yall the comedy wildlife photography results are coming out atm and

look

LOOK AT THIS LIL MAN

THANK YOU BRIAN MATTHEWS HOLY SHIT HES GOT SUCH A CASE OF THE MONDAYS

It's a crime not to link the whole thing, they are all fantastic! https://www.comedywildlifephoto.com/gallery/finalists/2023_finalists.php

Bonk

Personal fave

Jessie what the fuck are you talking about

Personal fav - so spherical

whenever you feel sad simply google ptarmigans

they are a perfectly shaped being

deploy the boy

i’m obsessed with this

and then, two months later....

Piping plover

Friends!!! Friends, gather round. Come close.

It's baby time.

Here's Carbon Copy, who popped out looking just like his mama

And here's Blizzy, gender unknown. They are hiding it in their blood and I have yet to steal any to find out

like a horrible little leucistic pinecone

This one doesn't have a name yet, but he is the (I think) only boy in Wendy's quad of babies. He's so small, and yet he's so much bigger than his siblings. I fear he is consuming their power to grow.

This guy is Corona's son (younger), and his purple is coming in SO GOOD.

He's going to be SO PURPLE as an adult. Normally at this stage they're pretty tealy-blue even in sun. This man heard there were European violets to compete with and thinks he is gonna win.

Here he is with his mama, even in the shade he's porple

Here's Aris' son (who is actually Corona's son (older)), who is not quite as purple as his brother, and certainly not as brave.

Here is he running away with his brother and hiding behind his mama

Horned sungem

Ecuadorian Hillstar (Oreotrochilus chimborazo), male, family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes, Ecuador

photograph by Ignacio Yúfera (@ignacio_yufera)

Fresh out the egg with my big feet

A sword billed hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera) feeds from a red angel's trumpet (Brugmansia sanguinea) in Cundinamarca, Columbia

by Charles Sharp

Philippine frogmouth family ©

This guy (gray catbird) at the open mic night (my front porch) won't stop doing his fucking impressions (american robin, house sparrow, and cardinal)

his impressions are big hits with the crowd (other catbird) though

he tested out some new material (european starling, red-winged blackbird) at the end of his set

happy pride. here’s the link to wikipedias list of birds displaying homosexual behavior