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Love these goobers

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[–] john_brown@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago

those big fellas always look funny dangling off bird feeders

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago

I had a two of these dinos outside my house this winter and it was so cool, they be looking like raptors.

[–] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago

Beautiful weird lookin birb. The opposite of a borb

[–] Pandantic@midwest.social 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I love their mowhawks. Do you think it makes their heads more aerodynamic?

[–] krolden@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

Its for mating

[–] Ardipithecus@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago

I think it's more to show they're DTF!

[–] whatnots@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

i only ever saw one of those woodpeckers once and it was so special! cool visitor!

[–] Ardipithecus@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago

If you get to know their call you will start to notice them a lot more!