Awesome Birds

Ed Carpenter’s Pigeon Light is a whimsical take on your favorite urban bird – “the rat with wings” as we call it. At least this one won’t crap on your head. Available in various natural and unnatural colors.

While we’re not sure that this duo of pied crows are playing anything more than random notes on this synthesizer, it really doesn’t sound all that different from Yanni to our untrained ears.

Neighbirds are modular birdhouses designed by Andreu Carulla Studio. They are easy to install and can be hung not just on trees but on a wall or ceiling as well. Contact Utoopic to order.

(NSFW: Language) A family was enjoying a day out in Montreal when what appears to be a golden eagle swooped down and tried to snatch their baby. Update: it’s fake, it’s a 3D animation project.

This clever device disguises your iPhone, iPod Touch or GoPro as a bird feeder, allowing you to grab amazing HD video and stills through its macro lens as your feathered friends snack on seed.

Designed by Nendo for the Momofuku Ando Center in Nagano, it has 78 birdhouses on one side and a tree house on the other. People can look at the birds in the nests from inside the tree house.

We’re not sure what it is with animals and their desire to take cameras – and we’re not even sure if this clip is a fake – but we still find the idea of a seagull as a videographer to be amusing.

These baby owls want to having a staring contest with you, but one of these little guys can stare you down without blinking while all the others eventually succumb to dry eye.

Rock out with your cockatoo out! That’s exactly what this guy does as his fine feathered friend Tonto dances and sings along to some of his favorite AC/DC tunes.

Not only do the blue and white markings on this budgie make this bird look sort of like R2-D2, but it has an uncanny ability to sound just like everyone’s favorite little maintenance droid.

We always thought squirrels were the ones who like to store acorns, but check out this cache of over 300 pounds of nuts stashed away in a microwave antenna by an industrious woodpecker.

A flock of gentoo penguins does their best to make the vertical leap from the water onto the tricky surface of a huge iceberg in Antarctica – we had no idea they could spring out of the water like that.

A guy drops a paper airplane from the 18th floor of a building, and as it makes its lengthy descent, something unexpected happens. We can only assume the birds of prey thought it was lunch.

We used to think that penguins were the cutest creatures. Then we were reminded they have a dark side too, as is demonstrated by the little bugger on the left and his evil ways.

Bird lovers look away. There’s a reason they keep the bird pavilion separate from the lion habitat at the zoo, as is evidenced by this footage of a heron who ends up in the wrong place at the wrong time.

We’re not sure why this bird is feeding noodles to this dog, but maybe it thinks it’s giving worms to its younglings. Either way, somebody needs to train its owner to turn their cellphone sideways.

Despite their size, cats are usually seen getting the upper hand. But put kitty up against this fluffy rooster, and the tables are suddenly turned. Also, proof positive that a good soundtrack is everything.

Never mind dogs who are music lovers or cats pouncing on each other WWE style; owls need love (and video face time) too. This little guy decides to get in some hunting practice. (Thanks zero!)

Thanks to Youtuber RobscoRC for sharing his friend Robert’s first flight of an original Sean Kinkade (SK) Park Hawk with us. Sure, it’s no Smartbird but still pretty awesome for something from 1993.

Dogs may think they have cornered the market on fetching stuff, but they might face some stiff, winged competition – assuming penguins some day become popular house pets.

In the midst of a live performance of Mordecai, bluegrass singer Josh Williams is joined by a flying friend who decides his guitar would make a pretty nice birdhouse. At least it wasn’t this guy.

We’re not sure how BBC’s Earthflight managed to get so close to these cranes as they flew over Venice, Italy, but the footage captured is incredible – not just of the birds, but of their surroundings.

Watching nature at its most merciless can be fun, but it’s nice to see that animals can be more suave than savage. Watch as the manakin bird proves that ladies can’t resist the moonwalk.