Incautus Futuri

Muscular and crepuscular

[nemertea]

I have the urge to look upon a blue grosbeak

[dumnslut]

[nemertea]

V took me whale watching for my birthday :)

[nemertea]

These are opposite birds to me

[sheepshot]

[nemertea]

that's because you're at La Push; quality coaches hang out at Hurricane Hill with the mountain goats that escaped airlifting

[nemertea]

Patch notes

- Food is no longer available around the clock, but will be released at timed intervals twice per twenty-four hour cycle. - Food has been tailored to individual users' custom builds. - Food will no longer trigger the "kidney disease" status in cats over the age of fourteen. - Uneaten food will be removed after half an hour and will not be replaced. - The "piteous meowing" hack has been patched and will no longer trigger a food bowl refill. - Dog food has been removed from the cat area.

We understand that the new food interactions will require some adjustment. We are confident that this update will ultimately result in notable quality of life improvements for players.

There is no way to opt out of this update.

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[thebutchtomb]

Gideon and Harrow

[todaysbird]

i think this is…actually the most extreme stupid dove nest I’ve seen.

video

[kaiapraxidike]

[tartrazeen]

Imagine you're coming home after a long day of hunting, and the first thing you hear is your seven shitty kids screeching at you for no reason, how pissed off would you be, I'd immediately fly away too

Imagine you're the oldest of seven and a fucking HOA member broke into your HOUSE and SHIT AN EGG and is BITING at your siblings, but your dad shows so you try to tell him the problem but you're very little and you don't speak English and he doesn't speak English either so you can't communicate that a fucking GOBLIN is in your HOUSE and the only reason he doesn't know is cause his ASS was on that bitch's HEAD and he must've assumed it was one of your brothers and sisters but it was actually that FREAK WOMAN who got in, and now your dad is flying away 'cause he has no idea what's going on

Imagine you're a parent and you've calmed down and gone to get McDonald's for your seven kids, and you come home expecting to get cheers because you know the D's are always a winner, but when you fly back in through the door the kids are all still screaming, and it's not even excited screams but you don't know what's wrong so you just look into the camera like you're Jim from the Office

Imagine you're one of the small middle children and probably the one that this HOA WITCH was BITING after she broke into YOUR HOUSE and SHIT an EGG and you tried to be a good host by cuddling with her to congratulate her on her egg but then she started BITING and taking over your ROOM and threw out all your GOOSEBUMPS books and your eldest sibling couldn't call dad so you all just had to wait, and then dad comes home but your STUPID FAMILY won't stop SCREECHING to explain what's going on so your dad leaves but then comes back and he's brought McDonald's which is like yay but there is an INTRUDER, and finally your dad looks around the house and notices BITCH BIRD KAREN IN YOUR BEAN BAG CHAIR, and you're like ok dad can handle this but then you learn he's more scared than you?????

Imagine you're a dad and you just got home with McDonald's and WHO THE FUCK IS THAT IN MY HOUSE but luckily you have seven children and the mean one is willing to fight this bitch and you're just gonna chill in this corner until this problem is resolved even if your other kids are straight-up judging you

Imagine you're Kevin McCallister and you're doing Home Alone except you're not home alone 'cause your dad is home too but he's not helping, he's just holding a bag of McDonald's, so you have to be the head of this house at eight years old 'cause you're home alone emotionally but this FREAK ON AN EGG isn't leaving so you decide to screech at your dad and he's more scared of you than she is

Imagine you're a dad and your child has publicly shamed you in front of your other kids and this ASSHOLE KAREN and you decide you're not gonna take this shit anymore so you tell your kids that you paid for this McDonald's with your hard-earned bird money and they're gonna damn well eat this, so everybody stop looking at that side of the house and just eat your fucking french fries but then that fucking MONSTER starts BITING your only child willing to go into battle so you recognize this is a lost cause and throw the burgers on the counter and you remember you're an ADULT so you grab your car keys and fly the fuck away

Imagine you're all seven children and dad left you with the pigeon again

[dysfunctionalphotography]

Yellow-throated Miner, Kalbarri WA.

[expressions-of-nature]

Spring Flowers of Khakassia by Marina Fomina

[nemertea]

I just personally feel that if you can get a goddamn good long look at a two-foot adult bird from less than a yard away while it clearly vocalizes and tries to steal your french fries, the id difficulty is, maybe, a fucking skill issue

like, fuck, you could identify empids if they behaved like gulls

[nemertea]

I hate the way some people just fucking refuse to engage and throw up their hands in performative helplessness when it comes to gull ID, but then feel the need to complain about how "hard" gulls are.

unfiltered bitchiness under the cut

- one of the most unique and easily identified seabirds in the world shows up in the bird ID quiz blog

- it's a fucking full adult with its unique traits in full view

- comment about how the gull polls are "unfair"

There's a certain point at which you are not even fucking trying, and I do not respect your bullshit.

There are genuinely fucking difficult gull IDs out there. A gorgeous adult HEGU isn't one of them. If you don't know what it is, that's fine, none of us were born knowing gulls, but the utterly dismissive shitty attitude towards anything larine means you will never learn. Hell, my boyfriend who knows NOTHING about birds (except that I like them) was able to recognize that Heermann's were unique-looking while he was visiting his mom in California. You're lazy and should feel ashamed.

[18thcenturythirsttrap]

‘Magical’ galaxy frogs disappear after reports of photographers destroying their habitats

Researcher in Kerala rainforest sounds alarm after being told frogs had died after being handled by humans

So sad - please, everyone, remember never to handle amphibians unnecessarily, nor without gloves. And never prop them up, no matter how 'cute' you think it looks, because it causes potentially fatal pressure on their internal organs.

Good wildlife photographers don't cause animals distress or harm. They respect the animals' needs and their space, causing as little disturbance as possible.

Rule of thumb for everyone, don't disturb or handle any non-domesticated animals ever, unless you know what you're doing and there's a clear need for it. Examples of when it may be needed could be a scientific survey, or if the animal / animals were in immediate danger.

We're just sharing the planet with animals. They don't live to be 'cute', they don't exist for our entertainment, amusement or profit.

[nemertea]

I do not particularly like Wildwood as a book but Laika's stop motion models of PDX bridges do spark immense joy

[geniusbee]

Mt. St. Helens

I’ll have limited copies of this in print at VanCAF17 this weekend, come see me at table D-11! 

[nemertea]

anyone any good at scaleworm ID? This guy was the highlight of my day, and he was absolutely fucknormous (somewhere in the 4 to 6 inch range, if I had to guess)

[nemertea]

Today was an important example of the differences in nuance between saying "I saw an octopus today" and "I found an octopus today"

Sorry, buddy