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[hauntedtrait]

🦇 Grim Reefers Server CAS Challenge

🎃 October: Monster Mash! Monster (or girl) + Aesthetic

I got: 🔪 Final Girl + Grunge

[proton-wobbler]

Round 1, Poll 8

Gray Catbird vs Yellow-billed Magpie

sources under cut

Gray Catbird Propaganda

"They seem really unassuming but they have such a beautiful little song and … they look like they have a little bowl cut haha so cute. They’re usually super reclusive but I have so many in my front yard rn."

Gray Catbird get their name from one of their calls, which sounds like a small cat meowing in the bushes. They make a variety of other noises, one of which sounds like a little pellet gun rattling off.

This was the bird I learned to band with, and they'll forever hold a special place in my heart because of that. Their vent is covered in rusty-red feathers and when they're young it sometimes is laced red with gray on the inside. They scream so loud in your hand but sing so pretty once they're back in the bushes. They orb in a spectacular fashion. They're incredibly easy to age in hand (to me, at least).

Yellow-billed Magpie Propaganda

"Growing up, magpies were just another bird. Pretty, but loud and kind of annoying. Just this year (in my 30s!), I learned that the Yellow-billed Magpie only lives in the central valley and on the central coast of California. These birds were so common that I had no idea they only lived here. Very few people in my region seem to know that either so I've been spreading the knowledge."

They've got quite a varied diet, as most corvids do. Insects and scavenged carcasses make up a chunk of their food, but these magpie will also eat acorns, nuts, fruit and grains. They have been seen flipping over dried cow manure to pick at the insects living underneath, and will sometimes pluck ticks off of deer and horses.

Yellow-billed magpie will nest in loose colonies, and prefer to place their nests in clumps of mistletoe. They're at risk of losing a lot of habitat as the Central Valley becomes more and more developed, which lands this species on IUCN's Vulnerable list.

Image Sources: All About Birds

[nickstanley]

Schneider’s Creek

I just learned that an Environmental Study will be conducted on this concrete creek to determine what sort of improvements can and should be made. The reason for this change is flood mitigation (to prevent flooding). The brochure discussed widening and naturalizing the banks of the creek, this is something I am 100% in favour of! This could become a really beautiful area when the naturalization project is approved and completed. 

[dlyarchitecture]

[okbirdphotos]

Gray Catbird

Virginia, May 2024.

[radiogornjigrad]

Hermann Hesse: BOL

BOL (iz Klein und Wagner) . Od hiljadu se stvari u strahu grca, Od bolova, od sudija, od vlastitog srca. Od sna se drhti, od buđenja, Od samoće, od smrti – Posebno od nje, od smrti. Ali sve su to maske i skrivalice. U stvarnosti je samo jedno čega se boji: Da se prepusti padu, taj korak u neizvjesnost, jedan mali korak prijeko, mimo svih osiguranja koja postoje. A onaj ko se jedanput, jedan…

[fred-the-curator]

I just listened to this little gem and it deserves to be shared with other ears sexy back (GRCA. edit) Uploaded by GRCA. via SoundCloud https://ift.tt/gEXNe9n Make the community vibrate: a like, a share, or even a comment can transform our cultural mosaic together. 🔊❤️

[iasguidance]

Global River Cities Alliance launched at COP 28

Context: A nine-country ‘Global River Cities Alliance’ (GRCA) inspired by India’s River Cities Alliance was launched at the Indian Pavilion, Dubai on the sidelines of the ongoing COP28 on Sunday. Global River Cities Alliance (GRCA) The GRCA is modeled on the lines of India’s River Cities Alliance established by the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) under the Ministry of Jal Shakti and the…

[zoranphoto]

Putin priznao da Rusija nema dovoljno vojne opreme da pobijedi u ratu

Gotovo godinu i pol dana intenzivnog ratovanja u Ukrajini u velikoj mjeri je srezalo vojne resurse na ukrajinskoj i ruskoj strani. I dok Kijevu pristiže napredna zapadna oprema, Putin grca u problemima, a sad je to i priznao     Ruski predsjednik Vladimir Putin upozorio je da njegovoj vojsci nedostaje vojna oprema potrebna za pobjedu u krvavom pohodu na Ukrajinu, inzistirajući na tome da Moskva poveća i ubrza proizvodnju oružja kako bi nadomjestila manjak. Putin je naime tijekom jučerašnjeg sastanka proratnih blogera u Kremlju priznao kako je tijekom 'specijalne vojne operacije', kako je on naziva, postalo jasno kako vojni resursi u više segmenata lagano presušuju – nemaju dovoljno zrakoplova, dronova, navođenog streljiva, opreme za komunikacije, modernog protutenkovskog oružja, ali i modernih tenkova, piše Politico. 'Imamo ih, ali nažalost nemamo dovoljno', rekao je Putin, a prenose ruski državni mediji. Istovremeno, Putin ističe kako je došlo do gotovo trostrukog povećanja proizvodnje oružja za bojište, što je rezultiralo deseterostrukim povećanjem te najtraženije opreme.     Zbog nestašice navođenog streljiva ruska vojska ne može gađati strateške mete na velikim udaljenostima, a kao alternativu Moskva pokrenula baraž ruskih dronova s manjkavom navigacijom, poput onih iranska proizvodnje Shahed-129. A za napade na stambene zgrade čak su koristili i mornaričke projektile. Zapadne sankcije sprečavaju uvoz komponenti potrebnih za proizvodnju naprednog oružja u Rusiju, pokazalo je izvješće Centra za strateške i međunarodne studije iz travnja. Kvalitet ruskog oružja stoga nastavlja opadati, dok je ukrajinsko sve bolje zahvaljujući pomoći Zapada, zaključak je izvješća. Kijev je samo u posljednjih nekoliko tjedana dobio dio obećanih tenkova sa Zapada, među njima britanski Challenger 2 i njemački Leopard 2. Tportal.hr Foto : Kremlj POOL Read the full article

[referring-m]

Želja u plamenu mi grca kojom grudi moje pržiš da opet budem gdje sam nekoć bdio. O dobro moje, spokoju mog srca što stežeš ga i držiš... ah, ti mi reci, jer ja ne bih smio. https://www.instagram.com/p/Cjic3MTsmDE/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[goddamnshinyrock]

I've worked for the park service for 4 years and I still STRUGGLE with the abbreviations. It's a puzzle every time! Thank goodness I only need to know one (YELL)!

Oh that's one of the fun ones! Being a contractor I think I end up hearing a much wider variety of them a lot more often than park staff do, especially since we use them in-house as project codes as well. They're very silly when pronounced aloud, especially ones like GRCA with a vowel shortage 😂

[strangemagicwoman]

healing energy

[chickadeefriend]

Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)

[birdsandbirds]

Gray Catbird

Magee Marsh

Oak Harbor, OH

[millenniallust4death]

If you are offended by our website, imagine how we feel about the proliferation of boutique dogs taking advantage of the public and misusing the careful and selectively bred Golden Retriever.

“GRCA Responds to a Goldendoodle Breeder”. Golden Retriever Club of America (2006).

The Board of Directors of the Golden Retriever Club of America shares their opinion of doodles...with a lot of snap for a breed club organization.

[paddleandpine]

Field Notes: Pinehurst Conservation Area

Field Notes: Pinehurst Conservation Area