Jean-Philippe 
These are *NOT* birds
They may look like birds, but they are flowers called Magnolia Liliflora.
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Chris C.@JeanPhilippe I don't know who's confused here, or not, but the OP's images have been manipulated. The only mimicry in plants I'm aware of is for insects. Those are remarkable enough on their own.
Here's what the Magnolia liliflora's flowers really look like: https://landscapeplants.oregonstate.edu/plants/magnolia-liliiflora
@ecomaniac The Magnolias bloom during the spring season. When their blossoms appear, they look just like tiny little birds. The flowers lose this illusion as soon as the petals of each blossom start to open up. That being said, thanks for sharing your thoughts and the link!
Drooling Fan Girl@ecomaniac @JeanPhilippe thanks, searching for verification was my next thing to do here
IAMHetkey@ecomaniac @[email protected] If you think about it, we really do live in paradise. This planet has everything to sustain us, the food literally grows on trees, and there’s a climate to suit everyone’s comfort. The fact that someone convinced us that we needed to build dirty factories to make stuff that we would have to pay for with money earned in those same factories is pathetic. It’s an Ouroboros the sole intent of which is to perpetuate a culture of dependence.
Azazel@ecomaniac @JeanPhilippe the image is not manipulated, the scientific name is wrong. This is magnolia denudata, or the yulan magnolia
@WolfChristensen @JeanPhilippe
Thanks for the name correction, but I still don't buy it for two reasons: 1) lack of an apparent evolutionary benefit; and, 2) If you perform a search, it seems to be the same images over and over.
For more info, see this substack discussion: https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/52975/does-the-yulan-magnolia-flower-bud-look-like-a-bird
