'I just cawed to say I love you': 19 Tweetheart feathery friends bringing you bird beaks of bliss

Ayala Sorotsky • Writer and Editor

Jun 2, 2026 6:45 PM EDT

Did you ever stop to consider how wholesome birds are?

When we decide to make an animal memes list for the world, we usually go for the silly route. Because, let's be honest, animals are silly and are generally the funniest things on this planet. But that's never a secret - we all love animals also for their absolutely nonsensical existence. Cats that are liquid, dogs with lolling tongues, bed-head bears that are just out of hibernation, and the mere existence of sloths. All animals are super silly in their own way, and birds are not so different.

But all animals have a wholesome and soft side, that we sometimes tend to miss. And that's also the case with birds. We tend to collectively complain about how birds wake us up at 5 AM while screaming under our bedroom window, about how they waddle when they walk, and how absolutely silly a beak looks (really, it's such a funny-looking feature, nature got very creative with this one). But there's also a soft and sweet side to birds, as any animal has.

Songbirds have the best vocals across the animal kingdom. Exotic birds are some of the most beautiful and mesmerizing animals in the whole world. And some birds are so smart, they are renowned for it (like the cunning crows, who are insanely intelligent). And let us not forget the absolute wholesome joy of some birds we domesticate as pets - people who love their parakeets understand this on a deeper level. Birds are soft, nice, and beautiful. And we're here to celebrate them just as they are.

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Meet the Great Eared Nightjar! Sure, it has a silly enough name because it's a bird (all birds have a silly name, that's the law or something), but they look like a hybrid between a menacing dinosaur and Toothless from the How to Train Your Dragon movies. Simply cute, and uniquely pretty.
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Wake up, babes, a new hawk reaction meme just dropped! Just don't make it go hawkward…
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To say it right to your face, tiny chick? Okay, let's go: “You're the cutest little creature we've ever seen! We want to squish you with a hug when you run toward us like that, but we know better and be gentle. But inside, deep in our soul, we're giving you a real bear hug that can qualify as a visit to the chiropractor. What an adorable little creature you are. We love you.”
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