A bird for equality

mostly photographs. some are even mine.

[coisasdetere]

 The infamous lighthouse of Tevennec, located off the Pointe du Raz in Brittany, France.

[greycatbird]

No creature on this earth has ever been hungrier than a teen chickadee being taught how to forage and following one of their parents around BEGGING BEGGING BEGGING to be fed

[greycatbird]

bugs and worms and grubs PLEEEEEAAAAASE

[greycatbird]

Somewhere out there a Veery fledgling is hopping around in the shadows, an Empid Flycatcher is utterly indifferent to a birder's confusion (I think it was a Willow), plants are soaking up some much-needed rain, a soggy Song Sparrow is perched in a shrub, Papa Bobolink is making a caterpillar NestDash™️ delivery, a snail is scooting up a blade of grass until it tips over under the weight (I watched it happen..), an Eastern Phoebe is keeping a sharp eye out for bugs, a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker is hammering away, Hemlock Varnish/Reishi mushrooms are decorating the woods with bursts of red, and an Eastern Chipmunk is actually just part of the bark (don't worry about it). Why don't you think about that.

[heskynn]

“We decided to make the most of a quiet afternoon by ringing some Manx Shearwater chicks. With over 15,000 pairs on the island, most with a single chick down a single burrow, you’d be forgiven for thinking this was an easy, straightforward task. But the burrows which the Manxies excavate can be deep and awkward, and a few inconsiderately placed rocks and right angle bends in the tunnels made finding the chicks an epic task. Some of them are becoming quite fat but still have another 25 or so days left in their burrows before they make their first flight. The grey down which covers their body like a giant fleece insulates them well from the damp conditions in their burrow. We take wing length measurements as well as weights and this allows us to calculate their age and how well they are being fed. This particular chick is around 50 days old, and weighed over half a kilogram!” © Richard Brown

http://bardsey.blogspot.co.uk/2011/07/couple-of-grasshopper-warblers-blackcap.html

[wandering-jana]

The Ancient Roman House of the Birds, named for its mosaic with 33 different bird species.

Italica, Spain

Dec. 2019

[prettylittleproblem]

Jacqueline McIntyre. Last Light. Cold wax and oil.

[herpsandbirds]

Starry Owlet-Nightjar (Aegotheles tatei), family Aegothelidae, order Aegotheliformes, Papua New Guinea (endemic)

Owlet-nightjars are not nightjars, and are not in the nightjar order Caprimulgiformes. (And are also not closely related to owls).

They are in their own order.

They are not as closely related to nightjars or frogmouths, as previously thought.

This species is beloved and deeply desired by birdwatchers, and if I saw one I would pee my pants. (One my top 10 birds!)

photograph by Lev Frid

[herpsandbirds]

Chestnut-collared Longspur (Calcarius ornatus), male, HE SCREMMM!!!, family Calcariidae, order Passeriformes, Northern CO, USA

Longspurs and Snow Buntings, now in their own family together, were once in the Emberizidae (old world sparrows, buntings, and some finches), along with the new world sparrows.

Both groups were split off the Emberezidae in the 2010s.

Longspurs are actually not that closely related to sparrows of either continent, as was once thought, and are actually more closely related to the cardinal and tanager families.

photographs by Rick Bohn | USFWS

[herpsandbirds]

Tomtit (Petroica macrocephala), male, family Petroicidae, order Passeriformes, New Zealand

photograph by Les McNamara

[herpsandbirds]

Golden-bellied Starfrontlet (Coeligena bonapartei) male, family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes, endemic to Colombia

photograph by Supreet Sahoo

[herpsandbirds]

Whitehead’s Broadbill (Calyptomena whiteheadi), family Calyptomenidae, order Passeriformes, endemic to Borneo

photograph by Therese Ong

[herpsandbirds]

Canada Warbler (Cardellina canadensis), male, family Parulidae, order Passeriformes, PA, USA

photograph by Charlie Cropp

[herpsandbirds]

Grey-lored Broadbill (Serilophus rubropygius), family Eurylaimidae, order Passeriformes, Assam, India

photograph by Santanu Deb

[herpsandbirds]

Spiny Ant (Polyrachis armata), family Formicidae, Malaysia

photographs by Jack K H Loo

[herpsandbirds]

Nicobar Pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica), family Columbidae, order Columbiformes, found on islands and in coastal regions of South and SE Asia and the Australasian Archipelago

photograph by Bird Explorers

[egalitarianmagpie]

He's working on his investment portfolio

[hometoursandotherstuff]

This is one of the nicer earthships that I've seen. It's very well-maintained and has a great indoor garden that's full of fruit trees. The 2021 Tres Piedras, NM home has 2bds, 1ba, 1,850sqft. Asking $529k.

Very nice, neat entrance.

The "hall" and inner garden is lovely.

The garden is well-maintained. Usually, they have become neglected when owners start losing interest.

These must be the fruit plants that they refer to in the listing.

This wall is typically open to the main living area and walls are up in front of the bedrooms.

Double doors open to a lovely living room.

And, a large kitchen combo.

Next down the hall, there's this pretty bedroom.

And, the 2nd bedroom. This ship has walls and doors for the bedrooms. Some don't.

And, this is the bathroom. Very nice.

Neatly done, it's not as lumpy as some I've seen.

A nice wall and a piece of art.

I think that this is a neat little earthship.

This is a solar water heater.

1.79 acre lot.

Looks like a neighbor down the road, but basically it looks like a barren wasteland.

Appears to be a colony of homes down on the right. Now, w/all the talk about UFOs, this looks like the perfect place for them to land.

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/76-Earthship-Way_Tres-Piedras_NM_87577_M98099-73659?