Feathered Fathers of the Year!

June 14, 2017 8:34 PM

Cornell Lab of Ornithology Father's Day Photo Gallery. Check out some pictures of amazing bird dads with their young. As a bonus, here's Cornell's California Condor live cam, where you can see an adorable condor chick! All things bird can also be found on Cornell's main site.

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posted by FireFountain (4 comments total)

Charming. That Dad Bird walking with his chick hits my soft spots. I think I'll try to regurgitate some fish for my spawn this weekend.
posted by Ogre Lawless at 10:21 PM on June 14, 2017 [2 favorites]

If you get interested in the birds of North America, one of the many useful things Cornell provides is ebird, a citizen supported depository of bird sighting data. Want to know what birds occur in your area? Make a customized bar chart for your county or state with links to maps showing where the sightings were. From the maps, you can figure out what places are birding hot spots. Who cares about flying cars? We live in the future!
posted by Bee'sWing at 4:57 AM on June 15, 2017 [2 favorites]

These are so adorable! I watched their live stream on YouTube of a barred owl nest. All three eggs hatched and survived to leave the nest box!
posted by 80 Cats in a Dog Suit at 7:25 AM on June 15, 2017

Those are some real good Dads!

I've also been enjoying the eagle dad from the recent eagle juvenile fledging cam post!!!!
posted by grobstein at 8:03 AM on June 15, 2017