love each other fiercely and without bound

🌈. that is all. adult.

[radiqueer]

Human relationships are not transactional but they are reciprocal, which I think many of you with your ‘i don’t owe anyone anything’ shtick are too happy to forget

[aromanticduck]

Transactional: everything has to be exactly 50/50 all the time, pay me back for the £5 sandwich or buy me something worth exactly £5, I refuse to make an effort for you if there’s nothing in it for me

Reciprocal: you were there for me when I needed help, and I’m going to do the same for you, it doesn’t matter if one of us needs more or is capable of less, because the point is not equivalent exchange but mutual care

[herpsandbirds]

Hi! I've been a huge fan of your blog for years and I always love seeing your posts on my dash. Thank you for what you do fr. If you got the time, could I see some asities? Thanks again!

You have impeccable taste in both blogs and birds...

Schlegel’s Asity (Philepitta schlegeli), males, family Philepittidae, order Passeriformes, endemic to Madagascar

photograph by Dustin Chen & Franco Veronesi

Yellow-bellied Sunbird-Asity (Neodrepanis hypoxantha), family Philepittidae, order Passeriformes, found in montane forests in Madagascar

photograph by Geoffrey Jones

Common Sunbird-Asity (Neodrepanis coruscans), male, family Philepittidae, order Passeriformes, Madagascar

photograph by Chanan (@chanan.weiss)

Velvet Asity (Philepitta castanea), male, family Philepittidae, order Passeriformes, endemic to Madagascar

photograph by Dubi Shapiro

[mammalianmammals]

hello! any chance I can get some pronghorns? I think they’re neat :)

ONE OF MY FAVORITE UNGULATES!!!

Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana), male, family Antilocapridae, Fort Rock, Oregon, USA

Sometimes called the Pronghorn Antilope, they are not closely related to other antilopes.

The only member of this family.

The fastest land animal in North America, they can run up to 55 mph.

photograph by Alan Nyiri

Bureau of Land Management - Wyoming, USA

Yellowstone NP, WY, USA - photo by Tobias Klenze

photos via: US Fish & Wildlife Service

[besidethepath]

In magnificent attire (25.2.2026)

[herpsandbirds]

I have a request!!! could I get some spix's macaws please and thank you :3

Spix’s Macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii), family Psittacidae, order Psittaciformes, historically found in the Caatinga habitat of eastern Brazil

ENDANGERED.

This species went extinct in the wild, and is being reintroduced into a small area of its historic habitat.

photographs by Danny Ye

photograph by Patrick Pleul

[herpsandbirds]

Hiii. may i please request a blue-footed booby, they're my favorite:) . also i love your blog

Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii), family Sulidae, order Suliformes, Galapagos

Photograph by Wolfgang Kaehler

Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii), parent with chicks, family Sulidae, order Suliformes, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

photograph by Steve Murray

photograph by Tui De Roy

Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii), family Sulidae, order Suliformes, Isla de la Plata, Ecuador

photograph by Libor Vaicenbacher

[hideki-koga]

コマドリ（Japanese robin）

[herpsandbirds]

might I request some auks on this fine day? thankies :)

It's a perfect day for some Alcid friends...

Dovekie aka Little Auk (Alle alle), family Alcidae, order Charadriiformes, Iceland

Photograph by Christophe Moning

Dovekie aka Little Auk (Alle alle), family Alcidae, order Charadriiformes, Svalbard, Norway

Photograph by Allan Hopkins

Razorbill (Alca torda), family Alcidae, order Charadriiformes

photograph by Charles J. Sharp

Razorbill (Alca torda), EAT SOME TASTY FISH!!!, family Alcidae, order Charadriiformes, NE coast of the United States

Photograph by Dene’ Miles

Razorbill (Alca torda), family Alcidae, order Charadriiformes, ME, USA

Photograph by Sally Siko

Crested Auklets (Aethia cristatella), family Alcidae, order Charadriiformes, Alaska

photograph by Glenn Bartley

Rhinoceros Auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata), family Alcidae, order Charadriiformes, San Juan Islands, WA, USA

photograph by James Tomasek

Whiskered Auklet (Aethia pygmaea), family Alcidae, order Charadriiformes, found in the North Pacific around the Aleutian Islands and on some islands off Siberia (like Commander Islands)

photograph by L. Lauber

Parakeet Auklet (Aethia psittacula), family Alcidae, order Charadriiformes, found in the North Pacific

photograph by Michael Johns

[herpsandbirds]

American Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus), male calling and displaying with nesting material, family Cinclidae, order Passeriformes, CO, USA

photograph by Carl Bendorf

[herpsandbirds]

Canada Warbler (Cardellina canadensis), male, family Parulidae, order Passeriformes, Magee Marsh, OH, USA

photograph by Chris Veach

[herpsandbirds]

Sunbittern (Eurypyga helias), family Eurypygidae, order Eurypygiformes, found in southern Central America and northern South America

This bird is the only member of its family.

Its closest living relative is the Kagu of New Caldeonia.

photograph by Liewwk WK

[herpsandbirds]

Rufous-bellied Chachalacas (Ortalis wagleri), in nuptial display, family Cracidae, order Galliformes, San Blas, Nayarit, Mexico

photograph by Greg Homel

[herpsandbirds]

American Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica), family Rallidae, order Galliformes, FL, USA

photograph by Julie Elleboe

[herpsandbirds]

Bornean Bristlehead (Pityriasis gymnocephala), family Pityriasidae, order Passeriformes, Deramakot Forest Reserve, Borneo

Photograph by Trevor Teo

[herpsandbirds]

Chestnut-backed Chickadee (Poecile rufescens), family Paridae, order Passeriformes, OR, USA

photograph by Jim Tomasek

[herpsandbirds]

Least Bittern (Botaurus exilis), male, family Ardeidae, order Pelicaniformes, Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, FL, USA

photograph by Jay Paredes

[herpsandbirds]

Harris’s Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus), family Accipitridae, order Accipitriformes, Arizona, USA

photograph by Martin Molina