Mid-Morning Art Thread

The Tree Of Crows
Caspar David Friedrich

One of my favorite artists!

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 Doffs hat, bids everyone a good day.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at July 21, 2026 09:30 AM (w9Wax)

2 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 09:30 AM (AFtz5)

3 Meep meep!

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 21, 2026 09:30 AM (yEz+x)

4 If you look carefully, you can see Ace lurking under the tree.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 21, 2026 09:31 AM (Riz8t)

5 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:31 AM (2YhKe)

6 No boobs. No dog.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at July 21, 2026 09:31 AM (QKhL4)

7 Meep meep!
Posted by: nurse ratched

Caw caw!

Posted by: Murderer's Row at July 21, 2026 09:32 AM (w9Wax)

8 End of fall, beginning of winter.

Cold winds are coming........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:32 AM (2YhKe)

9 You always know when the eagles are tooling about. The crows go berserk.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 21, 2026 09:32 AM (yEz+x)

10 Looks like Mordor as it was just getting rolling.

Posted by: Archimedes at July 21, 2026 09:32 AM (Riz8t)

11 The crows were angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at July 21, 2026 09:32 AM (2Ez/1)

12 This is the type of tree Home Depot gets their 2X4s from.

Posted by: Woody Tobias, Jr. at July 21, 2026 09:32 AM (JM9I6)

13 We should all chip in and give this to Ace.

Posted by: redridinghood at July 21, 2026 09:33 AM (NpAcC)

14 Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 21, 2026 09:32 AM (yEz+x)

*hugs*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:33 AM (2YhKe)

15 I would have saved this image for October.

Wonder what kind of story Stephen King would write to this picture?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026 09:33 AM (2GVsD)

16 very gnarly
would hang
the Corvus genus has some interesting specimens

Posted by: Don Black at July 21, 2026 09:33 AM (ZxPkt)

17
Looks like most of the crows from that tree have been harvested.

Tree of Apples > Tree of Crows

Posted by: naturalfake at July 21, 2026 09:33 AM (iJfKG)

18 That tree matches my mood today.

Posted by: Case at July 21, 2026 09:33 AM (bqIVz)

19 8 End of fall, beginning of winter.

Cold winds are coming........
Posted by: Sponge

I wish. We have a “heat advisory” today and tomorrow.

Mid 80s.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 21, 2026 09:33 AM (yEz+x)

20 Wonder what kind of story Stephen King would write to this picture?

The same one as all the rest of his "works".

Posted by: Archimedes at July 21, 2026 09:33 AM (Riz8t)

21 Wakes uo
Scratches.
Looks around.
Dang! I have several trees in my yard that drop their leaves in the fall. In the winter they look a lot like this. I think the branches all intertwined make a marvelous design when set against the typical Pacific NW grey skies.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at July 21, 2026 09:33 AM (2WIwB)

22 yow!

Posted by: cmeat at July 21, 2026 09:33 AM (R11M+)

23 Looks like Mordor as it was just getting rolling.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 21, 2026 09:32 AM (Riz8t)

Neighbor had a Chrysler Mordor where I grew up. That thing spent more time on jack stands than it did on the road.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:33 AM (2YhKe)

24 The crows were angry that day, my friends.
Posted by: George Costanza

Turn, turn, turn

Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 09:34 AM (AFtz5)

25 How appropriate that someone named Caspar would paint a dead tree.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 21, 2026 09:34 AM (ExV1e)

26 1927 Yankees team picture.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at July 21, 2026 09:34 AM (w9Wax)

27 Morning Wood! Good Call!

Posted by: Vinny Viagra at July 21, 2026 09:34 AM (JM9I6)

28 That picture looks like a murder...

Posted by: AlecK at July 21, 2026 09:34 AM (cMlC1)

29 is that a trower song?

Posted by: cmeat at July 21, 2026 09:34 AM (R11M+)

30 Tree of Woe >>> Tree of Apples > Tree of Crows

Posted by: Archimedes at July 21, 2026 09:34 AM (Riz8t)

31 would hang

Posted by: Don Black at July 21, 2026 09:33 AM (ZxPkt)
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Wood not hang.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 21, 2026 09:34 AM (Y+4g7)

32 Effective and atmospheric.

Miss Linda is fond of mentioning how intelligent crows are, how they recognize individual people and avoid those who have been mean to them, etc. And Ace had that video last night of the crow who visits with his human child friend every day.

Still, I tell her, "Get back to me when they invent the wheel, or air-conditioning for their nests."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:34 AM (wzUl9)

33 *squeezes sponge’s butt*

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 21, 2026 09:34 AM (yEz+x)

34 Are we now couting crows?

Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026 09:34 AM (2GVsD)

35 So that's what ace's backyard looks like!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 21, 2026 09:34 AM (FZ29D)

36 I wish. We have a “heat advisory” today and tomorrow.

Mid 80s.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 21, 2026 09:33 AM (yEz+x)

We're scheduled for 106 today.

My A/C won't like that one bit. I predict the house will hit 78 inside. Maybe 80.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:35 AM (2YhKe)

37 Does Ace know about this tree?

Posted by: Bulg at July 21, 2026 09:35 AM (77rzZ)

38 You'd think a murder tree would be better suited to use for hangings.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 21, 2026 09:35 AM (2RJDy)

39 [pi]
Wonder what kind of story Stephen King would write to this picture?
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026

***
"The Mad Crows of Derry, Maine"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:35 AM (wzUl9)

40 *squeezes sponge’s butt*

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 21, 2026 09:34 AM (yEz+x)

*leg twitches like a dog getting scratched*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:35 AM (2YhKe)

41 Nevermore....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at July 21, 2026 09:36 AM (jehhT)

42 It's Geezer Golf Tuesday!!
Woohoo!
Today's art reminds me of all the damned trees I hit every week.
Talk about the wrong kind of early morning wood!

Posted by: Diogenes at July 21, 2026 09:36 AM (2WIwB)

43 It kinda looks like the tree in Cat People.

Posted by: No Name Today at July 21, 2026 09:36 AM (8mulE)

44 That tree matches my mood today.

Posted by: Case at July 21, 2026 09:33 AM (bqIVz)
-

We're rooting for you!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at July 21, 2026 09:36 AM (Y+4g7)

45 One of my favorite artists!

====

Tell us you like Hitchcock without telling us you like Hitchcock. This tree has got to be demonic.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 21, 2026 09:36 AM (JvZF+)

46 4 If you look carefully, you can see Ace lurking under the tree.
Posted by: Archimedes at July 21, 2026 09:31 AM (Riz8t)

Is he skinning a hobo?

Posted by: tankdemon at July 21, 2026 09:36 AM (2RJDy)

47 Wonder what kind of story Stephen King would write to this picture?
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026

"the two young children, lying near naked under the vast oak tree......."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:36 AM (2YhKe)

48 It’s Tummy Rub Tuesday!!!

Best day of the week! Get out your oven mitts and band aids and rub those bellies!!!

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 21, 2026 09:37 AM (yEz+x)

49 12 This is the type of tree Home Depot gets their 2X4s from.
Posted by: Woody Tobias, Jr. at July 21, 2026 09:32 AM (JM9I6)

I laughed. Bravo!

Posted by: tankdemon at July 21, 2026 09:37 AM (2RJDy)

50 This painting is nothing to crow about.

Posted by: dantesed at July 21, 2026 09:38 AM (Oy/m2)

51 Marginally related:

A while back I wondered where the word "gallus" came from... a word used by old-timers/hillbillies/similar reprobates to describe what most Americans call "suspenders" and the Brits call "braces" (British "suspenders" are what we call "garters").

Turns out it's a dialect version of "gallows".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2026 09:38 AM (IG3/x)

52 Kind of eerie.

Posted by: Tuna at July 21, 2026 09:38 AM (lJ0H4)

53 I see three crows actually perching in the tree, a fourth near them about to land, and then a flock of them (or other birds) in the upper right hand corner. Also six more soaring in to land, presumably also crows.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:39 AM (wzUl9)

54 *squeezes sponge’s butt*

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 21, 2026 09:34 AM

===

*leg twitches like a dog getting scratched*
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:35 AM

I hope you shaved your gluteals recently, otherwise you just experienced hairassment.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 21, 2026 09:39 AM (GcVHA)

55 Spooky!

Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 09:39 AM (hftzA)

56 Crows are noisy bastards.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 21, 2026 09:40 AM (Y/Ect)

57 Thank the good Lord , no naked fat guys from Lucien Freud
Like this, nice and simple. Obviously a nod to Ace and his crows
Would hang , thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 09:40 AM (sMkB+)

58 Tell us you like Hitchcock without telling us you like Hitchcock. This tree has got to be demonic.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 21, 2026 09:36 AM (JvZF+)
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Reminds me a bit of that spooky tree from the movie "Sleepy Hollow" (the Johnny Depp version).

I could picture the Headless Horseman emerging from the base of this tree at night to terrorize the residents of a remote New York village.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 21, 2026 09:40 AM (FZ29D)

59
No dog. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 21, 2026 09:40 AM (O0L8i)

60 Looks kind of spooky

Posted by: It's me donna at July 21, 2026 09:40 AM (n7SgH)

61 when wifey's friend died we bought and planted a contorted filbert in his mom's yard.

Posted by: cmeat at July 21, 2026 09:41 AM (R11M+)

62 No dog. Not art.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at July 21, 2026 09:40 AM (O0L8i)
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The crows ate him.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 21, 2026 09:41 AM (FZ29D)

63 This would make a fine cover for a Gothic novel or a collection of short stories.

The Surly Sullen Crow; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bole

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:41 AM (wzUl9)

64 Were we not promised a Lucian Freud today, is a comment CBD made yesterday evening?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 21, 2026 09:41 AM (GcVHA)

65 Crow #1: Did you ever see an elephant fly?
Crow #2: Well, I've seen a horse fly.
Crow #3: Ah, I've seen a dragon fly.
Crow #4: Hee-hee. I've seen a house fly.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 21, 2026 09:42 AM (wVcYX)

66 You people sound like a murder of raven lunatics.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 21, 2026 09:42 AM (sYM3s)

67 Alt Title: "The View From Ace's Window"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at July 21, 2026 09:42 AM (tgIEo)

68 I counted 8 roadside memorials in front of slightly scarred trees on the 500 miles I drove on I-95 on Saturday. Some people's last earthly sight was of a tree trunk comin' at 'em. Cars always lose in a fight with a tree.

Posted by: Pining For The Fjords at July 21, 2026 09:42 AM (JM9I6)

69
I hope you shaved your gluteals recently, otherwise you just experienced hairassment.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 21, 2026 09:39 AM (GcVHA)

Heh.....yeah, never really had that issue.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:43 AM (2YhKe)

70 38 that would be a murderer tree.

Posted by: cmeat at July 21, 2026 09:43 AM (R11M+)

71 The crows ate him.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 21, 2026 09:41 AM

How did you know the dog's pronouns?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at July 21, 2026 09:43 AM (GcVHA)

72 When I was a kid, I thought Heckle and Jeckle were crows. No, my mother said, they were magpies.

Not being an ornithologist then or now, I dunno. Are crows and magpies related? (Other than both being birds, I mean)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:43 AM (wzUl9)

73 That's the tree that will grow over George Soros' grave.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at July 21, 2026 09:43 AM (JvZF+)

74 46 with a shotgun.

Posted by: cmeat at July 21, 2026 09:44 AM (R11M+)

75 72 Wolfus, I believe that magpies are also corvids.

Posted by: Bulg at July 21, 2026 09:45 AM (77rzZ)

76 Looks like the tree from "I Married A Witch" (1942)

Veronica Lake - wow!

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 21, 2026 09:45 AM (wVcYX)

77 28 That picture looks like a murder...
Posted by: AlecK at July 21, 2026 09:34 AM (cMlC1)

One that Keith Morrison would lean on halfway through Dateline right before or after they show the neighbor of the victim staring out their window holding a cup of coffee.

Posted by: TxAnn at July 21, 2026 09:45 AM (SjAWL)

78 Magpies are thieves.

Posted by: dantesed at July 21, 2026 09:45 AM (Oy/m2)

79 Not being an ornithologist then or now, I dunno. Are crows and magpies related? (Other than both being birds, I mean)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:43 AM (wzUl9)
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I think they do belong to the same family or maybe even genus. "Corvids."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 21, 2026 09:46 AM (FZ29D)

80 Weren't Heckle and Jeckle magpies?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 09:46 AM (2YhKe)

81 Wolfus, I believe that magpies are also corvids.
Posted by: Bulg at July 21, 2026

***
The '63-'67 Chevy Corvid was one hell of a car.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:46 AM (wzUl9)

82 Magpies are thieves.
Posted by: dantesed at July 21, 2026

***
So are crows, I've been told.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:46 AM (wzUl9)

83 Yeah, Veronica Lake had it going on. Really short, though.

Posted by: Bulg at July 21, 2026 09:47 AM (77rzZ)

84 The '63-'67 Chevy Corvid was one hell of a car.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:46 AM (wzUl9)

But it did not have an independent rear suspension, nor was it available in mint metallic green.

Posted by: Miss Mona Lisa Vito at July 21, 2026 09:47 AM (wVcYX)

85 @44. Biden's Dog

Thanks.

Posted by: Case at July 21, 2026 09:47 AM (bqIVz)

86 72 When I was a kid, I thought Heckle and Jeckle were crows. No, my mother said, they were magpies.

Not being an ornithologist then or now, I dunno. Are crows and magpies related? (Other than both being birds, I mean)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:43 AM (wzUl9)

They are both corvids, but different types.

Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 09:48 AM (hftzA)

87 they are corvidae, but not corvus. under pica they are treepies.

Posted by: cmeat at July 21, 2026 09:48 AM (R11M+)

88 I can see Tippy Hedren flailing her arms in the background.

Posted by: Roy at July 21, 2026 09:48 AM (qwype)

89 we have black-billed magpies here
they are vocal AF

Posted by: Don Black at July 21, 2026 09:48 AM (ZxPkt)

90 The tree has crows. The tree is not "of" crows.

Posted by: From about That Time at July 21, 2026 09:49 AM (sl73Y)

91 would not hang

Posted by: Gref at July 21, 2026 09:49 AM (WVdA/)

92 Remember, corvids are the result of à lab leak in Wuhan.

Posted by: Bulg at July 21, 2026 09:49 AM (77rzZ)

93 Weren't Heckle and Jeckle magpies?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Yes. Heckle had a tough New York accent & Jeckle had a British accent.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 09:49 AM (AFtz5)

94 All seriousness aside, this painting does create a strong atmosphere of foreboding in the viewer. Night is falling -- I presume the sun is below the horizon, from those golden streaks in the sky. (It could be dawn, but then the atmosphere would be less eerie.) Very shadowy below, more light as the eye rises to the sky, where we see more birds wheeling.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:50 AM (wzUl9)

95 89 we have black-billed magpies here
they are vocal AF
Posted by: Don Black at July 21, 2026 09:48 AM (ZxPkt)

"Chattering like magpies" didn't become an idiot out of thin air.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 21, 2026 09:50 AM (2RJDy)

96 lots of birds in wheeling.

Posted by: cmeat at July 21, 2026 09:51 AM (R11M+)

97 "Chattering like magpies" didn't become an idiot out of thin air.
Posted by: tankdemon at July 21, 2026 09:50 AM (2RJDy)

Only an idiom would say something like that.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 21, 2026 09:51 AM (ExV1e)

98 95 i, however, did.

Posted by: cmeat at July 21, 2026 09:51 AM (R11M+)

99 >>Yes. Heckle had a tough New York accent & Jeckle had a British accent.

Heckle use to work the Borscht Belt in the summers. That's how his namesake term came about.

Posted by: Roy at July 21, 2026 09:51 AM (qwype)

100 become an idiot out of thin air.
Posted by: tankdemon at July 21, 2026 09:50 AM (2RJDy

That trick is saved for me.

Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 09:52 AM (hftzA)

101 It’s eerie to aee the crowd all gathering together and roosting in the same tree. They are noisy bastards and have entire yelling matches amongst themselves. A caw caw phony.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 21, 2026 09:52 AM (yEz+x)

102 60 Looks kind of spooky
Posted by: It's me donna at July 21, 2026 09:40 AM
++++

Was the artist a friendly ghost?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 21, 2026 09:52 AM (2Ez/1)

103 The '63-'67 Chevy Corvid was one hell of a car.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026
*
But it did not have an independent rear suspension, nor was it available in mint metallic green.
Posted by: Miss Mona Lisa Vito at July 21, 2026

***
In those days, I understand, you could order a car from one of the U.S. Big Three in a wide range of exterior and interior colors. Not like today's white, black, grey, silver, bronze, and dark blue, with the occasional red -- and only gray, black, and tan for interiors.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:53 AM (wzUl9)

104 102 "all i need"

Posted by: cmeat at July 21, 2026 09:53 AM (R11M+)

105 95 Idiom. The word is idiom, you lackwitted donkey. Is there some sort of app to download so I can get a less retarded version of spellcheck?

Posted by: tankdemon at July 21, 2026 09:53 AM (2RJDy)

106 Tippi Hedren is still above ground. She's 96. Mother of Melanie Griffith and grandmother of Dakota Johnson

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 09:53 AM (sMkB+)

107 101 It’s eerie to see the crowd all gathering together and roosting in the same tree...

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 21, 2026 09:52 AM

Gives me an idea...

Posted by: A. Hitchcock at July 21, 2026 09:54 AM (2Ez/1)

108 Wonder what kind of story Stephen King would write to this picture?
Posted by: Anna Puma at July 21, 2026

The Climax to the novel, CROW by Stephen King

...The children gathered their magical objects together: Billy, his Ovaltine, Cammie, her EZ-Bake Oven, Clarkston, his Sixth Finger, and finally, Booger with his box of Kleenex.

But, Cawwy the Cawing Crow merely cawed demonically and assumed his true form!!!

An even bigger crow!

The children bravely threw their precious childhood treasures at Cawwy. The treasures struck the large crow and Cawwy cawed a terrible caw and shrank until he was but an egg.

Booger stamped on the egg.

"Hey, guys. That looks like something that came outta my nose," he laughed and they all laughed together.

And then they had a big gang bang as all eleven year olds do when they survive evil.

THE END

Posted by: naturalfake at July 21, 2026 09:54 AM (iJfKG)

109 The light coming through the broken branch is cool and really draws the eye. The plane created by the hill makes a second quieter focal point. I think you get extra credit for a painting with two focal points.

Posted by: Oglebay at July 21, 2026 09:54 AM (2ap+5)

110 I like birdsounds. Never bothered me.

Posted by: Don Black at July 21, 2026 09:54 AM (ZxPkt)

111 97 "Chattering like magpies" didn't become an idiot out of thin air.
Posted by: tankdemon at July 21, 2026 09:50 AM (2RJDy)

Only an idiom would say something like that.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 21, 2026 09:51 AM (ExV1e)

Not an idiot, just a Moron.

Posted by: tankdemon at July 21, 2026 09:54 AM (2RJDy)

112 ‘If you don’t like this painting, I will cut you.’

— Caspar David Friedrich

https://tinyurl.com/47rhu52u

Posted by: Elric the Blade at July 21, 2026 09:54 AM (rlne1)

113 Tippi Hedren is still above ground. She's 96. Mother of Melanie Griffith and grandmother of Dakota Johnson
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026

***
As lovely as Tippi was, I could never understand why Rod Taylor's Mitch was so attracted to her when he had local teacher and smokeshow Suzanne Pleshette right next door.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:55 AM (wzUl9)

114 88 I can see Tippy Hedren flailing her arms in the background.
Posted by: Roy at July 21, 2026 09:48 AM (qwype)

A few weeks ago there something dead behind my fence (I live on a levee) and there were about 6 or 7 huge buzzards in a giant oak tree I have. It freaked me out so I called the TX Fish & Game and asked what should I do. I said that it’s like something out of The Birds. I could tell he had no clue what I meant. That happens a lot these days.

Posted by: TxAnn at July 21, 2026 09:55 AM (SjAWL)

115 Anyone else getting the feeling that the HQ has been captured by Big Corvid?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 21, 2026 09:55 AM (kgE5c)

116 106 Tippi Hedren is still above ground. She's 96. Mother of Melanie Griffith and grandmother of Dakota Johnson
Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 09:53 AM (sMkB+)

Dakota likes bringing grandma her 24 Blackbird pie on the holidays.

Posted by: Roy at July 21, 2026 09:55 AM (qwype)

117 112 ‘If you don’t like this painting, I will cut you.’

— Caspar David Friedrich

https://tinyurl.com/47rhu52u
Posted by: Elric the Blade

Holy crap. I bet he tortured small animals. Amd set fires.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 21, 2026 09:56 AM (yEz+x)

118 Birds aren't real.

Posted by: The bumper sticker you saw last week at July 21, 2026 09:56 AM (2Ez/1)

119 118 Birds aren't real.
Posted by: The bumper sticker you saw last week

Corks are for quitters.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 21, 2026 09:58 AM (jiOR7)

120 "Birds aren't real." - graffiti seen in a gay British pub.

Posted by: Roy at July 21, 2026 09:58 AM (qwype)

121 Heckle use to work the Borscht Belt in the summers. That's how his namesake term came about.
Posted by:

His name was Heckle.

His stage name was Heckie Green.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 09:58 AM (AFtz5)

122 Friedrich's paintings aren't just images to be viewed. They create a mood. They invite contemplation of the natural world and its effect on mankind. I don't know how much similarity there is in German Romanticism and that of the English Romantic poets of the same time but every Friedrich painting seems to invite a poem describing the scene and the emotion it invokes. They don't insist on only one approach but, like the best literature, leaves the individual free to interpret the image through their personal experience.

Posted by: JTB at July 21, 2026 09:58 AM (yTvNw)

123 108 i cried. that was beautiful.

Posted by: cmeat at July 21, 2026 09:59 AM (R11M+)

124 The magpies are very vocal around here. They hold funeral services for each other.

You can always count on the magpies to tell you when deer or elk are in the area.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 21, 2026 10:00 AM (sYM3s)

125 Friend of mine in high school had a very pretty Irish lass as a girlfriend. He nicknamed her "The Magpie" because she talked incessantly.

Posted by: Chatterbox at July 21, 2026 10:00 AM (JM9I6)

126 RMBS, the battle for the blog between Big Corvid and Big Penguin has just begun.

We’ll be lucky to live through it.

Posted by: Bulg at July 21, 2026 10:00 AM (77rzZ)

127 We've got magpies, ravens, crows, and two kinds of jay (Steller's jay and gray jays).

Despite being cousins (or perhaps because they are cousins) they don't get along.

At all.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2026 10:00 AM (IG3/x)

128 Corks are for quitters.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 21, 2026 09:58 AM

I'll drink to that!

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at July 21, 2026 10:00 AM (2Ez/1)

129 63 This would make a fine cover for a Gothic novel or a collection of short stories.

The Surly Sullen Crow; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bole
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:41 AM (wzUl9)

I was looking for a skeleton hanging from that tree.

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 21, 2026 10:01 AM (edUvp)

130 Early Romantic.

Posted by: RS at July 21, 2026 10:02 AM (GYx3d)

131 127 We've got magpies, ravens, crows, and two kinds of jay (Steller's jay and gray jays).

Despite being cousins (or perhaps because they are cousins) they don't get along.

At all.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2026 10:00 AM (IG3/x)

Most bird species are assholes. Especially hummingbirds. They are little pricks.

Posted by: Roy at July 21, 2026 10:02 AM (qwype)

132 RMBS, the battle for the blog between Big Corvid and Big Penguin has just begun.

We’ll be lucky to live through it.
Posted by: Bulg at July 21, 2026 10:00 AM (77rzZ)

Big Penguin is a killer.

https://youtu.be/mhykco4R7LI

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at July 21, 2026 10:02 AM (ExV1e)

133 I have my feline corvid up here on the desk with me. Tail flicking across the left side of the keyboard.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 10:03 AM (wzUl9)

134 Hey. We're sitting right here.

Posted by: Red-winged blackbirds at July 21, 2026 10:03 AM (2Ez/1)

135 Ace Crowfriend will like this one

Posted by: Halfhand at July 21, 2026 10:04 AM (Ysav4)

136 > Most bird species are assholes. Especially hummingbirds. They are little pricks.
Posted by: Roy at July 21, 2026 10:02 AM (qwype)

I remember a cartoon where the human characters were going off about the beautiful bird songs.

Next panel has a translation of the "songs".

"MINE! MINE! MINE!" "Fuck off! Fuck off! Fuck off!" "I will CUT YOU, bitch!"

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at July 21, 2026 10:04 AM (IG3/x)

137 I like mourning doves. They’re very chill.

Posted by: Bulg at July 21, 2026 10:04 AM (77rzZ)

138 Early Romantic.
Posted by: RS at July 21, 2026

***
One imagines the young Richard Burton standing beneath this tree in the 1952 My Cousin Rachel.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 10:05 AM (wzUl9)

139 Every little swallow, every chick-a-dee
Every little bird in the tall oak tree
The wise old owl, the big black crow
Flappin' their wings singing go bird go

Posted by: Rockin ' Robin at July 21, 2026 10:05 AM (2Ez/1)

140 The Tree Of Crows, 1822
Caspar David Friedrich

What is the meaning of the tree of crows?
AI Overview
A tree full of crows represents communal roosting, sharing food sources, or "mobbing" a nearby predator (like an owl or hawk). Spiritually, it symbolizes impending transformation, heightened intuition, or a message to prepare for a new chapter in your life. (JuneHunter dot com)

I like David Friedrich's body of art a great deal. Would hang the featured painting.

Thanks.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 21, 2026 10:05 AM (NFX2v)

141
Most bird species are assholes. Especially hummingbirds. They are little pricks.

Posted by: Roy at July 21, 2026 10:02 AM (qwype)

They remember when they were dinosaurs.

And are pissed off about their come-down in the world, and that whole evolution thing too!

Bastard evolution!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at July 21, 2026 10:05 AM (iJfKG)

142 The mockingbird is asshoe.

Texas could've done better with the state bird. Just because their plentiful, doesn't mean they're special.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 10:07 AM (2YhKe)

143 Most bird species are assholes. Especially hummingbirds. They are little pricks.

Posted by: Roy at July 21, 2026 10:02 AM (qwype)

They remember when they were dinosaurs.

And are pissed off about their come-down in the world, and that whole evolution thing too!

Bastard evolution!!!
Posted by: naturalfake at July 21, 2026

***
Damn that big asteroid! If it had just missed us, we would have developed hands and intelligence, and would rule the world still!
( -- Birds everywhere)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 10:07 AM (wzUl9)

144
They remember when they were dinosaurs.

And are pissed off about their come-down in the world, and that whole evolution thing too!

Bastard evolution!!!
Posted by: naturalfake at July 21, 2026 10:05 AM (iJfKG)

They could kill a sabre-toothed tiger with their talons, and today the housecat laughs and says "Look at you now, bitches".

Posted by: Roy at July 21, 2026 10:08 AM (qwype)

145 Bastard evolution!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at July 21, 2026 10:05 AM (iJfKG)

But we are probably lucky that hummingbirds never developed opposable thumbs!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 21, 2026 10:08 AM (l4RKn)

146 I like hawks. Something very satisfying in their blood curdling screech.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 21, 2026 10:09 AM (abScH)

147 But we are probably lucky that hummingbirds never developed opposable thumbs!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 21, 2026 10:08 AM

Opposable thumbs? The little pricks still haven't even learned the words!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 21, 2026 10:09 AM (kgE5c)

148 Biggest a-hole birds in my experience are Blue Jays

Posted by: Halfhand at July 21, 2026 10:09 AM (Ysav4)

149 Seven states have chosen me.
Beat that, bitches!

Posted by: The Northern Cardinal at July 21, 2026 10:10 AM (2Ez/1)

150 The mockingbird is asshoe.

Texas could've done better with the state bird. Just because their plentiful, doesn't mean they're special.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 10:07 AM (2YhKe)

Nah, man. Mockingbirds are awesome.

Though admittedly I haven't heard them doing their mocking bit lately.

When I was a wee tad, I heard them mocking other birds but also dogs, cats, and once something like a telephone ring.

Posted by: naturalfake at July 21, 2026 10:10 AM (iJfKG)

151 You eat a crow you are eating someone's soul.

I heard that somewhere

Posted by: Case at July 21, 2026 10:10 AM (bqIVz)

152 Nah, man. Mockingbirds are awesome.

Though admittedly I haven't heard them doing their mocking bit lately.

When I was a wee tad, I heard them mocking other birds but also dogs, cats, and once something like a telephone ring.
Posted by: naturalfake at July 21, 2026 10:10 AM (iJfKG)

They are annoying as F*CK. Had one that used to perch up on the phone poll outside my window and start screaming all his stolen songs at 6 AM and would swoop down and attack anything it wanted, including me on the lawnmower.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 10:12 AM (2YhKe)

153 Mourning doves? Pigeons!

And at 4am, with their sweet little repetitious coos (/s), they have deserved a PVC pipe striking at the pine tree where they nest above.

Posted by: Urban bird control at July 21, 2026 10:12 AM (NFX2v)

154 You eat a crow you are eating someone's soul.

I heard that somewhere
Posted by: Case at July 21, 2026 10:10 AM (bqIVz)

I leave crows alone.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 10:12 AM (2YhKe)

155 142 i remember a tabby named mitzy that had a big bald spot on her forehead from the mockingbirds dive bombing her. this was virginia in the '60s. my first electric fence.

Posted by: cmeat at July 21, 2026 10:12 AM (R11M+)

156 A murderous tree.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 21, 2026 10:12 AM (4g5V+)

157 148 yes, i'm going with that too. frickin' jagoff punk rockers.

Posted by: cmeat at July 21, 2026 10:14 AM (R11M+)

158 I ran across an amusing thread on Facebook.

A left of center guy posted a meme that shows a political line with people at various ideologies and the caption is "what not to do if you want an equitable society"

The people on the far left are pointing to the center left guy calling him a racist NAZI and telling him to FO. Then the far right guy is grilling burgers for the center and center right guys.

So, pretty easy to understand the message right? Well it has a bunch of responses of leftwing people saying "but the people to the right of me ARE racist NAZIs"

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 10:14 AM (sKqQm)

159
They are annoying as F*CK. Had one that used to perch up on the phone poll outside my window and start screaming all his stolen songs at 6 AM and would swoop down and attack anything it wanted, including me on the lawnmower.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 10:12 AM (2YhKe)

Agreed. I got divebombed by them a few times. Just carry a pickleball racket around to give them a message.

Posted by: Roy at July 21, 2026 10:14 AM (qwype)

160 State bird of Washington is the willow goldfinch.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 21, 2026 10:15 AM (eMzti)

161 They could kill a sabre-toothed tiger with their talons, and today the housecat laughs and says "Look at you now, bitches".
Posted by: Roy at July 21, 2026 10:08 AM

Step aside:

https://youtu.be/GAgsPUrCV4A

Posted by: The Great Blue Heron at July 21, 2026 10:15 AM (2Ez/1)

162 Yeah, the only bird that ever dive-bombed me was a mockingbird. I’m not a fan.

But the absolute worst a-holes of the avian world are Canada geese.

Posted by: Bulg at July 21, 2026 10:16 AM (77rzZ)

163 Posted by: naturalfake at July 21, 2026 10:10 AM (iJfKG)

We got one of our ultra talented mockingbirds this year. Haven't heard one like that in so long. Does a whole bunch of different songs including the night bird chorus which is so spooky and also hilarious.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 10:16 AM (JWXSB)

164 I would love to see what Friedrich would do with images of Mirkwood, the Lonely Mountain or the Grey Havens.

Posted by: JTB at July 21, 2026 10:16 AM (yTvNw)

165 So, pretty easy to understand the message right? Well it has a bunch of responses of leftwing people saying "but the people to the right of me ARE racist NAZIs"
Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 10:14 AM (sKqQm)

Who wants to control whom? The far left are the Nazis demanding everyone think and act as they do.

Period.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 10:17 AM (2YhKe)

166 I have one bird that loves to get on the tree branch right outside my window and start singing at 5 AM every day.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 10:17 AM (sKqQm)

167 Step aside:

https://youtu.be/GAgsPUrCV4A
Posted by: The Great Blue Heron at July 21, 2026 10:15 AM (2Ez/1)

Keeps them away from the birdfeeders.

Posted by: Roy at July 21, 2026 10:17 AM (qwype)

168 Who wants to control whom? The far left are the Nazis demanding everyone think and act as they do.

Its (D)ifferent when we do it!

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 10:18 AM (sKqQm)

169 160 State bird of Washington is the willow goldfinch.
Posted by: nurse ratched

In 1951, children voted for the goldfinch and the Legislature made it unanimous.

It's pretty and certainly abundance (so I've read).

Posted by: Urban bird control at July 21, 2026 10:19 AM (NFX2v)

170 State bird of NJ is the green shit fly, or it should be.

Posted by: Stuck In Lodi Again at July 21, 2026 10:19 AM (JM9I6)

171 It freaked me out so I called the TX Fish & Game and asked what should I do. I said that it’s like something out of The Birds. I could tell he had no clue what I meant. That happens a lot these days.
Posted by: TxAnn at July 21, 2026 09:55 AM (

That's why we're here!.

Posted by: LASue at July 21, 2026 10:19 AM (lCppi)

172 Mitch dead yet?

Posted by: A murder of crows at July 21, 2026 10:20 AM (F1rMs)

173 State bird of TX: the mockingbird.

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 21, 2026 10:20 AM (4g5V+)

174 State bird of NJ is the green shit fly, or it should be.
Posted by: Stuck In Lodi Again at July 21, 2026

***
There are bumper stickers and T-shirts with a big image of a mosquito, proclaiming it the state bird of Lousy-ana.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 10:20 AM (wzUl9)

175 Welcome to Louisiana!

Posted by: The Mosquito at July 21, 2026 10:20 AM (2Ez/1)

176 Mitch is doing aerobics with RBG right now.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 10:20 AM (sKqQm)

177 Warning - incoming Dad joke:

Noah's wife: Noah, where do you want me to put the bees?

Noah: In the ark hives, of course.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 10:20 AM (AFtz5)

178 I was surprised- I thought the robin red breast was the Washington state bird. They definitely were abundant and a sure harbinger of spring.

Posted by: LASue at July 21, 2026 10:21 AM (lCppi)

179 Mitch dead yet?
Posted by: A murder of crows at July 21, 2026 10:20 AM (F1rMs)

It's not our place as members of a representative republic to know the status of our elected representatives, you see........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 10:21 AM (2YhKe)

180 Missed it by THAT much!

Posted by: The Mosquito at July 21, 2026 10:21 AM (2Ez/1)

181 Were we not promised a Lucian Freud today, is a comment CBD made yesterday evening?
Posted by: Duncanthrax

CBD threatened because Ace was writing too much about that poor, pitiful trans candidate from Maine. Various pleas for mercy were voiced from the horde. CBD must have taken pity on us.

Posted by: Tuna at July 21, 2026 10:21 AM (lJ0H4)

182 Mockingbird. We will, we will mock you.

Posted by: Ben Had at July 21, 2026 10:21 AM (abScH)

183 crows heckled me for the years i marched around reading meters. they really would piss me off. then one season avian flu took out almost all the birds 'round these parts. and i really missed them messin' with me.
red wing blackbirds attack. we always carried spider web/ dog sticks (buckthorn) so, a couple of them lost.
that job started my list. saw some weird ones doing weird things.
and starlings sound like insane alien beings with all their gobbledygook yakking.

Posted by: cmeat at July 21, 2026 10:21 AM (R11M+)

184 "The Mad Crows of Derry, Maine"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 09:35 AM (wzUl9)

Not Castle Crock?

Posted by: Cow Demon at July 21, 2026 10:22 AM (4g5V+)

185 *robin red breast*

See? Boob thread.

Posted by: It never fails at July 21, 2026 10:22 AM (2Ez/1)

186 Orange & Black is where it's at!

Posted by: Baltimore Oriole at July 21, 2026 10:22 AM (wVcYX)

187 Yeah, it's ok. Very October.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at July 21, 2026 10:23 AM (xcxpd)

188 1313 Mockingbird Lane

Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 10:23 AM (AFtz5)

189 There might be some interest in hate reading a NYT article on the disastrous turn away from EVs and how much more successful the autos would be if journos were in charge...

https://archive.is/sENe1

(it's way too long)

Posted by: Oglebay at July 21, 2026 10:23 AM (2ap+5)

190 Was throwing peanuts to a squirrel in my yard.

A bluejay got annoyed with the squirrel eating them all though and dove down to bopped the squirrel's head.

The look of confusion on the squirrel was hilarious...but he kept munching...

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 10:23 AM (sKqQm)

191 5 So, pretty easy to understand the message right? Well it has a bunch of responses of leftwing people saying "but the people to the right of me ARE racist NAZIs"
Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 10:14 AM (sKqQm)

Except it's not easy because to them they just see that there's no different between anyone on the right because they really are all Nazis. "Look at them sharing burgers. I shall signal my virtue and refuse to associate with Nazis." So in a way that meme is a bit self defeating.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 10:24 AM (JWXSB)

192 "CBD threatened because Ace was writing too much about that poor, pitiful trans candidate from Maine."

-------

I just want to go to the bathroom.

Posted by: Ashley Webb at July 21, 2026 10:25 AM (2Ez/1)

193
They could kill a sabre-toothed tiger with their talons, and today the housecat laughs and says "Look at you now, bitches".
Posted by: Roy at July 21, 2026 10:08 AM

Step aside:

https://youtu.be/GAgsPUrCV4A

Posted by: The Great Blue Heron at July 21, 2026 10:15 AM (2Ez/1)

We could use a lot more herons in our neighborhood!

Also...Yikes!

Posted by: naturalfake at July 21, 2026 10:25 AM (iJfKG)

194 The yellowhammer is our state bird.

Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 10:25 AM (hftzA)

195 Great video at hot Air from last night's Monday's Final Word. An AA woman is yelling at Talarico at a town hall. All he can babble out is "I appreciate you being her, I appreciate your passion" . That boy is gonna get his butt kicked

Posted by: Smell the Glove at July 21, 2026 10:26 AM (sMkB+)

196 Most bird species are assholes. Especially hummingbirds. They are little pricks.

Posted by: Roy

Oh yeah! I do wonder though, how did flipping someone the finger morph into giving someone the bird?

This is the type of thing that we should have been taught in school.

Posted by: Tonypete at July 21, 2026 10:27 AM (ourEi)

197 194 The yellowhammer is our state bird.
Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 10:25 AM

Rammer Jammer.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 21, 2026 10:27 AM (2Ez/1)

198 State bird of New Mexico is the Roadrunner. Cool

Posted by: Case at July 21, 2026 10:27 AM (bqIVz)

199 Starlings are not a native species, 100 breeding pairs were imported to NYC Central Park, as a sort of tribute to the bird species mentioned In Shakespeare’s plays, in the 1880s.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2026 10:27 AM (T56A1)

200 >>>But the absolute worst a-holes of the avian world are Canada geese.

Posted by: Bulg

>They can be quite aggressive. They're protected, but I'll still punt one if it snaps at me. Worse thing is, they shit everywhere.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 21, 2026 10:27 AM (sYM3s)

201 I was surprised- I thought the robin red breast was the Washington state bird. They definitely were abundant and a sure harbinger of spring.
Posted by: LASue at July 21, 2026

***
"Honest as a robin
On a springtime window sill . . ."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 10:28 AM (wzUl9)

202 The bird is the word.

Posted by: The Trashmen at July 21, 2026 10:28 AM (wVcYX)

203 Most bird species are assholes. Especially hummingbirds. They are little pricks.

Posted by: Roy

Aggressive little boogers.

Posted by: Tuna at July 21, 2026 10:28 AM (lJ0H4)

204 State bird of New Mexico is the Roadrunner. Cool
Posted by: Case at July 21, 2026 10:27 AM (bqIVz)
---
Please tell me that the coyote is a state animal as well.

Lie to me if you must.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 21, 2026 10:28 AM (FZ29D)

205 That's how you know they're Canadian.

Posted by: Just the punchline at July 21, 2026 10:29 AM (2Ez/1)

206 Except it's not easy because to them they just see that there's no different between anyone on the right because they really are all Nazis.

The meme is from a nominally center left guy decrying that the far left that should like him and people like them is instead calling him a racist NAZI and then in the discussion of the meme the far left people do the exact thing in the meme.

This is that part that amused me.

Posted by: 18-1 at July 21, 2026 10:29 AM (sKqQm)

207 I just want to use my tuppence to feed the birds!

Posted by: Young Michael Banks at July 21, 2026 10:29 AM (wVcYX)

208 "Honest as a robin
On a springtime window sill . . ."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 10:28 AM

A yellow bird,
With a yellow bill...

IYKYK.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at July 21, 2026 10:29 AM (kgE5c)

209 The state bird of Pennsylvania is the Ruffled Grouse.

It's quite nice, but I've not seen even one for many years.

I've wondered if they may have been killed around the eternal construction of the turnpike and other major traffic arteries, or if they've been heavily trapped and eaten.

Be that as it may, the state bird could be easily be the robin: stubborn, aggressive, messy.

Posted by: Urban bird control at July 21, 2026 10:30 AM (NFX2v)

210 If we don’t have open borders we’re worse than Hitler!

Posted by: Brain Dead Kidz at July 21, 2026 10:31 AM (T56A1)

211 Lookit the grouse! Lookit the Grouse!

Posted by: Curly Howard at July 21, 2026 10:31 AM (wVcYX)

212 178 I was surprised- I thought the robin red breast was the Washington state bird. They definitely were abundant and a sure harbinger of spring.
Posted by: LASue at July 21, 2026 10:21 AM (lCppi)

Tye Red Robin restaurant chain started in Seattle. It's founder sang in a quartet and supposedly the Red Red Robin song was one of his favorite songs. I like this later version by Louis Armstrong

https://youtu.be/E1lMmIrQY0E?

Posted by: Rex B at July 21, 2026 10:32 AM (GI9/m)

213 Sgt Preston and his wonder dog King skewed my perception of Canadia.

It was all a lie, apparently. I am dissapoint

Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2026 10:33 AM (T56A1)

214 My favorite state bird is South Carolina's. The Carolina wren. Cute little thing with its up turned tail and sweet song..tea kettle, tea kettle, tea kettle tea.

Posted by: Tuna at July 21, 2026 10:34 AM (lJ0H4)

215 Anne Murray
"Snowbird"

https://youtu.be/x0oc3IR4qGQ

Posted by: Speaking of Canadians at July 21, 2026 10:34 AM (2Ez/1)

216
Booger stamped on the egg.

"Hey, guys. That looks like something that came outta my nose," he laughed and they all laughed together.

And then they had a big gang bang as all eleven year olds do when they survive evil.

THE END
Posted by: naturalfake at July 21, 2026 09:54 AM (iJfKG)

If we're doing a King novel, you forgot to mention that the evil crows are actually space aliens.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 21, 2026 10:34 AM (iqcvy)

217 213 Sgt Preston and his wonder dog King skewed my perception of Canadia.

It was all a lie, apparently. I am dissapoint
Posted by: Common Tater

Dudley Doright has entered the chat.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 21, 2026 10:35 AM (cjIOW)

218 A number of car models have been named after birds, mostly birds of prey. Can't think of any corvids who got that honor.

Posted by: Eagle Talon at July 21, 2026 10:36 AM (JM9I6)

219 A number of car models have been named after birds, mostly birds of prey. Can't think of any corvids who got that honor.
Posted by: Eagle Talon at July 21, 2026 10:36 AM (JM9I6)

But, sometimes, it was just an abysmal failure........

Posted by: Reliant Robin at July 21, 2026 10:37 AM (2YhKe)

220 That's how you know they're Canadian.
Posted by: Just the punchline

What is, "they're noisy and the shit everywhere".

Posted by: Carnak the Magnificent

Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 10:38 AM (AFtz5)

221 But the absolute worst a-holes of the avian world are Canada geese.

Posted by: Bulg

>They can be quite aggressive. They're protected, but I'll still punt one if it snaps at me. Worse thing is, they shit everywhere.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 21, 2026 10:27 AM (sYM3s)

I still laugh at this one conversation I had with a friend of mine. We have those geese everywhere in jersey, and they are real pain in the ass. A friend of mine commented "I thought they fly south for the winter?" I said they're from canada, this IS south for the winter, asshole.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 21, 2026 10:39 AM (S41Gd)

222 The cutest bird, or one of them, is the Titmouse, when they are just learning to fly.

Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2026 10:40 AM (T56A1)

223 I don't really know if the coyote is New Mexico's state animal, but it should be.

I like the Roadrunner. Have seen them many times, they really do run up and down the roads. Guess it's easier to find bugs and lizards to eat.

Posted by: Case at July 21, 2026 10:40 AM (bqIVz)

224 Dudley Doright has entered the chat.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at July 21, 2026 10:35 AM (cjIOW)
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"Nell, how do I know it's me you love, and not my horse?"

Posted by: Dudley Do-Right at July 21, 2026 10:40 AM (WkL+O)

225
But the absolute worst a-holes of the avian world are Canada geese.

Posted by: Bulg

Oh Dog yes. Gorram cobra chickens hang out around my shop and make a habit of walking out into the street, preferably right in front of oncoming traffic.

"HONK HONK run me over motherfucker, I double-dog dare you HONK HONK"

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 21, 2026 10:40 AM (iqcvy)

226 A number of car models have been named after birds, mostly birds of prey. Can't think of any corvids who got that honor.
Posted by: Eagle Talon

The Crow Motor Company built four- and six-cylinder touring cars and roadsters until they went out of business in 1924.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at July 21, 2026 10:41 AM (w9Wax)

227 Ponder this on The Tree of Crows!

Posted by: Oblivious at July 21, 2026 10:42 AM (qSX9q)

228 But the absolute worst a-holes of the avian world are Canada geese.

Posted by: Bulg

>They can be quite aggressive. They're protected, but I'll still punt one if it snaps at me. Worse thing is, they shit everywhere.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at July 21, 2026 10:27 AM

Sky Carp

Posted by: Minnfidel at July 21, 2026 10:43 AM (ewjUl)

229 The Subaru Sea Otter did not last long.

Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 10:43 AM (JWXSB)

230 A number of car models have been named after birds, mostly birds of prey. Can't think of any corvids who got that honor.
Posted by: Eagle Talon at July 21, 2026 1

***
Falcon, Hawk, and Eagle, primarily. Lots of other predators: the Sunbeam Tiger, the Barracuda, the Bobcat and Lynx, the Cougar, etc.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 10:44 AM (wzUl9)

231 The first time you see a roadrunner, if you are of the age of Warner Bros cartoons, you’re gonna start singing the roadrunner theme. Trust Me

Posted by: Common Tater at July 21, 2026 10:46 AM (T56A1)

232 229 The Subaru Sea Otter did not last long.
Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 10:43 AM (JWXSB)

🤣

Posted by: Piper at July 21, 2026 10:46 AM (Dd38x)

233 The Subaru Sea Otter did not last long.
Posted by: ... at July 21, 2026 10:43 AM

*shifty eyes*

Posted by: Toyota Orca at July 21, 2026 10:46 AM (kgE5c)

234 State bird of New Mexico is the Roadrunner. Cool
Posted by: Case at July 21, 2026 10:27 AM (bqIVz)
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Please tell me that the coyote is a state animal as well.

Lie to me if you must.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 21, 2026 10:28 AM (FZ29D)

Plymouth Roadrunner. When they first showed that car at a trade show one of the big wigs at plymouth had forbid the use of the roadrunner bird decal on the car. He said something like "nobody is sticking a bird decal on my car". Well one of the top dealers in the US at the time was from new mexico where it was the state bird. Another dude decided to put the decal on the car anyway, and the dealer saw it and freaked and it was an instant hit.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 21, 2026 10:47 AM (S41Gd)

235 Have been following the Jackie and Shadow saga , the Eagle residents at Big Bear Lake in CA. They have raised their eaglets for years there and they were attacked on the nest last week by young adult eagles. Jackie was injured , was on the ground for several days until rescued by the Ojai Raptor center. She’s recovering and will be released to return to Shadow and the eaglets. Eagles mate for life.

Posted by: Jen the original at July 21, 2026 10:48 AM (EiUt/)

236 Falcon, Hawk, and Eagle, primarily. Lots of other predators: the Sunbeam Tiger, the Barracuda, the Bobcat and Lynx, the Cougar, etc.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

They named a car after a 40 yr old divorcee in a college town?

Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 10:48 AM (AFtz5)

237 Suzuki had a Swift, and apparently Buick's Skylark was named for a bird. And the Studebaker Lark and the Ford Thunderbird, as well as the Pontiac Firebird. The last two are mythological, I think, and the others are not birds of prey like the falcon or hawk.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at July 21, 2026 10:49 AM (wzUl9)

238 The Subaru Sea Otter did not last long.
Posted by: ...

The Subaru Tuna Boat lasted even less time.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 21, 2026 10:49 AM (AFtz5)

239 200 >>>But the absolute worst a-holes of the avian world are Canada geese.

Posted by: Bulg

>They can be quite aggressive. They're protected, but I'll still punt one if it snaps at me. Worse thing is, they shit everywhere.

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Pfft.

Posted by: San Francisco Geese at July 21, 2026 10:50 AM (u/oMr)

240 1 hours ago, FOX News, BREAKING: Iran launches new missile attacks against targets in the Middle East

Chief foreign correspondent Trey Yingst reports on new Iranian missile attacks after the U.S. conducted a 10th consecutive night of strikes. Former NSC Director Rich Goldberg analyzes President Donald Trump's military strategy as he weighs returning to war. (YouTube)

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 21, 2026 10:50 AM (NFX2v)

241 I used to be a thing.

Posted by: The Buick Skylark at July 21, 2026 10:51 AM (2Ez/1)

242 199 same with house sparrows. i always say european starling just so i can remember that grackles are indigenous.

Posted by: cmeat at July 21, 2026 10:52 AM (R11M+)

243 same with house sparrows. i always say european starling just so i can remember that grackles are indigenous.
Posted by: cmeat at July 21, 2026 10:52 AM (R11M+)

Grackles own Walmart parking lots.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 10:53 AM (2YhKe)

244 I still laugh at this one conversation I had with a friend of mine. We have those geese everywhere in jersey, and they are real pain in the ass. A friend of mine commented "I thought they fly south for the winter?" I said they're from canada, this IS south for the winter, asshole.

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If you were a Canadian goose, would you hump it all the way to Cuba? You could shit all over everything in Havana and no one would even notice.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 21, 2026 10:53 AM (u/oMr)

245 Former NSC Director Rich Goldberg analyzes President Donald Trump's military strategy as he weighs returning to war. (YouTube)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 21, 2026 10:50 AM (NFX2v)
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What are the odds this "expert" is 100% wrong in his analysis?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 21, 2026 10:53 AM (FZ29D)

246 ----
What are the odds this "expert" is 100% wrong in his analysis?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 21, 2026 10:53 AM (FZ29D)

Because ALL the 'experts' have been so spot on with everything Trump.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 10:54 AM (2YhKe)

247 If you were a Canadian goose, would you hump it all the way to Cuba? You could shit all over everything in Havana and no one would even notice.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 21, 2026 10:53 AM (u/oMr)

Well, they can do that in newark too. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 21, 2026 10:54 AM (S41Gd)

248 218 probably in japan.

Posted by: cmeat at July 21, 2026 10:55 AM (R11M+)

249 Fun Fact:

Roos Field in Eastern Washington is bright red because when it was green, the Canadian geese migrating south would stop there and shit all over it. They no longer consider that a worthy stop.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at July 21, 2026 10:56 AM (2YhKe)

250 Bet yer damn corvids can't circle twice above a stadium of 86 thousand cheering fans on a beautiful Fall Saturday afternoon.

Posted by: Auburn University's War Eagle at July 21, 2026 10:56 AM (2Ez/1)

251 Former NSC Director Rich Goldberg analyzes President Donald Trump's military strategy as he weighs returning to war. (YouTube)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 21, 2026 10:50 AM (NFX2v)
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What are the odds this "expert" is 100% wrong in his analysis?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at July 21, 2026 10:53 AM (FZ29D)

100% chance he's 100% wrong.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at July 21, 2026 10:57 AM (S41Gd)

252 Again, the fact that Iran still has the ability to launch any kind of long range attack or any attack really, is an embarrassment.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 21, 2026 10:57 AM (XV/Pl)

253 244 If you were a Canadian goose, would you hump it all the way to Cuba? You could shit all over everything in Havana and no one would even notice.

i suspect a more important motivation would be whether there are nice ~~lawns~~ salad bars set out everywhere for you to munch on.

Posted by: anachronda at July 21, 2026 10:58 AM (v3pYe)

254 252 Again, the fact that Iran still has the ability to launch any kind of long range attack or any attack really, is an embarrassment.

you're right. clearly, iran has trump right where they want him.

Posted by: anachronda at July 21, 2026 10:59 AM (v3pYe)

255 > 1 hours ago, FOX News, BREAKING: Iran launches new missile attacks against targets in the Middle East
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how is this possible
I thought Trump threw open the gates of Hell or something

do we have a strategy
at all

Posted by: Don Black at July 21, 2026 11:00 AM (ZxPkt)

256 102 60 Looks kind of spooky
Posted by: It's me donna at July 21, 2026 09:40 AM
++++

Was the artist a friendly ghost?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at July 21, 2026 09:52 AM (2Ez/1)

Caspa/er!

Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 11:00 AM (faghi)

257 I used to be a thing.
Posted by: The Buick Skylark
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The '53 Skylark is one of my faves. I was born too late for all the cars I love.

Posted by: screaming in digital at July 21, 2026 11:00 AM (hPLSE)

258
The Tree Of Crows

vs.

The Cree of Trows

Posted by: m at July 21, 2026 11:01 AM (faghi)

259 Can't think of any corvids who got that honor.

What about the Duesenberg Model Jay?

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 21, 2026 11:01 AM (zdLoL)

260 Punk monkey. That funky monkey is up.

Posted by: Halfhand at July 21, 2026 11:01 AM (Ysav4)

261 Yoo hoo!

THEYZ A NOOD

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at July 21, 2026 11:02 AM (u/oMr)

262 @257 First Skylark was the Hupmobile redesigned from Cord's body dies.

Don't laugh: Ward married June because her father
was a Hupmobile dealer.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 21, 2026 11:03 AM (zdLoL)

263 Again, the fact that Iran still has the ability to launch any kind of long range attack or any attack really, is an embarrassment.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at July 21, 2026 10:57 AM (XV/Pl)

Correct. President Trump is shitting the bed on this one. He needs to go all in or put his jammies on and I will put him to bed and read him a bedtime story.

Posted by: B-52 Arc Lights Please at July 21, 2026 11:03 AM (F1rMs)

264 236 Falcon, Hawk, and Eagle, primarily. Lots of other predators: the Sunbeam Tiger, the Barracuda, the Bobcat and Lynx, the Cougar, etc.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

They named a car after a 40 yr old divorcee in a college town?

ford countered this with the probe.

Posted by: anachronda at July 21, 2026 11:04 AM (v3pYe)

265 264 236 Falcon, Hawk, and Eagle, primarily. Lots of other predators: the Sunbeam Tiger, the Barracuda, the Bobcat and Lynx, the Cougar, etc.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

They named a car after a 40 yr old divorcee in a college town?

ford countered this with the probe.
Posted by: anachronda at July 21, 2026 11:04 AM (v3pYe)

Dodge's reply was their pickup trucks. Paolo approved.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at July 21, 2026 11:07 AM (N39Ws)

266 Studebaker had a whole line of bird-named cars because their chief engineer, president of the SAE and tragically killed young, was named Stanwood Sparrow.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at July 21, 2026 11:09 AM (zdLoL)

267 245. What are the odds this "expert" is 100% wrong in his analysis?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

He's been around for decades so probably pretty good.

"They" build years of resumes and it does become hard to ID the former and current winners from the losers.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at July 21, 2026 11:17 AM (NFX2v)

268 State bird of NJ is the green shit fly, or it should be.
Posted by: Stuck In Lodi Again at July 21, 2026 10:19 AM (JM9I6)

Nah. It's an extended middle finger to all you flyover and hillbilly losers.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at July 21, 2026 12:08 PM (hmYU4)

269 Why can we not find Hekyll and Jekyll in the picture … ?

Posted by: Dr_No at July 21, 2026 12:26 PM (ayRl+)

270 Very late to the party, but love it CBD! The sniper is well hidden.

Posted by: LizLem at July 21, 2026 12:27 PM (Eng1Z)

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