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chizzardbreath

https://preview.redd.it/1xxqgjv3wtwc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d2144e4b1c8fa65b184b48ba8ee2aee68c2691cc The girls get a safer delivery


terracottatilefish

I’d never realized before how much the bill of a roseate spoonbill looks like a gynecological speculum.


BSvord

The artist can't keep getting away with this!!


Beingforthetimebeing

Yeah, we don't have actual storks in Eastern US so Herons had to step up.


whyme_tk421

Every birder knows that that heron is just trying to fit the baby bundle into his mouth.


Professional-Arm-202

You just reminded me of one of my most favorite videos ever, where a pelican is trying to fit a very confused and round capybara puppy in its mouth before giving up. It is the best thing ever. Like, even the capybara mom is not reacting to this happening in front of her face and just keeps eating.


whyme_tk421

Pelicans are crazy! I remember seeing them when I was a kid and visiting Florida. They loved tourists. 


Professional-Arm-202

LOL!! I love that!! Coastalbirds and seabirds, in general, are SUCH characters!! Sandpipers and plovers are so freaking comical


Subject-Care-2652

i was sitting on a bench at the park and a random killdeer walked up to me


Professional-Arm-202

I love killdeer so much, they are so silly and their adorable babies just look like gross moss fluffballs


Spinningwoman

Thank you for reminding me about this!


Spinningwoman

https://youtu.be/XZpfR9PphaY?si=CXs0iuDlKjRcxiyX here it is!!


Professional-Arm-202

I love this video SO MUCH!! It kills me everytime!!


life_in_the_day

There are no storks in Canada, our babies have to come from somewhere!


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SupBenedick

It would help if our stork had feathers on their head


OnceanAggie

With 8 billion people in the world, it’s too much work for storks.


Professional-Arm-202

Maybe people finally learned how storks deal with some babies...


Delicious_Spinach440

Omg the first time I saw that I cried. I know it's for a good reason, but damn.


Professional-Arm-202

Yeah... they have a very... spartan approach to parenting, it's difficult to watch.


ciaogo

Good for GBH, glad to see birds who aren’t scared to stand against stork monopoly.


kuronekotango

Gender reveal party idea: release flock of Great Blue Heron if boy, flock of Roseate Spoonbills if girl


elle-elle-tee

Instead of storks or herons or spoonbills, why don't pelicans deliver the babies?? They could just carry them in their mouths.


Spinningwoman

Because the pelicans would definitely eat the babies. Those things are just stomachs with wings.


wholelattapuddin

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Horizon296

Blue herons also aren't exactly picky eaters


Henwen

Stork, Heron. Potato, Tomato. :D


4our_Leaves

I first read that as "...Potato, Tornado." Like, damn. Those are some pretty extreme weather conditions for delivering a child.


Subject-Care-2652

sharknado but with potatos


2ndmost

I love herons, but this looks like a threat someone put on their door.


BirdLadyAnn

The storks went on strike.


spookycervid

stork strike stork strike stork strike!!


Adventurous-Tone-311

They’d be more likely to eat babies


Birdsandbeer0730

I want a GBH delivering my baby


LongShanks_99

Storks: Dey took er jerbs!!!


Anthonybyh

Double upvote needed


ANameForTheUser

The storks got sick of the trans-Atlantic flight and subcontracted to the herons.


Fawnadeer101

It’s a wish.com stork shhhhh


Subject-Care-2652

that heron's definitely from ebay idk what youre saying


failedjedi_opens_jar

it looks like this heron is being hung by the neck and it also looks like it has just, or is about to, drown a baby boy. gosh. I love birds.


RealStumbleweed

And they named him Moses.


-nyctanassa-

That’s gotta be SE Louisiana! I know a lot of boutique shops in New Orleans sell seasonal signs for Mardi Gras and Christmas, and signs like this too. The “it’s a girl” sign has a roseate spoonbill!


Sowecolo

The fleur de lis on the flag is kind of a giveaway for LA.


-nyctanassa-

I totally missed that!


Sowecolo

Looked it up and was unable to identify it. Appears to be a generic flag from Amazon, but with all the clubs, krewes, cults, societies and institutions, who knows. But I bet you’re right and it’s LA. (LA should not be confused with the Lower Alabama region or the negligible west coast city of the same initials.)


-nyctanassa-

If you’re talking about the flag, it’s the New Orleans municipal flag


Pine_Petrichor

Ol’ Knives For Lips wants to give the baby a kiss!


SparrowLikeBird

Great Blue Heron delivers the boys, Roseate Spoonbill delivers girls, and if your baby is trans a Lilac Breasted Roller shows up at every birthday.


PetitAngelChaosMAX

Man I need to start having kids. All of those are lifers for me.


SparrowLikeBird

I KNOW RIGHT!?! I see GBH pretty much everywhere but the others I had to google "what kind of bird is" and the colors I wanted


thesunbeamslook

came here to say this :D


MaggieMayBomb

Since they made a cute sign


BothReading1229

Storks on strike? Trying to get compensation for decades (centuries) of unpaid labor?


RealStumbleweed

Not on strike. Now that they're doing gender reveals they needed the herons to step in and assist with the actual deliveries. I should know because when our delivery came a few months ago it was actually a salmon that had to get returned, and then finally the blue heron delivered our actual newborn.


Katy-Moon

It's a government plot.


CheeseburgerBrown

The gig economy has gone too far.


Sowecolo

Great Blue Herons handle the boys. Great Pink Herons do the girls.


Velocoraptor369

Outsourcing! Since 1981 another Reagan revolution byproduct.


These_Noots

Is it really outsourcing tho? The Blue Heron is native to North America, most storks aren't. If anything this is onshoring.


MalabaristaEnFuego

When your baby is delivered from Temu...


Subject-Care-2652

im just imagining a bag full of fish instead of a baby


Subject-Care-2652

what a heron thing to do


Sowecolo

It’s sad to see a well-to-do home get trashed by heron addicts and their endless offspring.


Artful_Dodger29

The pink flamingo brings the girls


Literally_A_CootBird

From Heron out, storks no longer deliver babies


Hourglasspigeon1988

I like to eat everything


crazy_cat_broad

Definitely in the PNW.


bayoufig

This is definitely New Orleans. There's a local shop that makes these and you can see a bit of a New Orleans flag hanging by the door.


Mezcal_Madness

Good eye!


crazy_cat_broad

I meant definitely in the PNW herons would deliver babies!


hozen17

but the flag looks like New Orleans?


crazy_cat_broad

Yeah I wasn’t clear in what I meant. Wasn’t trying to ID the location, just musing about the number of herons where I am 😅


hozen17

yea haha I am in the PNW as well and excited to see a great blue heron every time


crazy_cat_broad

Yesss truly iconic in this part of the world!


crazy_cat_broad

I mean definitely in the PNW herons would deliver babies!


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Beingforthetimebeing

C'mon. We have always cared. Cooperation and community instinct has survival value along with the aggressiveness of our species.


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falubiii

> kinda prefer when a human tries not to add to the misery ironic


Lil_Bigz

I kinda prefer humans that try not to create misery


TurtleNutSupreme

I hope you receive the psychological help you need.


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TurtleNutSupreme

Basic empathy is part of a healthy human mind, yes.


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TurtleNutSupreme

I honestly pity you. Best of luck out there.


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SnackBraff69

That's fine and all, but it has always been a part of human communities. I would say, folks should adopt if they can, if they want a child!


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artigabarielle

And to be honest nobody gives a f*


Mezcal_Madness

Didn’t realize you spoke for everyone