Bird or Plane

It's a bird! It's a plane! 🐦✈️ One a day, at random — a real bird heard or a real plane spotted overhead, from home sensors.

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Look up! Is it a bird? Is it a plane? 🐦✈️

One real answer a day, chosen at random. You won't know which until you open it.

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It's a plane! ✈️

Air France Airbus A350 (F-HUVN), LFPG → MMMX, ~4,967 nmi, 38,000 ft, 457 kt. Overhead yesterday afternoon.

💡 The Airbus A350, like the 787, uses a mostly composite airframe — the two are direct competitors on long-haul routes.

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It's a bird! 🐦

Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor), heard yesterday afternoon, 98% confidence.

💡 Despite the name, the Common Nighthawk isn't a hawk at all — it's related to nightjars and catches insects on the wing at dusk.

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It's a plane! ✈️

Delta Air Lines Boeing 737NG (N854DN), MCI → ATL, ~601 nmi, 34,000 ft, 430 kt. Overhead yesterday afternoon.

💡 The Boeing 737 is the best-selling commercial jetliner in aviation history, in continuous production since 1967.

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It's a bird! 🐦

Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis), heard yesterday morning, 77% confidence.

💡 Eastern Bluebirds nearly vanished in the early 1900s, outcompeted for nest cavities by introduced European Starlings — the nest-box movement helped bring them back.

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It's a plane! ✈️

Air Canada Boeing 767 (C-FTCA), CYYZ → MROC, ~2,036 nmi, 36,000 ft, 493 kt. Overhead yesterday afternoon.

💡 The Boeing 767 was Boeing's first widebody twinjet, and it's still the backbone of many airlines' transatlantic fleets.

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It's a plane! ✈️

Delta Air Lines Boeing 757 (N6711M), SFO → ATL, ~1,855 nmi, 36,000 ft, 438 kt. Overhead yesterday evening.

💡 The Boeing 757 has been out of production since 2004, but its long range and short-field performance still make it a favorite for thin…

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It's a bird! 🐦

White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis), heard yesterday afternoon, 97% confidence.

💡 White-breasted Nuthatches habitually creep face-first down tree trunks, the opposite direction of woodpeckers, letting them spot insects those other…

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It's a bird! 🐦

Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), heard yesterday afternoon, 82% confidence.

💡 The Black-crowned Night Heron is most active at dusk and after dark, and its stocky shape and short legs make it look quite different from most…

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It's a plane! ✈️

Delta Air Lines Boeing 757 (N900PC), LAS → ATL, ~1,514 nmi, 38,000 ft, 485 kt. Overhead last night.

💡 The Boeing 757 has been out of production since 2004, but its long range and short-field performance still make it a favorite for thin…

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It's a plane! ✈️

FedEx Express Boeing 767 (N160FE), MCO → MEM, ~594 nmi, 36,050 ft. Overhead yesterday morning.

💡 The Boeing 767 was Boeing's first widebody twinjet, and it's still the backbone of many airlines' transatlantic fleets.

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It's a bird! 🐦

Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis), heard yesterday morning, 60% confidence.

💡 Eastern Bluebirds nearly vanished in the early 1900s, outcompeted for nest cavities by introduced European Starlings — the nest-box movement helped bring them back.

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It's a plane! ✈️

United Parcel Service Boeing 757 (N406UP), ABY → SDF, ~406 nmi, 30,000 ft, 436 kt. Overhead last night.

💡 The Boeing 757 has been out of production since 2004, but its long range and short-field performance still make it a favorite for thin…

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It's a plane! ✈️

VivaAeroBus Airbus A320 (XA-VAJ), MMMY → JFK, ~1,585 nmi, 37,000 ft, 463 kt. Overhead last night.

💡 The A320, launched in 1988, was the first airliner with a full fly-by-wire flight control system.

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It's a bird! 🐦

Dunlin (Calidris alpina), heard yesterday afternoon, 92% confidence.

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It's a plane! ✈️

United Express Embraer EMB-175 LR (N88310), CLE → IAH, ~948 nmi, 32,000 ft, 468 kt. Overhead yesterday evening.

💡 Brazil's Embraer is the world's largest manufacturer of regional jets.

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It's a bird! 🐦

Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens), heard yesterday evening, 80% confidence.

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It's a bird! 🐦

Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus), heard yesterday morning, 96% confidence.

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It's a plane! ✈️

Delta Air Lines Boeing 737NG (N842DN), IAH → DTW, ~935 nmi, 25,000 ft, 481 kt. Overhead in the small hours yesterday.

💡 The Boeing 737 is the best-selling commercial jetliner in aviation history, in continuous production since 1967.

#Aviation #Boeing

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It's a bird! 🐦

Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus), heard yesterday evening, 92% confidence.

💡 Unusual among woodpeckers, the Northern Flicker feeds mostly on the ground, especially on ants.

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It's a plane! ✈️

Delta Air Lines Boeing 717 (N915AT), IAH → LGA, ~1,230 nmi, 32,100 ft, 474 kt. Overhead last night.

💡 Boeing was founded in Seattle in 1916, originally under the name Pacific Aero Products Co.

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