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This bird may be called "common," but did Paul McCartney write a song about YOU?

Sometimes a bird's name is so descriptive nothing else can be said about it.

The American Ornithological Society announced that it will rename 152 bird species that are named after people. I hope Anna is ok with that.

Supposedly this is a Virginia's Warbler, but I am skeptical because I found it in Arizona.

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Feels like they missed an opportunity to call this the Referee-Headed Sparrow.

It was hard to capture this bird flying and hunting fish...but I had the last laugh.

This gull is meditating. Please leave them alone.

The Scrub Jay is endemic to Santa Cruz Island off the coast of Southern California. TLC also wrote a song about this bird. They didn't want them.

This bird's name sounds like an insult a Game of Thrones character might say.

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What kind of cereal do you think a spoonbill would it with its spoonbill if a spoonbill could eat cereal?

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This is either a Mourning Dove or a softball with feathers and a tail. IDK.

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Fun fact, St. Louis is right on the dividing line between the Black-Capped Chickadee's range and the Carolina Chickadee's range. The easiest way to identify them is by listening to their call...but I didn't hear this bird. My best guess is that this is a Carolina chickadee. Just based on vibes, ya know?

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Not to be confused with a red-headed woodpecker (even though it has red on its head idk)

Proof that even those who grow to be majestic go through an awkward teenage phase.

That is NOT the Brome birdfeeder BTW. The one pictured here is the opposite of squirrel proof.

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Hangin' with Mr. Cooper was an American television sitcom that originally aired on ABC from September 22, 1992, to August 30, 1997, starring Mark Curry and Holly Robinson. This hawk has nothing to do with that, but do you remember that show?

I asked this bird to stream The Office. Wrong Peacock.

Is it still a woodpecker if it is on a cactus? Wait, are cactuses wood? (I googled it, cactuses have woody ribs. This bird is accurately named. Carry on)

When it comes to naming this bird got shafted. Cool bird though.

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I have to admit I didn't realize why Doug Funnie wore a belt on his head to become Quailman until I saw this bird.

Stonechat was like snapchat but for cavepeople* That's how this bird got its name**

*Not true
**Also not true

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The osprey's outer toe is reversible, allowing them to grasp their prey with two toes in front and two behind, and beat paper twice in a game of rock, paper, scissors.

Fast, gold, hard to catch (on camera); might as well be called the golden snitch.

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Geese

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The wings also have yellow, but not enough for naming rights I guess.

I took this picture on Mother's Day, which is very appropriate.

These owls were originally called the "winged tiger" or "tiger of the air" by early naturalists. I don't have a quip, that's just a really cool name.

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The thing about the brown-headed Cowbird is that you can tell it's a brown-headed Cowbird even if you don't have your good camera...because of the brown-headedness.

If a Junco wore jeans, it would wear JNCOs.

What was Michael Jackson's favorite bird? The California Tow-HEE HEE!

You can tell it's a red-headed woodpecker because of the way it is.

These birds are everywhere and it is Shakespeare's fault. Look it up.

Cardinals are like The Arch of the bird world. "Hey, there's a Cardinal!" (If you are not from St. Louis ask someone from St. Louis about this joke)

White storks have 7ft wingspans, which sounds like a lot until you consider the fact that they have to carry babies around.

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This bird was named by Napoleon's nephew. That's not a joke. Look it up.

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Their gift is their song and this one's for you.

They say they're so named because their call sounds like "killdeer," but if I were a deer I'd still watch my back around them.

The crows cooler sibling that studied abroad.

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These birds mimic other bird's calls, but I guess they're kind of jerks about it. Otherwise we'd call them "mimicbirds".

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It's the one on the house (that's where it gets its name).

The collective noun for a group of parakeets is a chatter. So this would be a small chatter of parakeets. You learned something new today.

Phainopepla means "silky robe" in Greek. This bird is basically always dressed like Bruno Mars.

You can tell it's a Cactus Wren because it is a Wren on a cactus.

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The best Robin. Chris O'Donnell a distant second.

You ever learn a new phrase and then want to use it quickly? I learned the phrase "latitudinal limits" while looking up facts about this bird. Anyway, these hawks are found all over North America, but even they have their latitudinal limits and they are absent from the high arctic. Latitudinal limits.

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https://youtu.be/1gmCKNTJ80I?si=le-YOdE7gFELH_iM&t=32

Anthony Edwards' RCAF counterpart. Also, it is "Canada Goose" not "Canadian Goose," look it up.

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It hatches nuts, and it's got a white breast.

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Placeholder Stevie Nicks reference. Ooh, baby ooh, said ooh

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If you're trying to learn bird calls, start with Blue Jays. Does the bird you're hearing sound like an angry banshee? Chances are it's a Blue Jay.

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