sometimes a poll blog

Kit (they/them) | this may be a bird blog but I will reblog just about any animal. I have a soft spot for bugs and reptiles.

[sharkapology]

People do not give us (Brasil) enough credit for:

Our fucked up dolphins

Our fucked up porcupines

Our fucked up snakes

This

[celestial-seasonings427]

What the fuck is that

[sharkapology]

can u be nice

[birds-in-posts]

Jabiru (Jabiru mycteria)

[have-you-seen-this-animal]

Have you done the common/south american opossum? Bit different than their popular north american cousins, the virginia opossum.

Not yet!!

Have you seen the common opossum (Didelphis marsupialis)?

I have now

Yes, in photos/videos

Yes, irl

I'm not sure

Remaining time: 6 days 17 hours

[spiribia]

It probably is kind of fun to be a parent bird and find big fat bugs to put in your child’s goalpost mouth. And the more you do it the larger your baby gets, which shows your progress. Mine is reaally big, think I’m going to get a high score this time. It has a unique skin too, I’ve never even seen this one before. Has anyone gotten that one, dark brown and white belly with stripes? It’s not even in my Wrenpedia, it has to be a really special unlock

[spiribia]

I’d appreciate if you didn’t call my child a “parasite”, thank you very much! Typical r/childfree

[porcelain-dollbones]

snakes really make you appreciate how gross mammals really are. squamates are very dry and clean

[porcelain-dollbones]

a bird is a kind of reptile that has learned to be yucky.

[butchtoks]

[hometoursandotherstuff]

Maybe b/c it would scare the children? (I was taken aback.)

[corvidcall]

to anyone in the areas impacted by the wildfire smoke, my #1 biggest piece of advice as someone whos been dealing with wildfire smoke in the NW united states for years, is build yourself a Corsi-Rosenthal Cube

they perform as well as expensive HEPA air cleaners, and are comparatively VERY inexpensive. all you need is a box fan, 4 air filters, a piece of cardboard, and some duct tape!!!!

i think it took us maybe a half hour to put ours together, if that, and we replace the filters every 3 months. it's really made a HUGE difference, both when the air quality is bad, but also with our allergies

[o0fyuu0o]

Saw these easy to read instructions on Twitter. Stay safe 💚

[sun-cheyne]

Also just a handy, DIY air filter in general, if a bit bulky. For a less bulky and cheaper (but also less effective) solution, you can simply tape one filter to the fan, cut a shroud if you'd like.

[snowriddenwolf]

just FYI, this is quite literally what the climate scientists at my work who specialized in wildfire smoke impacts recommend. it works great, it's cheap to make, and it will make a noticeable impact on your air quality.

[mechanicalriddle]

i have asthma & keep one of these running in my room perpetually. after I set it up the difference in my sleep quality was pretty much night and day. Dont waste your time on proprietary air filters; SIMPLY bust out the duct tape

[iridescent-wildlife]

Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) male. Family Cardinalidae, order Passeriformes.

Skipping ahead from Texas cause i'm tired of editing those photos for now LOL. I took a weekend trip to Arkansas for Memorial day weekend and saw lots of beautiful birds - and got one lifer!

Garfield, Arkansas, USA. May 2026.

[hoot-alex]

[cpericardium]

[nim-lock]

2 shrups, a shrase, and 2 shrowls

[harkthorn]

Raven sketch, in red and purple ballpoint pen

-3481

[proton-wobbler]

I got to see riflemen on a recent trip to NZ, it was truly magical!! they're like if you took a gc kinglet and removed its tail... and they blend in perfectly with the native forest. Had to try like a dozen different sites before I finally found them, worth it tho. their call is even higher than a gc kinglet... so precious....

AHAAAAAA that sounds fantastic!!!

I feel like searching for a special bird like that is worth as many tries as it takes.

[proton-wobbler]

question. is your blog name supposed to be a short form/corruption of “prothonotary warbler” because if so that’s really funny. thank you

Yes! There were two memes I saw very close to each other. One was about someone who's dad mispronounces bird names on purpose and the example was some corruption of "prothonotary warbler". The next was the meme I'll share below:

[newbirder]

A beautiful Yellow Warbler at St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge in Florida. It's looking at me...

[jadafitch]

HAPPY NATIONAL MOTH WEEK! Celebrate with moth art! Moths of North America poster Saturniid Moths of North America poster

[platycryptus]

The long-headed toothpick grasshopper (Achurum carinatum) lives and feeds among tall grass in the southeast US.

They’re flightless and not very fast or agile by grasshopper standards, but like a stick insect their camouflage seems to make up for it!

In Florida, they breed year-round and are abundant in this prairie habitat in January when few other insects are active.

[organismsiwanttosmokelikeablunt]

i want to smoke the long-headed toothpick grasshopper like a blunt