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Bat Hawk (Macheiramphus alcinus), family Accipitridae, order Accipitriformes, Sabah, Borneo

Western or Arfak Parotia (Parotia sefilata), family Paradisaeidae, order Passeriformes, found only in the mountain forests of Vogelkop and the Wandammen Peninsula of Western New Guinea

Male, performing a courtship display.

YOU COME HERE? TO ME HOUSE? AND YOU ASK ME? FOR CORVIDS??? IN THIS DAY???

Sure.

Black-throated Magpie-Jays (Cyanocorax colliei), family Corvidae, order Passeriformes, NW Mexico

photograph via: Gulf Coast Bird Observatory

Racket-tailed Treepie (Crypsirina temia), family Corvidae, Kaeng Krachan NP, Thailand

photograph by Michael Gillam

Common Green Magpie (Cissa chinensis), family Corvidae, order Passeriformes, Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary, India

Photograph by Sandeep Chakraborty

Tufted Jay (Cyanocorax dickeyi), family Corvidae, order Passeriformes, endemic to Mexico

photograph by Daniel Garza Tobón

Pied Crow (Corvus albus), family Corvidae, order Passeriformes, Etosha National Park, Namibia

Crested Jayshrike  (Platylophus galericulatus), male, family Platylophidae, order Passeriformes, Malaysia

The only species in this family

Crucifix Toad (Notaden bennettii), family Limnodynastidae, QLD, Australia

Yesterday, someone on Reddit posted a video of a very strange raccoon - a fellow who seemed to have a condition that gave him a very short spine. This is the boi in question:

Now Seattle, Jimothy's territory, is being overrun by Jimothy fever with more spottings.

And just today, BABY PICTURES WERE UNCOVERED!

This is the most exciting thing in raccoon news since Conrad, the dead raccoon of Toronto.