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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsSaturday funnies. What bird is always sad? The Blue Jay and/or the mourning Dove
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Saturday funnies. What bird is always sad? The Blue Jay and/or the mourning Dove (Original Post)
debm55
Sep 7
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debm55
(30,644 posts)2. MLAA you are Correct
Mister Ed
(6,263 posts)3. Mourning dove. n/t
debm55
(30,644 posts)5. Mister Ed I gave you credit too.
Silent Type
(5,488 posts)6. WP story about "Nigel, the world's loneliest bird, dies next to the concrete decoy he loved."
Nigel, the worlds loneliest bird, dies next to the concrete decoy he loved
"Nigel, a handsome gannet bird who lived on a desolate island off the coast of New Zealand, died suddenly this week. Wherever his soul has landed, the singles scene surely cannot be worse. The bird was lured to Mana Island three years ago by wildlife officials who, in hopes of establishing a gannet colony there, had placed concrete gannet decoys on cliffsides and broadcast the sound of the species calls. Nigel accepted the invitation, arriving in 2015 as the islands first gannet in 40 years. But none of his brethren joined him.
"In the absence of a living love interest, Nigel became enamored with one of the 80 faux birds. He built her it? a nest. He groomed her chilly, concrete feathers . . . year after year after year, the Guardian reported. He died next to her in that unrequited love nest, the vibrant orange-yellow plumage of his head contrasting, as ever, with the weathered, lemony paint of hers.
"Whether or not he was lonely, he certainly never got anything back, and that must have been [a] very strange experience, conservation ranger Chris Bell, who also lives on the island, told the paper. I think we all have a lot of empathy for him, because he had this fairly hopeless situation. As he persisted in this futile courtship, Nigel accrued something of a fan base. Mana is a scientific reserve that, like other New Zealand islands, has been the focus of replanting and rodent eradication efforts. Friends of Mana Island, one of the groups that has planted trees and shrubs, said on Facebook that Nigel won the hearts of members and volunteers who spent many hours over the years maintaining the concrete colony."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2018/02/02/nigel-the-worlds-loneliest-bird-dies-next-to-the-concrete-decoy-he-loved/
True Dough
(18,925 posts)7. What about the
teary-dactyl?
debm55
(30,644 posts)8. HAHHHAHHAHAH. Sorry True Dough.