Category: Bird Stuff

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Sh-Boom (acapella version) – The Chords (1954) Rare acapella version of the R&B classic. The hit version (with instrumental) backup reached No. 2 on the Billboard R&B charts and peaked at No. 9 on the pop charts.

Fan fan.

いちご電車.

Mr. Jambo.

Long wave.
Short wave.

The new girl.

Cold & insane.

Team beatbox.

“Boy, this rain.”

See fingermath.
How fingermath.

Ancient astronauts.

Reusable food bags.

The danger of Flock.

“What time is it, Bert?”

“We’re getting closer.”

Remains of Tasmania.

A stamp for all reasons.

A major cause of AGW is...

The Eater of the Pack [h/t Serafina D].

One loo village [via Thompson, blog].

Real puffy portraits [via Everlasting Blört].

The houses aren’t amused [via Memo Of The Air].

The Fédération Internationale de Foosball Association playoffs.

[Image at top: High score found here; hear it here.]

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The .Gif Friday Post No. 965 – Beer Bummer, Pigeon Cream & Gator Payback

[Found here, here and here.]

Stuff I Do When I’m Bored

Just a pile of random unrelated stuff.

Flaminglet

A baby greater flamingo, pictured at Vogelpark Walsrode in Germany, 11 June 2015. The birds are 1-2 weeks old and are being raised by hand, since their populations are low and their parents did not look after them.

[Found here.]

Fetch

[Ceramic sculpture by Kathleen Sukiennik found here.]

The .Gif Friday Post No. 958 – Goose the Turtle, Taste the Chicken & Jump the Penguins

[Found here, here, and undoctored leaping penguins here.]

A Dressed-up Phalanx CIWS

The ship may be the JS Myōkō (DDG-175), a Kongō-class guided missile destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). The Ratheon Phalanx CIWS is sometimes painted as a “Minion“.

[Found here. More info here.]

BIRD

Greater Adjutant (Leptoptilos dubius)
This enormous prehistoric-looking stork grows to five feet tall with an eight foot wingspan and eats small unsupervised children. It is considered an endangered species and is called an adjutant because it walks funny.

[Image found here.]

A Crow’s Eye View

[Cropped and enhanced, photo by Crow Monthly, March 2026.]

The .Gif Friday Post No. 933 – Under Water Works, Otter Trotter & FlaminGo

[Found here and here. Misplaced the link to the otter.]