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Post by Kramster on Aug 1, 2015 22:17:12 GMT -5
It's been hanging out near a friend's house in Phoenix .  |
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Post by epaul on Aug 1, 2015 22:28:55 GMT -5
It's a young Roc. You don't want to be anywhere around it when it's done growing.  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2015 22:43:05 GMT -5
Possibly a young South African Hornbill.  |
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Post by epaul on Aug 1, 2015 22:46:30 GMT -5
It is probably a hornbill, either a red-billed hornbill or a yellow-billed hornbill. They hail from Sub-Saharan Africa. It is an exotic, and it looks young, so it probably is a escapee from a zoo or some type of exotic bird collection.   |
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Post by epaul on Aug 1, 2015 22:48:44 GMT -5
Oh, they are worth about $30,000. They are also very tasty.
You have a decision to make.
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Post by epaul on Aug 1, 2015 22:50:07 GMT -5
I don't know what they are worth and they probably taste like shit.......or chicken........or chicken shit.
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Post by jdd2 on Aug 2, 2015 0:52:40 GMT -5
It's a Zazu.
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Post by Kramster on Aug 2, 2015 1:03:00 GMT -5
Thanks kids.
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Post by sekhmet on Aug 2, 2015 5:22:41 GMT -5
That is clearly a bird who is somewhere it doesn't belong. Is it flying well? It strikes me that if it is hanging around someone's house it is probably used to human company. Might need human company to survive.
What strange and wonderful creatures we have on this planet.
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Post by brucemacneill on Aug 2, 2015 6:29:50 GMT -5
"What Bird is This"? Is that to the tune of "Greensleeves"?
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Post by epaul on Aug 2, 2015 10:42:00 GMT -5
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Post by epaul on Aug 2, 2015 10:42:55 GMT -5
It eats fruit, seed, insects, and unwary photographers.
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Post by millring on Aug 2, 2015 10:44:20 GMT -5
It's a sparrow. Stop staring. She's sensitive about the beak thing.
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Post by drlj on Aug 2, 2015 11:31:51 GMT -5
I doubt it is a sparrow. Goes to show what potters know.
I believe it to be a Rufus Hummingnatarius Rhinoplasticus, which is a hummingbird with a proboscis problem.
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Post by millring on Aug 2, 2015 11:35:37 GMT -5
I doubt it is a sparrow. Goes to show what potters know. I believe it to be a Rufus Hummingnatarius Rhinoplasticus, which is a hummingbird with a proboscis problem. Bet it hums pretty loud, huh? |
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Post by dradtke on Aug 2, 2015 12:32:35 GMT -5
I doubt it is a sparrow. Goes to show what potters know. I believe it to be a Rufus Hummingnatarius Rhinoplasticus, which is a hummingbird with a proboscis problem. Bet it hums pretty loud, huh? Sound has a very nasal quality to it. |
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Post by Village Idiot on Aug 2, 2015 12:36:24 GMT -5
To further Soundhole education, specifically it's an eastern yellow-billed hornbird. We'd see those in Africa. They are omnivores, as part of their diet is small mammals.
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Post by millring on Aug 2, 2015 12:59:16 GMT -5
He never pays cash. Just put it on his bill.
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Post by Village Idiot on Aug 2, 2015 13:01:29 GMT -5
No wonder he's homeless.
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Post by drlj on Aug 2, 2015 14:17:03 GMT -5
I honestly thought it was the Eastern Jimmy Durante bird.
Instead a tweeting, it says hacha cha cha and it often travels with the Mrs. Calabash bird.
It often wears a hat that looks really cool.
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