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I prefer the dark to the light by Steve Wilson - over 10 million views Thanks !! (cc by)

18,000 years ago in New Guinea, humans tried to domesticate cassowaries

Why is a cassowary the "least birb-like bird on the planet"

“A falcon won’t fuck just any old hat.”

Calling Ornithologists and Birders: Birds Who Are Jerks

By Fir0002; edited by jjron (cropped) - Own work by author, GFDL 1.2, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5712196

Musical passwords given by miniature birds: great post by nickyskye about the Superb Fairy-Wren (and a fun thread!). In other birbtalk news, learn 12 different chicken calls, including the before and after Egg Songs, from spamandkimchi.