The wild animals that live among us

I’d wager the upside-down guy is a Nuthatch.

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Yeah, we get those too… they sound like little squeeze-bulb horns

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Aaah-WOOOO-gaaahhhh ?!

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Not wild per se, but wildly adorable. This is one of my barn cats curling up in the cold with his adopted Cochin family.

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More like one of these…

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All of them or just the ones that went to clown college?

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I think they all did :clown_face:

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Some kind of Cardinalidae? (Judging from the red portions)

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Oh no. It is a common waxbill. These little birds were very common in the 1970s and 1980s in Rio, from what I remember from my childhood, but for some reason they disappeared from the vacant lots, squares and parks where they eat grass seeds. It looks like they are now starting a comeback.

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Well shit.

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Tis but true. They’re something far better than people.

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I’m thinking of that line from Dumbo.

“Elephants don’t get hurt.”
“Nah, they’re made out of rubber!”

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Those flowers are as wonderful as the tiny bird!

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HOW DID YOU DO THAT?!?!?!?!

(Yes, complete sentence)

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That is an amazing photograph!

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Standing still in the middle of the parking lot. It is a little awkward. People pass me by and say “Bom dia” and I just nod. I also have this zoom lens, it make these shots possible.

Muito obrigado. Thanks.

It is s small tree, at about 3 meters tall. These flowers open their petals very early in the morning and hummingbirds take the opportunity to feed before the sun makes them to close.

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