in time to NOT crush a robin fledgling who wasn't too keen on flight yet. His desperate parents began screaming at me and flying hysterically. It only got worse when Junior hopped into an open chicken run, and I had to scoop him up to keep him away from my bullying birds. All is well now.
To me, the biggest difference is the amount of red coloring and where it's located on the birds. Robins here don't have red on their heads, but the color goes much further down their breasts. I also thought all robins would look alike!
But my word they make the loudest, most annoying sound lol! Here's one doing it today haha!Their brain-to-body-mass ratio is outmatched only by that of humans and equals that of aquatic mammals and great apes.