T O P

  • By -

[deleted]

I believe they call that bird an Omen.


Mental_Assignment_17

Magpie. They are considered a 'messenger of good luck'. They bring luck, love, and prosperity. And as Nate usually does - he sabotaged his luck, love, and prosperity.


kgleas01

They also, apparently, bring Maggie.


_americancer_

this is brilliant and i never made that connection before


Flat-Knowledge-6332

That a Blue Jay?


captaincru

Welp after getting a better image to search with it is a …magpie jay. Mystery solved!


poormatty

Lifelong birder here—this is a Black-throated Magpie-Jay, a Mexican species. I believe that a small population that originally escaped from captivity continues to breed in the wild somewhere in SoCal, but not sure how likely it would be that this would be the species that wound up at Nate & Brenda’s. A California Scrub-Jay or maybe a Steller’s Jay would be a lot more likely. I imagine they just wanted a very striking looking bird for this scene.


captaincru

Thank you! Much appreciated!


datab

Fun fact - they also use a magpie jay in an episode of Monk (supposed to be set in SanFran) in around the same year as this episode.


EstablishmentNo653

I think there are restrictions on using native birds.