#casual birder

[kness]

A barn owl pendant, porcelain and gold.

#barn owl #owlet #owl #porcelain #porcelaine #pendant #cute jewelry #jewelry #ooakjewelry #ornithology #ornithologist #casual birder #birding #birds #birdwatchers #cute birbs #bird

[erin-lux]

I guess I'm back to posting on tumblr too 🤷‍♀️

my last post on tumblr was my first try at 3d almost five years ago and it took me all this time to try 3d again

#nomad sculpt #3d illustration #artists on tumblr #3d art #3d #casual birder

[prestigeformat]

#playdate #casual birder #video games #you’re a fart

[gamersonthego]

Episode 93: Playdate (Week 1-2)

Download the episode here or listen on SoundCloud

Matt Giguere and Bobby Pease join GOTG this time as we’re all excited about Panic’s new yellow fun dispenser, the Playdate. We cover our overall impressions of the hardware, the first two weeks of official games for it (including Whitewater Wipeout, Casual Birder, Crankin’s Time Travel Adventure and Boogie Loops) and some of the software we’ve sideloaded onto the system. 

Look forward to future episodes where we’ll cover the other games in this first season of Playdate content.

Show Notes:

See and hear more of Matt on his Twitch channel and Tyler Abstract’s Abstract Japan podcast

And see more of Bobby (and Chase) on The Casual Hour network

#podcast #matt giguere #bobby pease #playdate #whitewater wipeout #casual birder #crankin’s time travel adventure #boogie loops #bloom #a joke that's worth $0.99 #playnote

[wysely]

My brother bought me the cutest birthday present ever that I never knew existed. :')

Playdate

#video games #casual birder

[fullystrangeking-blog]

(via Magpie (Pica pica) sitting on a fence, vintage chromolithograph illustration. Premium T-Shirt by Luggnagg)

#findyourthing #redbubble #magpie #casual birder #birder #birdlovers #birdwatching #bird art #ornithology #ornithologist #colorful bird

[corduroy-bears]

hey look at this bird. i saw

#casual birder #uploads #turkey i think… #maybe not #the area is very biodiverse in terms of birds #birders gallery

[lapsedgamer]

playdate season 1 week 1

Spoilers!

A great opening duo for playdate:

Whitewater Wipeout is a distillation of extreme sports in to a sort of endless quarter-pipe of surfing. It does throw you off a little however, by using the crank as an absolute directional input, like an analogue stick. Lots of hidden depths in the trick system and controls that are steadily revealed by experimentation and post-game tips. The perfect reflection of playdate’s LCD pick-up-and-play heritage.

Casual Birder is a dinky but full-fledged adventure game, like Yoda Stories or something. It has two cute gimmicks for the crank: an inventory wheel, and a focus control that uses dithering to satisfyingly replicate a camera’s depth of field. Characterful graphic and sound design and a witty script round out a satisfying short story of a game, perfect for the one-per-week playdate release cadence.

#playdate #panic #whitewater wipeout #casual birder #panic playdate

[justaquickquestion]

Personally i love the impending name changes for our wild birds. I'm having so much fun with it. I see a bird post as I'm scrolling i'm like, "Townsen's warbler..." "...FOR NOW!"

I do sincerely hope they'll rename Steller's jays to "stellar jays," though.

#birds #backyard birds #i am neither an ornithologist nor a birder #i'm a casual bird enjoyer at most

[montereybayaquarium]

The four stages of becoming a birder:

🪹Nestling Phase: You start with a casual interest, peeking out of your cozy comfort zone to notice the birds around you.

🐤Fledgling Feats: You spread your wings, equipped with binoculars and guidebooks, ready to explore new habitats and spot diverse species.

🐦‍⬛Perching Proficiency: Your skills sharpen as you learn to identify birds by their calls, habits, and plumage, and feel a sense of accomplishment with each new sighting.

🦅Masterful Migration: Finally, you soar confidently, traversing landscapes near and far, sharing your passion with others. In the end, the true joy of birding lies in the journey itself—every chirp, flutter, and waddle along the way.

Happy National Go Birding Day!

#monterey bay aquarium #bird nerds 4 life #we always tern up for birdwatching #time to spread our wings and fly #nothing was purchased for this video we legitimately own all the bird stuff #ListenBirdingReallySneaksUpOnYouInYourThirties

[herpsandbirds]

Have you ever tried the app Merlin Bird ID? It’s an app that is run by the Cornell lab that can ID birds by picture, sound, or step by step. One of my professors told me about it and I use it a lot. I haven’t been following you long so I wasn’t sure if you had posted anything about it.

Actually, yes, I highly recommend the Merlin app for identifying birds, especially if you consider yourself a beginner or casual birdwatcher.

Eventhough, I am a very experienced birder, I use it, as well. I would have told you that iBird Pro was the best at one time, but they now charge an annual subscription.

Also, better than any other app, Merlin identifies bird calls. So I personally ave that, iBird, and Sibley v.2.

Merlin (Falco columbarius), family Falconidae, order Falconiformes, found across much of Eurasia, North America, and norther South America and northern Africa.

photograph by Tim Zurskowski

#merlin #falcon #raptor #falco #falconidae #falconiformes #bird #ornithology #animals #nature #north america #europe #asia #africa #south america

[venerablemonk27]

I logged my 200th bird species for Wisconsin! I got a great tip from a close friend, who knows about these things, that a Hooded Warbler had appeared in a park near my house.

[ID: A male Hooded Warbler perches on a mossy branch in the forest. His body is just a couple inches long, with green feathers on back, wings, and tail, and dull yellow for the underparts. His "hood" is a black cowl that covers almost his entire head save for a bright yellow mask that extends in an oval from the middle of his face to surround the eye and ear on each side. He has a pointy dark gray bill shaped for picking insects off of trees, and his eye is a reflective jet black that stands out against the yellow mask. End ID]

The next morning, I packed up my camera along with my work bag and took a break from my commute to check out the park. I arrived to find several people wandering the trails, here to do the exact same thing as me. None of them had seen the Hoodie yet, but they had a wealth of information from other birders on the movements and general behavior of the bird from the past couple days. I spent at least 45 minutes wandering the trails, squishing through the damp and the mud in my work slacks and sneakers. I logged five firsts for 2024, but no sign of the elusive Hooded Warbler.

[ID: The Hooded Warbler perches on the same mossy branch, this time facing away from the camera and looking up into the treetops. His wings are neatly folded behind his back, making a pleasing pattern with the tips of the primary flight feathers. End ID]

So I left the park for work, but decided I should come back in the evening. I knew from the sighting reports in eBird that this guy is active all day. When I got back to the park, it was cloudy and drizzling. I met a pair of nice young women with binoculars and a camera lens as long as mine. I asked, "Are you here looking for the Hooded Warbler too?"

One of them said very casually, "Oh yeah, it's right over there across the creek. Just flittering around." So of course I had to get eyes on him and try to get a photo. It was only a couple minutes before he came out again and started working the far bank of the creek.

[ID: The same Hooded Warbler, this time perched deeper in the brush and looking toward the camera. This angle provides a better view of the black hood and bright yellow mask, looking delicately fringed around the edges. End ID]

I probably followed the Hoodie down the creek for like 10 minutes before he decided to cross over to our side to do some more foraging. I froze. He was almost completely hidden in the brush, but I could see bits of movement and kept him in the frame the whole time. I knew I couldn't make any sudden moves without scaring him away. For a brief moment, he came out to take a closer look at me, which is where all the photos in this post came from. I only managed to shoot three bursts while he was completely out in the open before he took off for the far side of the creek again.

[ID: The Hooded Warbler looks directly at the camera, only partially obscured by a twig. His posture suggests being ready to leap forward and continue the hunt for insects. End ID]

I was left feeling incredibly amped. The other photographer and I had to share back-of-the-camera shots and gush over how cute he was and how close he came to us. It seems it's always a special event when a rare or unusual species shows up in town. I love these brief moments of connection with birds and the people that care about them.

#bird photography #birding #photography #birds #bird #birdblr #birdlife #birdwatching #original photography #original photography on tumblr #warbler #hooded warbler #close encounter #migration #spring

[stinkybreath]

I am a very casual birdwatcher.

Blake is, apparently, notably into birds. Enough to have bird tattoos (and the two big things later that I won’t mention bc I don’t wanna spoil anyone).

I have a tough time telling between similar birds with distributions in my area.

Blake can distinguish between several local types of sparrow.

Every time I go outside, I am actively looking to see some of my favorite birds.

Blake never mentions scanning lampposts or tree branches to catch a sight of them.

???? Why. This would be so easy to establish in the text. It would be just a few words set into the description of a new location. I think “show, don’t tell” is often misapplied or overused or whatever but this just feels like such a weird hole ……. He loves birds so much but only when they’re directly relevant to a part of the book. Hate this. Seriously why not have him talk about the calls he hears or doesn’t hear, an eagle enjoying the thermals in the distance, a bluejay zipping by in his peripheral vision. These are things on my mind all the time as an extremely casual birder.

#also every time Victoria talks about how no one ever looks up while driving I’m like ???? girl I’m trying to spot hawks!!! #wildbow #pact #pactverse

[fleshdyke]

chris ketola is one of my favourite naturalists to follow on instagram bc he's just in the amazon rn taking high quality pictures and videos of birds (and bats and reptiles) that you don't tend to see very good pictures of. and he just casually posts them on instagram like it's nothing much. he caught a tinamou in his nets a while back and took a video of the release where it flew off and like... tinamous don't tend to fly very often and definitely not for as long and as high as it did in the video he posted. so like for a regular ass birder like me that's a CRAZY video to watch bc it's such a rare thing to get a video of. and he's just like yeah haha normal day at work

#rambles #birds

[smallgodseries]

[image description: A cell phone – open to a texting app – sits on an inlaid wooden table. An impish red character with a floating crown and long pointing tail rests at the bottom of the screen. Above it, a conversation between someone and their Dad (visible in a circle at the top of the screen). Text reads, “Dad: Have you seen your Mom anywhere? Reply: she can’t hear the phone she’s in the grave. Dad: WHAT? Reply: garage. duck. Dad: Always with the swearing.” 148, AUTARCH ERECT ~ the smell good of AUTO’CORRECT’”]

• • • • •

Every time you send a message that paints you as a wild duck enthusiast, she is there.  (Unless, of course, you’re a birder, or an ornithologist, and then every time you send a coworker or casual associate a message that paints you as a wild sexual enthusiast, he is there.)

Every time you misspell your own name, the name of a lover, the name of a dear friend, they are with you.  Ze is in every word, every syllable, every utterance, studying and dissecting, looking for the word you were most likely to have meant and discarding it.

Hey, Dom, are you coming to thinner tonight?  We’re having naked potatoes and barbequed rakes.

The only reason we haven’t collectively declared the need for an exorcism is that ze’s not a malicious god.  If anything, Autarch is a trickster god, dedicated to keeping us from taking ourselves too seriously through whatever means necessary, twisting our own words into parodies of themselves, making palindromes of poetry and poetry of palindromes.  How can we not laugh, when they are with us?  How can we not accept the glorious escape from accountability that ze provides?

How can we trust our own words in any context, when hey fight lave tin reformed while we weren’t paying attention?

Some gods are more trouble than they’re worth.

• • • • •

Join Lee Moyer (Icon) and Seanan McGuire (Story) Monday, Wednesday, and  Friday for a guide to the many small deities who manage our modern  world:

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/smallgodseries

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Homepage: http://smallgodseries.com

#small gods #smallgodseries #Seanan McGuire #Lee Moyer #icons and stories

[anonsally]

Happy Birdday To Me!

For my birthday today, I took the day off work and spent over two hours birdwatching at a hotspot I had not been to before, though it's not that far away. Long report below!

(I hate driving on the freeway, particularly the one I would've had to take to get to Arrowhead Marsh. But I figured out that I could get there on public transit instead.)

Various rare bird sightings have occurred there in the past week, so I was hoping to see something new. In the end, I only saw one of the rarities, but I did see 7 birds I'd never seen before!

My dad joined me after about 45 minutes, but even before that, there were a number of Very Serious Birders with serious equipment. None of them had seen (today) the Nelson's sparrow or tufted duck that have been there the past few days (though according to the rare bird alerts, a few people had seen the sparrow in the morning), but they did help me with some IDs and point a few birds out and let me look through their spotting scopes!

Seven new species:

Common yellowthroat. This is probably the one I was most excited about, even though it isn't very unusual--but I had never seen it! and it's yellow!

Sora. Also very exciting with its pretty plumage and yellow beak! It was shy, but I got a good look at it a few times when it foraged at the edge of some reeds.

White-winged scoter. This was the only rare one that I saw, and it was pointed out by some of the Very Serious Birders, who let me look at it through their scope and regretted that they had not pointed it out to me while it was preening and showing its white wing patches. I could see a tiny white line on the wing, and the bill was very scoter-y, but it would look to a casual viewer like a pretty solid dark brown duck.

Blue-winged teals. Very beautiful bird. There were 3 of them--two males and a female--paddling around, and I could see a small light blue spot on the folded wing of one of the males. It's a large blue patch in flight, but not always visible when they're swimming.

Cinnamon teals. Another beautiful bird! We saw a pair.

Horned grebe. The horned and eared grebes are similar-looking and hard to distinguish, but in this case, I saw both (and was told both were there), so I managed to pick out the differences. (I had seen an eared grebe on the Elkhorn Slough boat tour, identified by someone else.)

Glaucous-winged gull. I would never have even tried to identify this one, but was told what it was.

I also "collected" a whole trifecta of teals, because someone also pointed out a green-winged teal (I'd seen one before). I was happy to see a pied-billed grebe (definitely the cutest of the grebes we get around here). On the walk from the bus stop I saw what I believe was a red-shouldered hawk perched on a utility pole. It had the orange barred front, but the back looked less black-and-white than brown-and-white. There were lots of scaups in the water, but I couldn't tell if they were greater or lesser; we also saw what was probably a greater yellowlegs, but of course could have been lesser. I saw some coots, common goldeneyes, black-necked stilts, snowy egrets, a great blue heron, loads of willets and marbled godwits, and a couple of black turnstones, but I'm sure there were lots of other ducks and shorebirds I didn't manage to identify.

All in all, it felt like a very successful birthday birding expedition, and it made me want to go back.

#personal #birdwatching