#birblogging

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[blackie-57]

Angel Delight

How can you not admire this Owl in flight hunting in Total Slence, reason being is the wings. Some Owls have a comb like leading edge, this enables the to fly silent. Other birds don’t have this feather formation and thats why they make a whooshing noise. Yesterday I witnessed the Barn Owl beating its wings to pin point its pray. But I was amazed how still and how many different wing formations…

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Didn't sit very close to the panel, unfortunately. But going to DBZ world!

I saw another Broly, the new one. He was very nice. There are also these two very good SSBlue Goku and Vegeta.

[threeclans]

Accepted Applicants

The following applicants have been chosen to adopt their new characters as follows: 

Tori (@tori-paw) with Sparrowface

Leaf (@sparkvee​) with Tealeaf

Dakota (@wordblurbs​) with Finchpaw

Isabel (@birblogy) with Larkpaw

Xion (@lezbianxion)​ with Tawnyleap

Kiwi (@remorastar)​ with Jagged Sky

Adder (@solariac)​ with Plum Whisker

Allisha (@sketchyeh) with Feather Mist

and Skylar (@theaveragedorkyoudexpect​) with Starling 

This has been such an exciting round of applications and the Mods were absolutely agonizing over every application that came in! The final decisions were so difficult to make, but we want every single person who didn’t get accepted this round to keep a close eye on the blog in the coming months! We’ve already got plans brewing for the next round of applications following some coming events in the roleplay... 

(art was a collaboration between @crowfalled​, @privetcloud​, @flkeringstar​, @cinderstar​, @stagpaws​, and @thrushfur​!)

[fantasy-costco]

So we got 5 baby chicks yesterday, and these are mine! They are very adorable and I'm going to be posting about them nonstop for the next few days, so heads up!

[guess-what-budgie-butt]

Rudi tried to feed me the other day... rudi's been feeding bubbles lately but now they're trying to feed me too. like sweetie i know u mean well but us humans aren't really into that. don't worry its ok i don't need another mom i'll be fine thank u

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Ross's gull is easy because it's specific name is rosea, which means "rosy", because...it's pink.

A lot of gull species can a show temporary diet-related pink flush, but Ross's gulls are especially known for it.

So "Rosy gull" is right there, and it's not taken in English! It sounds like the original common name and won't be a huge adjustment. They can even keep their bird banding species code, ROGU. Easy.

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so offended by AI bird “photos” of made-up birds. not because it's immoral or w/ever, but on behalf of Aves as a class. over ten thousand colorful little guys exist and that's not enough for you??

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the whole entire birding community has been debating the merits vs drawbacks of changing eponymous common names for literal years, but now that someone’s actually made a decision we finally get to hear the opinions of randos who don’t care about ornithology. thank god! where on earth would we be without Jeff who thinks this is all “too woke”.

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yard list, in order of appearance

starting in March of 2023

chestnut-backed chickadee

song sparrow

bushtit

lesser goldfinch

house finch

Anna's hummingbird

American crow

white-breasted nuthatch

northern flicker

dark-eyed junco

downy woodpecker

spotted towhee

Bewick's wren

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saw my first belted kingfisher today; gosh, they're charming little birds! they swallow prey whole and regurgitate pellets like owls, hover in the air like hummingbirds, and excavate their own burrows like bank swallows. and their spiky crests are so expressive. very cute.

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when they sell coconut fiber hanging baskets in garden centers, what they don’t tell you is that the fiber is great for making nests and every spring small birds will descend to destroy them

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Notes: Horned wavey is the name given in the first recognizable written description of a Ross's goose. "Wavey" comes from an Algonquian term for geese, and "horned" refers to the barnacle-like caruncles males of this species grow at the base of their bill as they age. (Barnacle goose is an excellent name, but already taken.)

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I have a hanging flower basket lined with coconut fiber and apparently this is the PERFECT material for goldfinch nests, because they are cramming it into their thieving little beaks as fast as possible, even though I did actually SET OUT FREE NESTING MATERIAL FOR THEM