Three Curlews.
Three Curlews.
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Quacky, daffy, and Claude
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They are the bestest birbs!
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They are one of the most ancient lineages of scolopacid waders, together with the godwits which look similar but have straight bills.[2] Curlews feed on mud or very soft ground,[3][4] searching for worms and other invertebrates with their long bills. They will also take crabs and similar items.
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idk about the rest of it, but that part about being in mud and having long bills doesn't seem correct for the Australian curlew, which I've usually seen around places like sports fields, parks, and people's back yards. And they have quite short beaks, more akin to a slightly skinnier version of a crow's than to the long European curlew bill.
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Oh, in fact, on closer inspection, the bush stone-curlew doesn't show up on the page you linked. It seems the two are not closely related, being in the same order but different families. Wikipedia isn't clear on the reason for the similar name, but I'd guess that, similar to the Australian magpie, it's because of a similar colouration and not much else.
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scolopacid waders, together with the godwits
Sociopaths and fuckwits. Photo must have been taken in Canberra...
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Was this a drone shot, and how big are these birds?
Need a banana for scale...
They are actually dinosaurs and I can't tell you where this is.
But no just from my balcony about 14 stairs up.
Literally true though. (@No1@aussie.zone)
I knew it! 😃
Bush stone-curlews are fairly large. They stand about half a metre tall.