Heyo~ my name's Rose (or Popola); I go by she/her pronouns and this is just a place where I reblog lots of stuff about my interests. Be sure to look at my carrd before you follow!
It's finally warming up and the massive flocks of grackles are returning to my home state of CT.
Many don't know, but they're an introduced species that flourished in the states, and now unfortunately outcompetes many native species.
^ this is wrong and I apologize. The Great Tailed Grackle is the introduced and invasive one. This image is a common Grackle! Thanks to the commenter for the catch :)
They're still cute when they call though 🥰 I took this picture at the Forest Park Zoo in Springfield. Check it out it's a great little zoo!
[Edit no. 2: WRONG. This is a Cooper's Hawk. I'm leaning on @hawkpartys' expertise here: "This is a Cooper's Hawk. See pale nape, dark cap, thick tarsi, graduated tail feathers, and large white undertail coverts."
While I based my ID on size compared to another nearby hawk, maybe this is just a small individual. To quote the National Audubon Society, and to reassure myself, "Lots of birders—expert birders—have come away shaking their heads and jotting down “Cooper’s/Sharp-shinned” in their notebooks."]
photos by me, 2024-03-13, Whitsett Park, Nashville, TN.
Excuse me? Ex-fucking-cuse me? ANGELA???? NOW???? HERE AND NOW???? AT THIS VERY MOMENT??? THIS IS UNHEARD OF! UNPRECEDENTED! ENTIRELY UNHEARD OF? DO YOU HONESTLY MEAN TO TELL ME THAT RIGHT NOW, AT THIS PRECISE TIME OF YEAR, IN EXACTLY FOURTEEN DAYS, WE ARE TO RECEIVE AN ANGELA ANNOUNCER? WHAT? HOW? ITS NOT EVEN WALPUSRGIS???? AND ITS FUCKING FREEEEEE???? I WOULD HAVE PAID A HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR IT???? PROJECT MOON I LOVE YOU!!!!!
canto 6 was about two people who loved eachother so much they ended up dooming each other. and how because they love each other so much they broke free from the damnation. i am not okau