Uncharismatic Fact of the Day
How many songs do you know by heart? Whatever the number, it probably isn't as many as the brown thasher! This little bird has at least 1,100 songs in its repotoire, with some studies indicating the number might be well over 3,000. Many of these calls are mimics of other species, which males use to impress and woo females of their own kind.
(Image: A brown thrasher () by Burline Pullin)
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Brown Thrasher
Normally the Brown Thrashers leave this area of Iowa by mid-October, so it was a surprise to find this one in December in a remote thicket. This was like receiving an unexpected gift from a total stranger.
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Exercise Fic Recs 21
Sorry I’m a bit late posting this, I just got back from watching ATSV. It’s just as good and everyone has been shouting about and I don’t know why it took me so long to getting around to watching the movies. Anyway, on to the fics!
The Only by pasdecoeur (Superbat, complete. Felt like being a little sad, so I read this fic again. Bittersweet, read the tags.)
how many roads less traveled? by TopHat (Superwonderbat, complete. Polyamory negotiations between the trinity. Very sweet, features ace Bruce.)
be my kryptonite by renecdote (Superbat, complete. Clark has a sensory overload, Bruce helps.)
Courage by LemonadeGarden (Batfam, complete. Bruce has a run in with fear toxin and Dick helps him deal with it.)
Stuck in the Middle (With You) by TheResurrectionist (Superbat and Batfam, complete. A re(re)read for me, I needed some good humor. Damian gets stuck and Dick calls for help. Shenanigans ensue.)
Just a Formality by FabulaRasa (Superbat, complete. Bruce and Clark get married for work reasons, and Clark has So Many Feeling About This.)
misty by TheResurrectionist (Superbat, wip. Different first meeting. Bruce crash lands on a cold, barren planet and Clark finds him.)
Patchwork Pod by Ktkat9 (Superbat, wip. Another merbruce fic update!)
Midnight Hour by BisforBread (Superbat, wip. Medieval/fantasy au. Clark is a prince and Bruce is a knight and they have Feelings for each other.)
a world in repair by Batbirdies (Barfam, wip. Part of the Emotional Motion Sickness series. Jason and Damian go on a trip together, but not everything goes according to plan.)
Veritas by Anonymous (Batfam, complete. Batman gets hit with truth serum and talks about how he loves his kids SO MUCH.)
Jesus Is Not A Zombie by Sadsnail (uuuuhhhhh, bible fic? I blame @beachcat0772 , she posted this in our friend server and told me to read it. It’s just crack fic, but GOOD crack fic 😆)
They had a pastry with lemon curd on it, I couldn’t resist!
It was so rainy this morning! It pretty much rained the entire time I was birding. Got so cool pictures though!
The baby geese, they are growing up! They are looking more and more like adult geese everyday:
Wasn’t able to get a good picture of this guy, but it’s a brown thrasher! This is the second time I’ve seen him running around the area:
Look at this funky lil’ guy! A grackle! They were so fun to watch:
There were SO MANY swallows out flying around. They kept flying around me, they were so much fun to watch! And they’re SO PRETTY too. I tried to take some pictures of them in flight, but it’s SO HARD. This one is ok, I need to practice more. This guy is a barn swallow:
A red-winged black bird chilling in the rain:
This is also a red-winged blackbird, but a female! She caught breakfast! This is probably my favorite picture I took today:
A robin!
When I got to the arboretum, some tree swallows were flying around! Here are the best pictures I got of them midflight:
A titmouse grabbing a snack in the middle of the rain:
There’s also a big flock of goldfinches that hangout here too! I thought this guy looked handsome:
This white-breasted nuthatch was having fun hopping around on this tree:
OMG. I didn’t realize this until I got home, but these are juvenile eastern bluebirds!! Wow!!!
This has a parent and a baby!! Holy moly!!
An indigo bunting in the rain. I think my lens was starting to fog up:
A downy woodpecker. I like how it looks like they’re peaking around:
A black-capped chickadee! They snagged a treat:
An indigo bunting again:
I love this picture of a female cardinal:
Now onto some scenery!
ngl, the rain made everything look prettier.
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Photos from April 2nd and 3rd.
Seeing the little flowers on the shrubs at school is so nice! I also saw these really neat looking berries I'd never seen before. Also the pollen in Virginia is god awful - send help.
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1. Indian hawthorn (pink flowers! I see a lot of white ones, but the pink was a nice surprise)
2. Japanese fatsia
3. Brown thrasher (very camouflaged!) in leaves
4. pollen on the ground after a big rain storm 🫠
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