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[silly2tilly]

hey you!! i got a new little tune out!!

listen with your little ears!!

[fiveninesquared]

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR HONK HONK HONK

🦅 Icthyophaga leucogaster (White-bellied Sea Eagle) 🦅

Probably the most sprites i've made for one bird so far. And I figured out that my DAW had a sidechaining plugin built-in that has gone completely unused till now

White-bellied Sea Eagles, as their name suggests, are a species of eagle that prefer places along the coast or near water. It's an opportunistic carnivore, which means it feeds on most prey it comes across, including carrion - though fishes are its main prey. For marine prey, they use a rapid down-and-backward grab while flying low over the water surface.

Part of the White-bellies' courtship ritual may feature an acrobatic feat where two birds lock talons in the air and cartwheel downward, letting go and re-ascending once near the ground (though I've not been lucky enough to see this irl). This behaviour is not exclusive to courtship though, and may be associated with aggressive defense of territory.

Locally, these birds are our heaviest and largest raptor species, measuring up to 85cm (33.5'). You might hear them before you can spot them - their loud honking calls are often heard during their breeding season. In flight, they have a shallow 'v'-shaped pose and their black flight feathers at the outset of their wings conspicuously contrast with the rest of their white plumage from afar.

The calls recorded in this track were taken from Sungei Buloh where there have been a few recorded nesting pairs over the years. Anecdotally they seem to be mobbed by House Crows (Corvus splendens) very often while in flight (in the recording a pair was being followed around by a flock of minimally 15~20 crows).

Lastly, while this bird was originally placed with Bald Eagles, Steller's Sea Eagle etc. in the genus Haliaeetus, this name, with genus Icthyophaga, follows the International Ornithological Congress (IOC)'s world bird list, following a genetic study that placed it in a newly-revived genus apart from the original from 2018. Ultimately where the line is drawn between one genus and another is a little arbitrary, so you might still see papers from recent years not mentioning genus Icthyophaga at all.

For further reading and references:-

Gill, F., Donsker, D., Rasmussen, P. (eds). (2025). "Taxonomic Updates". IOC World Bird List v15.1.

Wee, Y.C. (2007). "Aerial display: White-bellied Sea Eagle". Bird Ecology Study Group.

Wikipedia

Bird Society of Singapore

E-Bird

[johntayjinf]

Visit Original Link

last upload of the year (probably). sorry guys i was busy cooking

[lemonectric]

steep 1 ginger asteroid in approximately 4x10^20 gallons of lemon juice and call me in the morning

[scibot9000]

the longest dongest songest I've ever made ...is now out!

it's a 7 minute house / chillout / jam / thing for a compilation of 7-minute-long house tunes that you can shuffle (it's very good)

[0zonoff]

I tried something a bit different this time, I wanted to inject vaporwave and webcore vibes into this track, but I guess my crappy and spooky touch still is predominant. Anyway, I hope you enjoy listening it as much as I enjoyed composing it. Music composed with Cardboard Box, a Jummbox mod developed by Hidden Realm. Original picture generated with MidJourney AI, edited by myself. Feel free to contact me for anykind of project if you're interested by my stuff. [email protected] #glitch #glitchart #glitching #webcore #vaporwave #darkambient #digitalmusic #computermusic #electronicmusic #syntheticmusic #darkatmosphere #bitpop #spooky #analoghorror #midjourney #midjourneyai #aipictures

[zantilla]

A birthday gift to myself and you as well, I present 3:33!!

[silly2tilly]

hai new album is out :3 if u like creatures and nature and frutiger aero esque vibes and whimsy then check 'er out ...