Rosemary Mosco: I carefully maintain a list of the funniest images I've ever seen on the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's wonderful Macaulay Library, and today I gift them to you macaulaylibrary.org/asset/608452...

I carefully maintain a list of the funniest images I've ever seen on the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's wonderful Macaulay Library, and today I gift them to you macaulaylibrary.org/asset/608452...

ML608452541 Green Heron Macaulay Librarymacaulaylibrary.org Macaulay Library ML608452541; © Arthur Mercado; Hennepin, Minnesota, United States

Thumbs up clown macaulaylibrary.org/asset/570550...

ML570550671 Ring-billed Gull Macaulay Librarymacaulaylibrary.org Macaulay Library ML570550671; © Chao "Jimmy" Wu; Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Pigeon leads the way macaulaylibrary.org/asset/160818...

ML160818101 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) Macaulay Librarymacaulaylibrary.org Macaulay Library ML160818101; © Brandon Holden; Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada

Tongue macaulaylibrary.org/asset/536030...

ML536030811 Black-chested Mountain Tanager Macaulay Librarymacaulaylibrary.org Macaulay Library ML536030811; © Will Sweet; Napo, Ecuador

Stacked for efficiency macaulaylibrary.org/asset/511620...

ML511620371 Dunlin Macaulay Librarymacaulaylibrary.org Macaulay Library ML511620371; © Steven Hunter; Alameda, California, United States

Caution!!! Black Bear in area macaulaylibrary.org/asset/511646...

ML511646561 Short-eared Owl Macaulay Librarymacaulaylibrary.org Macaulay Library ML511646561; © Neo Morpheus; Miami-Dade, Florida, United States

Oops macaulaylibrary.org/asset/472667...

ML472667071 Red Knot Macaulay Librarymacaulaylibrary.org Macaulay Library ML472667071; © David Turgeon; La Haute-Côte-Nord, Quebec, Canada

"NOTE: The owl is the one on the left"

Hahahaha omg

One of the funniest things about this picture is the 4-star rating.

There's a lot going on here: That a bear or a werebear? That an owl? This pic is from Miami?? I don't hear reggaeton or a loud muffler, so no.

Attn @banditelli.org

Haha incredible thank you for your service

Reminds me of a video of some newly-fledged bird who hadn't quite figured out that opening their mouth and yelling at food doesn't magically make it jump in.

Thanks for the nightmares

image description: “Just another day on the harbor.”

Which humourless philistine gave this photo a mere four stars??

I have been TOLD that there are precise scientific rules for rating photos, but in my heart, these are all five stars

some people simply lack souls

Redditors must run the place, anyone else would recognize these are five star images

here's one of my favorites that I ever took - shorebirds are endlessly entertaining to watch

"agbglablgbglbglglglb"

For consideration 🪶💩

Oh my god.

Is that... a drunk heron?

I think it’s a heron whose log capsized, but it may just be faceplanting on accident.

Actually there is a sequence of 3 photos.. the intense “my body is a spear” heron stare, the faceplant, and then after levering back up on the stump .. fish grasped victoriously in beak. So I’d say it was planned, even.

Ohhhh, I see it now. I missed the other pics on the page. Thanks.

Green herons are AMAZING. They sometimes use bait to attract fish, then dive in and catch them!

But in your next book, it will be a drunk heron, right?

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is such a gift

We are blessed, thank you for your service to all

“How it started…” search.macaulaylibrary.org/catalog?taxo...

She is beauty she is grace.

As a fellow bird enthusiast, you are doing the Lord's work. BRB going to dive into this for an hour

I really need to try to get to Bass Ponds one of these days. 11mins vs 65mins to Sherburne NWR

But the cranes at Sherburne!

Omg, thank you for sharing this! My cats and I are huge fans of the Cornel feeder cams. :)

@goose.ski

Reminds me of a goose that gracefully landed straight into a guard wire around the pond and immediately tumbled into the water

“Same observation” is a lil extra treat!!

@trillfiend.bsky.social !

@thaum.bsky.social o heck

@r4l.lucidillusions.in bookmarking for bad days to look at good birbs :D

Omg thank you! 😝

Thank you for sharing this! I've been looking for open-access, online archives and this is a beaut!

This is EXACTLY the day I've been having today.

Thank you - this is exactly what I needed tonight

So great, so cool. Thanks!!

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