Topaz

she/her, minor, i'm a horse rider (I ride western) and aspiring ornithologist

[witchysoda]

No one to share this with but honestly some of my greatest work

[sequoiatopazsong]

going on a walk for my mental health: meh, feels like a task, not very exciting

going on a walk to find birds: going on a walk to find birds

[sequoiatopazsong]

to feel clean, you must first get dirty

[sequoiatopazsong]

hit 67 posts today

[puscrankk]

for the past 2 days ive been out in the field by my house looking for woodcocks. I can HEAR them doing their stupid meep but I cant see the damn things. My only goal is to spot and photograph one. Not up close i dont wanna scare them. Tonight I will succeed. Tonight We find the cock.

[ye-be-aghast]

What I really love about birding is that no one is normal about it. You don't see avid readers saying "I looooove books," or athletes saying "I looooove track." But talk to anything bird fan and they can just straight scream about loving all birds for hours, just throwing facts at you. I've never met someone who didn't become obsessed with birds when they bothered learning about and observing them. It's all consuming. It's one of those things that I think can actually draw you out of minor depresisve states.

(It's the same with botany, i've noticed, but when my stupid brain sees plant snd labeled it "plant" successfully, it calls it a day.)

[sequoiatopazsong]

i am just. here

[hypa-t1a]

march 11, 2014 april 18, 2025

my father’s picture and mine

[tempestuousreed]

The Natural Life Cycle of an Avian Enthusiast:

*sees a streak of blue*

Eager Beginner: It was blue, so it’s probably a bluebird, right?

Knowledgeable but Inexperienced: Actually there’re a lot of species that could fit that description!It’s probably a scrub jay, or a barn swallow. It could even be a purple martin, though you don’t often see them in this area—

Grizzled Veteran: It’s another fucking bluebird…

[grapehyasynth]

Green heron pair! They are IN LOVE!!

[fishmechs]

if i was a horse all the other horses would be like wow that horse gallops with so much whimsy and it would be because i retained my memories of human life and am now experiencing a freedom the other horses who are regular horses could not fathom

[sequoiatopazsong]

I have a bird feeder right outside my window and the only visitor is a male cardinal. he also has a nest in a b ush super close by.

bro has a private buffet right next to his house. he comes like 5 times a day

[sequoiatopazsong]

i love my clarinet. it brings me so much unexpected joy

sometimes i just hold it up and look at the beautiful wood and think about how many loving hands touched it to make it

i like to just press the buttons and go click click click

[sequoiatopazsong]

bird watching is such a great hobby. its been really helping me to slow down and notice more little things around me.

and birds are also just so fucking cool

[sequoiatopazsong]

sometimes i forget that i'm a huge nerd when it comes to maps and geography and that most people don't know all the things i know

[hummingbeebird]

Deep dive

or gentle touch

[sequoiatopazsong]

i watched a young killdeer hop around on the ground the other day with mama watching. it was so cute.