Bird Origami, staring contests, bird telepathy & other expressions

• by wreness moderator

  It has hit me how bizarre some of the ravens look when they're flying. Some of them look like liquid tar, warped and thrown into some shape you don't even know would be a bird.

  Some ravens (I use these as an example because there's so many and we're so sick of counting them, so you have to laugh, right? Right? Right) just have the strangest expressions on their faces, as do condors.

  You wonder what they're thinking. Come on, you know you do.

  Inspired by my fellow Moderator ElisabethS who just posted a photo and commented that this condor looked like he was standing with his hands in his pockets. and a fellow citizen scientist, miltonbosch, who once told me that he thought juvenile condors sometimes looked like 1950s hoodlum punks in black leather jackets lurking around, glaring at people, waiting to start trouble (I agree!) I start this folder where we can post photos with the strange twisty ravens, condor glares, staring contests and other body languages that make us laugh.

  Have to keep the sanity going here, you know 😃

  Posted June 3, 2014 7:43 PM

• by ElisabethB moderator

  just got this one : 3 ravens dropping in ! 😄
  3 ravens

  And another one ! D

  3 ravens

  Posted June 3, 2014 8:28 PM

• by Golden_Slippers

  Is it ok to post pics of condors not from this project?

  This is Sespe condor saying "Yeah, this is what a 9 ft wingspan looks like. Boom."

  

  Posted June 4, 2014 4:10 AM

• by wreness moderator

  Dunno :x I'll check. They sure are beautiful. Kind of looks like that first Alien in "E.T." that came down out of the space ship 😃

  Here's one I just got showing an incredible golden eagle flying in from the back and many ravens taking flight. The one in front looks like he's trying to do the "Matrix" fight pose, thing up in the air and two on the right in a perfect copy of each other. I put the link so the pic can be seen full size when opened.

  Posted June 4, 2014 4:52 AM

• by wreness moderator

  Here's a shot of a condor leaping in midair, playing, "whee! I'm a condor!" Great wingspan!

  Posted June 4, 2014 6:04 AM

• by wreness moderator

  When Condors do the Hokey Pokey. You put your right wing in, you put your left foot out and you shake it all about ....

  Posted June 4, 2014 6:24 AM

• by yshish

  pretty funny frame of condor "trying to kidnap a baby" 😃

  Posted June 4, 2014 4:19 PM

• by wreness moderator in response to yshish's comment.

  Those feet never fail to amaze me 😃

  Posted June 4, 2014 9:33 PM

• by ElisabethB moderator

  Caught red-handed !
  Really Mom, it was like that when I found it ! 😄

  Posted June 8, 2014 5:02 PM

• by wreness moderator

  An elegant jump

  Posted June 8, 2014 8:41 PM

• by wreness moderator

  From madeline67 condor in flight

  Posted June 8, 2014 9:47 PM

• by ElisabethB moderator

  Moving carcass ???? 😄

  Posted June 9, 2014 9:57 PM

• by wreness moderator

  Condor, with his condor kite

  Posted June 10, 2014 7:52 AM

• by wreness moderator

  Condor with a rocket pack, playing Superman

  Posted June 11, 2014 5:22 AM

• by mboschmd

  Mid--air battle of the ravens over a morsel of flesh...other ravens intently watching the fight, like a group of high-school students.
  http://www.condorwatch.org/subjects/standard/534c48c7d31eae0543054b19.JPG

  Posted June 11, 2014 5:38 AM

• by wreness moderator

  Out stretched wings, running

  Posted June 12, 2014 6:10 AM

• by mboschmd

  "I keep croaking in his ear loudly, Wake up, horsey! but he's not responding. That lady at the pet store took my money and I got ripped off."

  Posted June 12, 2014 8:14 AM

• by mboschmd

  "There goes the neighborhood - three scumbag buzzards moved in. I thought it was an exclusive adult condor retreat! My pet horsey died too 😦

  Posted June 12, 2014 8:18 AM

• by wreness moderator

  Raven. close up

  Posted June 15, 2014 7:15 AM

• by mboschmd

  Golden eagle "selfie" for Personal Ad:
  "Young male Golden Eagle seeks female for long walks on the beach, and dining on rotting carcasses. Hates ravens but will tolerate condors. Call 800-4RO-TTEN" 😄

  Posted June 16, 2014 1:29 AM

• by mboschmd

  Celebrate! Celebrate! Dance to the muuuuuuuuuuuusic! 😄

  Posted June 16, 2014 9:45 AM

• by ElisabethB moderator in response to miltonbosch's comment.

  LOL ! 😄

  Posted June 16, 2014 5:05 PM

• by wreness moderator

  A condor playing "swiss army knife"

  Posted June 17, 2014 6:35 AM

• by wreness moderator

  Opera

  Posted June 18, 2014 2:40 AM

• by wreness moderator

  Yin and Yang

  Posted June 18, 2014 3:46 AM

• by ElisabethB moderator

  You looking at me?

  Posted June 19, 2014 12:16 AM

• by wreness moderator

  Strange grey alien life form. Obviously it's a condor but the 2nd bird from the left, top has no face, no beak, isn't the same texture as the rest of them, isn't the same color and is just strange

  Posted June 19, 2014 6:07 AM

• by wreness moderator

  Raven with tutu, at raven dance school

  Posted June 22, 2014 3:29 AM

• by wreness moderator

  Weird pic! Two condors on scale - note 2 tags & 2 GPS antennae (but there isn't room on those things for 2 condors). 47 in back stretching wings which is so cool 😃 Condor on very far right edge, with Black tag 3 underline showing (probably 34 underline), - couldn't figure out what was going on there because she looks as if she's either got a hunchback, a parasitic head growing out of her back or a Mini-Me condor coming in from above. Strange angle. For a second it looked like a Condor Traveling Carnival Sideshow 😄

  Posted June 22, 2014 3:48 AM

• by ElisabethB moderator

  Amateur-photographer ? Selfie gone wrong ? Or is there something going on that we are not allowed to see ? 😄

  Take your pick

  Posted June 22, 2014 3:18 PM

• by mboschmd

  Golden Eagle using every muscle it has, straining to rip the tough hide of this carcass open 😃

  Posted June 24, 2014 5:37 PM

• by ElisabethB moderator

  Romantic dinner for two ! 😄

  Posted June 24, 2014 6:56 PM

• by ElisabethB moderator

  Look at the one to the left. Looks like this carcass wasn't fresh enough for him ! 😄

  Yuk

  Posted June 24, 2014 7:10 PM

• by wreness moderator

  A fight about something-or-other. Amazing. I think the one that's got their back towards us is my very favorite condor, Black 47 Underlined, who has always touched my heart with her hanging on the edges, smirking, or constant eating. I am thinking that the other bird said something smart-assed and she went after him. I imagine that's how she'd be, anyway 😄

  The wings on these birds never fail to amaze me

  Posted July 3, 2014 5:53 AM

• by wreness moderator in response to ElisabethB's comment.

  The faces on them are priceless! Like sitting down to a fine meal and taking an appreciative whiff before you start to eat, to savor the aromas 😄

  Posted July 3, 2014 5:56 AM

• by wreness moderator

  When a scale yells BOO!

  Posted July 3, 2014 6:58 AM

• by wreness moderator

  This condor is upset at another, and twisting around at him/her with open beak. It either looks like it's made of Silly Putty, or one of those Twisty Balloon animals 😃

  Posted July 7, 2014 6:45 AM

• by ElisabethB moderator

  The one behind (or in front of) the scale is trying to hide and feeling very guilty about something ! 😄
  Pssst, I'm not actually here

  Posted July 7, 2014 11:01 PM

• by ElisabethB moderator

  Vertical lift-off 😄

  Posted July 13, 2014 3:46 PM

• by wreness moderator

  A raven, dripping 😃

  Posted July 16, 2014 8:10 PM

• by wreness moderator

  Two condors doing early morning yoga

  Posted July 21, 2014 5:03 AM

• by zekazoo scientist

  😃

  Posted July 22, 2014 6:17 PM

• by wreness moderator

  Ravens, break dancing

  Posted August 15, 2014 4:13 AM

• by ElisabethB moderator

  Look who is auditioning for America's next Condor Model 😄

  Posted August 27, 2014 7:17 PM

• by inaspin

  http://talk.condorwatch.org/#/subjects/ACW0000s8n
  I know it's just ravens, but I think it would be possible to work out exactly how the wings work in flight from this image!

  Posted September 3, 2014 5:21 AM

• by wreness moderator in response to inaspin's comment.

  Ravens is the point (big pic!) I wonder why they're so bendy? That's the coolest pic!

  Posted September 4, 2014 5:07 AM

• by wreness moderator

  Rubber raven

  Posted October 6, 2014 5:49 AM

• by wreness moderator

  At first I thought this was a raven, but here's an eagle doing the Rubber Raven Stretch

  Posted October 30, 2014 6:49 PM

• by wreness moderator

  Condor Free Form Interpretative Dance "The Tragedy of No Carcass, Act I"

  Posted October 30, 2014 6:52 PM

• by CatchATiger

  Someone must have yelled GO. I can not get over the shapes the ravens make when they fly. It's as if they have no bones.

  Posted December 1, 2014 4:04 AM

• by wreness moderator

  Evil Eye condor

  Posted January 9, 2015 7:52 AM