Hey guys, I live in tennessee and went out boating and saw this bird I have never seen before, I thought it was a duck. It flew out of the water into the tree, it was black, it had orange legs, it had an orange beak I think. But what it had was, and idk what these are but it had these yellow long things coming out of its head. Like 6 inches long.
Any clue what it might be? I live in middle tennessee, and the bird was beautiful. I am dying to know what it is.
Pic semi related
>>776875
anyone?
>>776875
More info needed
>approximate size
>proportions, example legs to body, neck length, beak length
Necessary, without proportions I don't know if we're dealing with something shaped like a finch or something like a heron
>number of yellow 'things' and how they were arranged on the head, in a pair if two or in a crest or halo if many?
>>776875
Cormmorant?
>>776875
>>776891
There are a couple different species too. And they dive forever to catch fish, cool birds.
>>776875
Braviary.
Happy to help, OP.
>>776891
Maybe one of these holding something in its mouth that was yellow?
>>776959
Look up the different species in your area. I have seen a few different types here in FL. The most common ones are jet black with the orange beak but don't have the crazy spikes on their head. But I have seen the ones with the two spikes and they are a bit larger than the others and more color to them.
>>776875
This?
>>776875
This? If this, cormorant. Some do have protruding head feathers. There is also a very similar species, the shag. The shag is funnier because in British slang shag means intercourse.
>>776954
That penguin has Donald Trump's hair.
>>776875
Case closed.
>>776984
No that is not it. They were hanging down on the back of its neck
OP here. Again, it is a black bird with orange feet and an orange beek with long yellow tendrils hanging off the back of its head
>>776990
Thats me mum m8
You've got me confused. Was it a purple bird with green wing tips and yellow feet? Or a yellow bird with purple wing tips and green feet? Or... was it a white bird with black spots... like that soccer ball behind my easy chair?
>>776990
would you say it was wood pecker sized? [bretty big] or more mocking bird sized?
its a goot
>>776994
ha
>>777137
Duck sized actually
>>777196
It is as big as a duck lol not that thing
>>776875
Did your bird look like this OP? Because that's not a bird. It's a cat you idiot.
>>777179
You sure it wasn't a duck? If we know it's the size of a duck, we have to at least consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the anitidae family on our hands.
>>776875
A spoonbill of some kind?
Are you 100% sure about the yellow feathers? They seem to be the hardest thing to account for. If you only saw it in flight it may have been a beak (pic related, a yellow beaked cormorant in flight)
Also I cant believe this hasn't been suggested yet, but draw it OP. Draw it for us.
>>776875
Possibly a heron. Aka fish stealing nigger bird.
That's a frog
>>777743
>implying ducks don't tree
>>776875
Birds are not that important.
>>777743
Draw it OP, on paint, draw it. Give us a rough idea of what we're dealing with.
>>777777
:O GET
>>777777
The fuck is this shit
>>777777
holy shoot.....
but you're wrong. Birds are very important. I would know trust me.
>>777777
Jesus Christ I guess birds are not that important.
>>777777
As you say moot.
>>777777
Fuck you man
>>777777
Sextuplets speak truth
>>776984
My favourite bird.
I love the way the give zero fucks about the human world around them.
>>778255
>I love the way the give zero fucks about the human world around them.
that could literally be said for any bird (or any other animal) who has benefited from the effects of urban sprawl
drew for you real quick
what kind of shaped bird was it?
long necked like a duck or short like a finch?
what did the beak look like?
good chance you were mistaken but keep trying mate
Black crowned night heron?
>>777777
Wtf! Wow bird get
ITT: blind people
im not even a birding fag, and it took me 10 mnts to find out its a Taiwan blue magpie.
Non of the posted birds are fucking black/blue, have orange legs and beak, and have long tails like that also with white tip feathers.
FFS.
>>778421
>pic related
>>778421
See you could have got praise for finding that out, but you were so negative about it I now offer you scorn.
For shame.
>>778472
he is trolling retard
>>778475
You're retarding, troll.
>>777777
Bird racist detected, mods please
>>778472
but seriously, look at all the pictures.... they differ A LOT compared to the original pic.
Cormorants? ducks? seriously?? FFS!!!
Anyways, it doesnt matter because i just re-read OP's post and says "pic semi related", so it wasnt a Taiwan blue magpie
>OP is in tennesee
Taiwan blue magpies are endemic to Taiwan
>>778604
tl:dr we will never know what bird OP saw
>>777777
I agree
Fucking pigeon everywhere and pooping all over the place
>>778606
they are actally very important. They disseminate seeds and serve as plague control, among other things.
>>778607
Sure
Birds do have their role in the ecosystem but in urban environment, they are quite problematic desu
How about
>pic related
>>778609
>problematic
That sounds like a word for
>things that have adapted to an environment better than expected
You must be black.
>>778609
They develop the same roles in cities m8.
i think hummingbirds also pollinizate flowers.
now, mosquitos.... thats a whole different thing imo
>>778613
>You must be black.
No
I am not too fond with living things in general so I don't know about them other than physics about.
>>778622
>city is not """""physics""""""
>what is building(s)
>why jet fuel can't melt steel bearms
Jesus christ you seem to be fucking idiot
>Yeah, you probably are black
No I'm not, I'm /g/entoo man with anime mousepad with neckbeard and autism who never goes outside
>>778630
Physics is a science. It is not humans opinion that they must rule over everything. Physics exists whether or not cities do. I can expect this from an autistic /g/ user. Also, yeah, I still think you are black.
>>778641
That is a very mericful way to kill a hog. Died very fast. Check out what China does to animals, you pussy.
>>778643
Disappointed. Was expecting the rockets to send them flying a few hundred feet into the air before exploding.
>>778648
I am refering to prolonging of death which is what China is known for pussy. Even fire, is a very short death. The nerves are burned too fast to feel much pain and you pass out within a minute from lack of oxygen. You aren't even good at being edgy.
>>778652
>highly sedated
Lol they didnt even feel pain
Can you not even find real gore?
>>778670
Found a home invasion video once. 2 men invade a home, kill the dad with a hammer and then make the mom watch as they rape the kids and then they kill all of them.
This is all during christmas and they made them unwrap the presents before they began raping and torturing. It was very graphic and blood and brain matter was everywhere. Seemed to be filmed with a go pro by one of the murderers.
Was more intense than 3 guys 1 hammer.
>>778681
Could be worse
I bet you go >>>/out/ with your friends in regular bases
>>778681
>You might have the saddest life on 4chan
And is there something wrong with that?
