Hey, want to see a lorikeet's tongue?

Too late! (Via.)

"Look, honey! It's a crusted browntail!"

What Bird Did That? A Driver's Guide to Some Common Birds of North America is a guide to bird poop. 

It can help you identify over 40 types of bird spatters, from ducks to vultures. 

Hey, since vultures eat rotting bodies, I wonder if their poop is especially gross? Guess I better get a copy!

Nothing can stop the poop snails!

On the Japanese island of Hahajima, birds eat little snails. The snails then go through the bird's guts and get pooped out . . . and they often survive the trip!

This gives me hope in case a giant bird ever swallows me and then poops me out.

Wait— why am I hoping a giant bird will poop me out?

Article from BBC Nature; 

thanks to Dr. Michael Milone for the tip!

So Much for Cute Babies!

A cockatoo is an intelligent and interesting-looking bird. Some people would even say it's beautiful.

But when they're babies, cockatoos are the most horrible little monsters imaginable!

From left: A 3 month-old, 23 day-old, and 2 month-old cockatoo.

Top photo from here.