#warbler's nest

[boy-warbler]

Yellow Warbler nest

#warbler #nest

[badolmen]

Look at me. LOOK at me. Old growth forests are important. Their loss is violence against the land.

BUT that isn’t a reason to point at younger, perfectly healthy closed canopy forests and claim they’re ecologically insignificant or bad. Their sparse understory is a function of closed canopy forests. Even old growth forests will have sparse understories if the canopy is closed. That’s how photosynthetic strata works.

The west coast has vastly different forests and history than the east. The rare volcanic eruption that made the giant stands of Douglas fir in the west possible would be literally impossible here. Our species are adapted for stand replacing fires set by indigenous peoples to drive deer and rejuvenate oak. Oak as a genus is dying here. We can’t set fires. We can’t harvest patches large enough to simulate a fire. Our deer are overpopulated and browse down every sprout that dares to reach for sunlight.

Making a sweeping ban on clear-cut and similarly ‘scary’ harvests would kill them for good. The restrictions on fire have nearly done that to species like Jack and pitch pine that rely heavily on fire to establish. They’ve been relegated to pine barrens and the rare sandy forest clearing. Our fire Cherry, thankfully, can last decades in the soil seedbank. You can only see them the first few decades after a large, complete harvest and then they die.

What’s good for one forest kills another. Not all trees are made ecologically equal - and that’s a very good thing. All trees and forests have their ecological value. Management of one forest is never applicable to other forests; they all have their own unique histories and communities that should be imitated when possible and left alone when not.

#ra speaks #personal #forest #forestry #I wanna agree w old growth forest folks so bad but then they turn around and say shit like ‘there is NEVER a good reason to clearcut’ #babes the kirt warbler would like to argue. bitches need 10-15 ft Jack pine to nest in. they’re picky. #you ain’t getting 10-15 ft Jack pine without a large. stand replacing. disturbance. #*shaking Californians by the shoulders* THERE IS MORE FOREST TO THE WORLD THAN DOUGLAS FIR. WHY ARENT YOU PROTECTING THE CLIFFSIDE CEDARS? #we have cedars on this coast that are OLD GROWTH. nobody but weird tree ppl seem to care bc THEYRE UGLY AF AND SMALL. #that doesn’t mean they’re ‘not old growth’ #gosh do NOT even get me started on the semantics of old growth #and like. yeah we can’t replace old growth in the west BUT NOT BC PLANTATIONS HAVE A HARVEST SCHEDULE. #it’s because the original old growth only exists bc a VOLCANIC ERUPTION wiped out most everything else and laid a nice bed of ash #for the seedlings to establish in. id rather a shitty plantation keep a 50-60 ur harvest schedule on a single piece of land #than have them slowly chip away at literally irreplaceable trees in the name of #‘sustainable forestry’ babe there is no sustaining the western old growth. either a volcano decides to give it a fresh start or not #I hate hate hate the eternal-ness ppl have attached to forests they are not here for you they aren’t even here for species that rely on them #they’re here bc a long time ago nothing else was. they’re here bc the soil was just right. they’re here bc the people before respected that #but also understood their power to shape the landscape. and in doing so they created diversity rarely seen this far north. #sorry. it’s been a day. needed a good rant.

[tiredbiostudent]

just a few of the nests I found for work this summer 🪺🥰

#I’m finally sitting through my nest guidebook and was inspired to share 🤝 #finding nests was so fun it’s like treasure hunting #1. hermit thrush 2 & 3. I think???? were chestnut sided warblers but don’t quote me on that #4. eastern bluebird 5. black capped chickadee 6. white throated sparrow #and 7. was also a hermit thrush ? i think lol #mine #bio tag #birding

[whats-in-a-sentence]

Once they have acquired a nestful of eggs, male couples typically divide up the parenting duties: one attends to nest repair, incubation of the eggs, and brooding of the nestlings, while the other feeds his mate and defends the territory.

"Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity" - Bruce Bagemihl

#book quotes #biological exuberance #bruce bagemihl #nonfiction #hooded warbler #wilsonia citrina #division of labor #eggs #nesting #parenting #repairing #incubation #brooding #territory

[tenth-sentence]

Although this division of labor is similar to that in heterosexual pairs – females typically build nests and incubate, males defend territories, and both feed nestlings – there are crucial differences.

"Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity" - Bruce Bagemihl

#book quote #biological exuberance #bruce bagemihl #nonfiction #hooded warbler #wilsonia citrina #gay #division of labor #nesting #incubation #territory

[alcnfr]

An Eastern Bluebird and a Yellow-Rumped Warbler jockeying for the Birdhouse lease...

#eastern bluebird #yellow rumped warbler #bird house #nesting #nature #backyard nature #wild birds

[herpsandbirds]

Golden-cheeked Warbler (Setophaga chrysoparia), male, HE SCREMMM!!!, family Parulidae, order Passeriformes, Travis County, TX, USA

ENDANGERED.

Endangered to destruction of habitat and increase in nest predation by (native) Brown-headed Cowbirds.

photograph by Bryan Cotter

#warbler #wood warbler #setophaga #parulidae #passseriformes #bird #ornithology #animals #nature #north america

[todaysbird]

the black-throated blue warbler is a small passerine bird found primarily in eastern north america, wintering in the caribbean & central america. this bird is named for the male’s distinctive plumage, featuring a dark black mask that extends into a bar running along the side of the bird, and a blue upper half; females are olive-brown and yellow. they prefer deciduous & mixed coniferous habitats. black- throated blue warblers prefer to nest relatively close to the ground, so their nesting grounds are often open expanses of forest. they feed mainly on insects, such as caterpillars and spiders, but supplement their diet with fruits, berries and seeds.

#black throated blue warbler #warbler #bird #birblr #thanks for the kofi tip!!

[tally-ace]

So one of my all-time favorite ways to play through botw is without teleporting. I adore the additional challenge it brings and it adds a certain level of planning ahead and requires you to become familiar with the layout of the world and locations of things.

I've been upset to find out through testing that a TRUE teleport-less run of totk is impossible thanks to the tutorial island. So I have yet to try a "partial" one to see if it's still as fun as in botw.

(EDIT: I've heard conflicting things saying it's possible to get to the fourth tutorial shrine without teleporting? I haven't tried it myself but when I say true run I also mean without exploits. If you need to do some precise exploit of the game to make a run like that work, it isn't really that fun for me anymore. I'll attempt a teleport-less tutorial island one day so we'll see)

I have, however, found a fun way to play totk through accident on my second playthrough.

In botw, it is impossible to finish all 120 shrines without completing each of the four divine beasts. That's because there are exactly 4 shrines (1 in each region) that only become available after completing a shrine quest that does not unlock until after the respected divine beast is cleared.

(EDIT: Correction, there are exactly 2 shrines that are inaccessible without the completion of their respected divine beast. So all the shrines in the game can be completed with the minimum completion of 2 divine beasts. These shrines are the warbler's nest shrine in rito and the sand seal race shrine in gerudo. I mistakenly believed an npc for a shrine in goron did not spawn until after rudania and that the ceremonial trident did not spawn until after ruta (my searching skills are abyssmal and I missed both those things on my playthroughs prior to the beasts lol))

In totk, NONE of the shrines are dependent on the completion of a dungeon to access. All save for ONE SINGLE QUEST in Eldin that requires Yunobo's sage ability to access the shrine.

AND through the heart container granted after completing the tutorial, the heart containers granted after completion of the rito, gerudo, zora, and goron dungeons, and choosing the heart container granted by the bargainer statue beneath the great plateau... You can unlock the door to the underground dungeon without spending a single spirit orb.

Meaning that the only required story progression beats in totk to witness 80% of the (non-flashback) cutscenes with link as a silly little fucked up beast is getting the paraglider and getting up to the point in the goron story line to have Yunobo as a companion. Also meaning that every dungeon in totk can be completed without spending spirit orbs beyond the tutorial.

Playing through totk on a mission to get every shrine without upgrading health or stamina ONCE is more fun than I ever thought it would be. I had a BLAST. As someone who thinks the building mechanic is neat, but not really made for me, it made me interact with a mechanic that I never really enjoyed and find something to appreciate about it.

I also added the challenge of NOT upgrading my battery charge at all, which I would recommend if you're really wanting to make the game a bit harder.

AND it has the added bonus of Ancient Link staring into everyone's soul in every single cutscene.

So get out there and run around as a little beastie.

#tears of the kingdom #totk spoilers #i mean the games been out for 6 months

[lunchboxpoems]

LOVE POEM, WITH BIRDS

They are your other flame. Your world

begins and ends with the dawn chorus,

a plaint of saw-whet owl, and in between,

the seven different neotropical warblers

you will see on your walk to the mailbox.

It takes a while. I know now not to worry.

Once I resented your wandering eye that 

flew away mid-sentence, chasing any raft

of swallows. I knew, as we sat on the porch 

unwinding the cares of our days, you were 

listening to me through a fine mesh of oriole,

towhee, flycatcher. I said it was like kissing

through a screen door: You’re not all here.

But who could be more present than a man

with the patience of sycamores, showing me

the hummingbird’s nest you’ve spied so high 

in a tree, my mortal eye can barely make out 

the lichen-dabbed knot on an elbow of branch.

You will know the day her nestlings leave it.

The wonder is that such an eye, that lets not

even the smallest sparrow fall from notice,

beholds me also. That I might walk the currents

of our days with red and golden feathers

in my hair, my plain tongue laced with music.

That we, the birds and I, may be text and

illumination in your book of common prayer.

BARBARA KINGSOLVER

#barbara kingsolver #poem #poetry #birds #bird poem #love poem #poetry month

[extinctionstories]

Founded in 1773, South Carolina’s Charleston Museum proudly holds the title of oldest museum in America. During the course of that long history, the museum had the opportunity to acquire a number of specimens of now-extinct birds. Displays are changed out on a rotating basis, but at the moment there are three Carolina Parakeets, two Passenger Pigeons, two Ivory Billed woodpeckers, a Bachman’s Warbler (with nest), and a South Island giant Mia skeleton on public view (plus a couple of other parakeet appearances around the museum). Well worth a visit if you happen to find yourself in South Carolina.

#extinct birds #recently extinct #carolina parakeet #passenger pigeon #ivory billed woodpecker #bachman’s warbler #moa #museum tag

[birdstudies]

February 24, 2024 - Citrine Warbler (Myiothlypis luteoviridis) These warblers are found in the Andes from Venezuela to Bolivia in and around mountain forests and scrub. Foraging in pairs or small groups and often joining mixed-species flocks, they probably eat mostly invertebrates, picking their prey from surfaces. Their nests have not been formally described but are probably domed structures built on or near the ground like those of closely related species. They may lay clutches of two eggs.

#citrine warbler #warbler #myiothlypis luteoviridis #bird #birds #illustration #art #tropical #birblr art

[mutant-distraction]

Charles Hu

The zitting cisticola or streaked fantail warbler (Cisticola juncidis) is a widely distributed Old World warbler whose breeding range includes southern Europe, Africa (outside the deserts and rainforest), and southern Asia down to northern Australia. A small bird found mainly in grasslands, it is best identified by its rufous rump; in addition it lacks any gold on the collar and the brownish tail is tipped with white. During the breeding season males have a zigzagging flight display accompanied by regular "zitting" calls that have been likened to repeated snips of a scissor. They build their pouch nest suspended within a clump of grass. Wikipedia

[railwayhistorical]

Four Years Gone

Went with an old friend, from my New York days, to see a Kirtland's Warbler. The bird is quite rare due to it having rigid nesting requirements—jack pines of a certain height I believe.

This shot, of a singing male, was made during a tour, with the leader making sure we stayed on the trail and kept our distance.

One image by Richard Koenig; taken June 27th 2019, near Grayling, Michigan.

#puremichigan #kirtlandswarbler #graylingmichigan #warblers #warbler #birdersoftumblr #lowerpeninsula

[na-bird-of-the-day]

BOTD: Blackburnian Warbler

Photo: Paul Hurtado

"A fiery gem of the treetops. In the northern forest in summer, the male Blackburnian Warbler may perch on the topmost twig of a spruce, showing off the flaming orange of his throat as he sings his thin, wiry song. The female also stays high in the conifers, and the nest is usually built far above the ground. Long-distance migrants, most Blackburnians spend the winter in South America, where they are often common in mountain forest in the Andes."

- Audubon Field Guide

#birds #blackburnian warbler #birds of north america #north american birds #warblers #passerines #wood warblers #birds of the us #birds of canada #birds of mexico #birds of central america #birds of the caribbean #birding #birdblr #birblr #bird of the day #Setophaga fusca

[magicalmanhattanproject]

This post is not mistagged. Just follow along with me. Here is a link to an interactive story about a warbler's nest. Full disclosure, I haven't played it all the way through myself and I'm just going along with what a friend of mine told me about it, but er retelling alone was enough to make it stick in my brain forever so it's probably worth playing yourself.

Either way, the story is about you dealing with a child you think might be a changeling. Your baby is difficult and deformed and nothing like what you wanted your baby to be and there's a warbler's nest outside your cottage and the chick is much much bigger than the parent and the tailor is telling you tricks for how to uncover a changeling and you have to decide if you want to keep this baby or throw it in the river to drown.

And the thing about it is that the game never gives you a clear answer. You believe that changelings are real, but the game never offers you solid proof of that. You have the tricks that are supposed to tell you how to find a changeling, but you don't quite manage to get them to work how they're supposed to enough to get anything you feel like is definitive. You just have a baby and a lot of anxiety and a decision to make.

This post is about Slime and Juanaflippa.

#sorrelposting #qsmp #juanaflippa #slimecicle