Woodpecker Enthusiast

I caved and made a bird sideblog

[technuthatch]

Hey I'm Mannie (she/they, 30's). I also respond to Technolich and any of its derivatives. I'm a voice actor and illustrator.

Sideblog to @owtechnolich

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[atlanticflyway]

Taking a picture of a verdin (Auriparus flaviceps) when a Curve-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma curvirostre) also wanted in on the action.

[gonsplode]

[a-book-of-creatures]

Mutuals feel free to pick me up and drop me off in front of prime real estate that’s all mine

I will be scared but I will appreciate it

[emjoy398]

[birds-in-posts]

Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia)

[crowboy-bebop]

unauthorized fucking thing!!!!!!

(warning: loud chirping throughout)

source: hellgate osprey cam

[curlicuecal]

[tertain-the-original]

Continuing my bird tarot deck, some of these are from asks so they might seem familiar haha.

Honestly though I’m kind of trying to make sure that the birds truly line up with the cards I put them on. I might change Strength… but for now here’s the Goose defending their babies.

[five-red-feathers]

its finally over... all 352 species in the family columbidae!!!

took me 48 hours in the span of 34 days,,

free pdf for anyone that wants it

[halondrus]

[cutecipher]

can you put that thing on a leash?

[halondrus]

ok

[jagalart]

One of two postcard designs I prepared for Magnificon - it will be available as my first ever wooden standee later (I'm hoping they'll arrive for Pyrkon!)

[ventussolder]

Yoo who got the american woodcock on their island

[guooey]

they are like beautiful tropical birds to me

[guooey]

Literally..

[nattousan]

@guooey ya

[technuthatch]

i cropped these differently so they don't look nice in a photoset but i'm so happy w these bank swallow pictures please appreciate them and how hard it is to get photos of swallows

[technuthatch]

blackbirds love to hang out at the lake

(brewer's blackbird, yellow-headed blackbird, red-winged blackbird)

[robotblues]

Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens)

[the-zebra-dragon]

[what-is-love-babey-dont-hurt-me]

What they don’t tell you about getting into bird watching is that once you get into it, you do not get to decide when you bird watch. You can be on the beach of some distant tropical country with nothing planned except relaxing. But then you see a Common Fluttering Nut Buster and you’re like fuckkkkkkkk holy shit guys the Common Fluttering Nut Buster is not supposed to live this far west holy shitttttttttt

[sometiktoksarevalid]

[maruposting]

This is the standard winged nightjar and it has one singular stupidly big feather on each wing... if you even care.

[legalise-greenleaf]

Love this guy

[a-book-of-creatures]

That’s standard as in “pennant” or “banner”, not standard as in “normal”.

But it’s not a pennant-winged nightjar. THIS is a pennant-winged nightjar… if you even care.

[crevicedwelling]

can’t forget the Lyre-tailed Nightjar! there’s actually a number of these ridiculous guys, and they’re partly why caprimulgiforms are some of my favorite birds

also the Sickle-winged Nightjar, which is. come on, that’s just a weird moth

[findersfeeders]

(Whispers) talk about their mouths now

[crevicedwelling]

ok

[crevicedwelling]

and if we’re going to make this onto a full-on nightjar weirdness appreciation post, I feel like I’ve got to mention their pectinate claws:

photo from here:

Looking at a Nighthawk

I'm running again, have been since late June, doinky arthritic toe and all. It's fine. It hurts sometimes when there's a big weather front

comb-shaped claws on the middle toe have evolved multiple times among a diverse variety of birds, found in nightjars, barn owls, herons, frigatebirds, and a few other groups. and despite looking exactly like they’re used for preening out feather parasites, they might have other uses for keeping birds clean that we haven’t yet identified:

Looking Good, Part I — Pectinate Claws (Avian Edition)

Astute birdwatchers might have noticed that some bird species have comb-like serrations running along one edge of a toe claw.  This feature,