Indian Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone Paradisi), Male, HE SCREMMM!!!, Family Monarchidae, Order Passeriformes,

how many WPM is that

Canyon Wren (Catherpes mexicanus), family Troglodytidae, order Passeriformes, Guadalupe River State Park, TX, USA

photograph by James Fallon

Up on melancholy hill sits a crow just looking out on the day...

Aaskrähe (carrion crow) im Unteren Schlossgarten, Stuttgart-Ost.

European Robin/rödhake. Värmland, Sweden (April 5, 2021).

Little wren, I thank you for your mighty song.

All spring and summer, your serenade is my companion.

Purplish-mantled Tanager (Iridosornis porphyrocephalus), family Thraupidae, order Passeriformes, Colombia

photograph by Felix Uribe

A hummingbird thought a man’s orange hat was a flower [x]

With a white face like a snowball, a small beak, round eyes, and yellow eyelids, the Hokkaido long-tailed tits are called “snow fairies” because they are so cute in their appearance. They are just that sweet and adorable.

https://www.birdlife.org/news/2023/02/01/snow-fairies-in-a-winter-wonderland/

He needs a napkin

I know European Starlings are not everybody’s favourite in America (for good reason, and I know it is not the bird’s fault), but can we for a moment sit down and admire their most beautiful plumage?