#david allen sibley

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David Allen Sibley, What It’s Like To Be A Bird

#poetry #art #books & libraries #poem #quotes #David allen sibley #what it’s like to be a bird #journal #collage

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HAPPY AVIAN AUGUST!!!

So, I heard Avian August existsTM the other day and as an amateur birdwatcher and lover of all those funky little guys, I thought I’d throw together a post listing some of my favorite birding apps, websites, and books!!!

1. THE NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY

Website: https://www.audubon.org/

App: https://www.audubon.org/app

Hardcover books from Thriftbooks (U.S birds): ​​https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-audubon-society-field-guide-to-birding/13733264/vintage/?vid=739862108&gclid=Cj0KCQjwuaiXBhCCARIsAKZLt3mcEKLtGgjVw2uoTDSHtbvxYOi4J9FAxl2TeKwl8Ua7rxpjx6GFnAYaAgn1EALw_wcB 

DONATE LINK: https://act.audubon.org/a/donate?ms=digital-fund-web-website_nas-topmenu_donate_202107&_gl=1*s6v9yu*_ga*ODk4NzE4MDE3LjE2NTk1NDg1MDM.*_ga_X2XNL2MWTT*MTY1OTU0ODUwMy4xLjEuMTY1OTU0ODczNC4zOQ..

The Audubon Society is a FANTASTIC birding, education, and conservation organization that focuses on the conservation of not only the birds but every creature on earth. They do amazing work for diversity and equity on the human side of things, too!!! For artists, their app is FREE and contains photos of hundreds of birds!!!

2. CORNELL LABS RESOURCES

Cornell Labs dept. Of Ornithology website: https://www.birds.cornell.edu/home/ 

“All About Birds” page of their website: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/?_gl=1%2A1o0j52%2A_ga%2ANzIzODYwMjQzLjE2NTgyNDU0NjU.%2A_ga_QR4NVXZ8BM%2AMTY1OTU0OTI1OC4zLjEuMTY1OTU0OTMzOC42MA..#_ga=2.214611415.1953545901.1659549259-723860243.1658245465 

Merlin Bird ID by Cornell Labs website (has mobile app): https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/ 

eBird by Cornell Labs website (has mobile app): https://ebird.org/home 

DONATE LINK: https://give.birds.cornell.edu/page/87895/donate/1?ea.tracking.id=WEB&utm_source=BCE&utm_medium=Website&utm_campaign=Evergreen-Appeal&utm_content=home-page&_gl=1*1rjzpll*_ga*NzIzODYwMjQzLjE2NTgyNDU0NjU.*_ga_QR4NVXZ8BM*MTY1OTU0OTI1OC4zLjEuMTY1OTU0OTMwOC4xMA..#_ga=2.214611415.1953545901.1659549259-723860243.1658245465 

Cornell Labs is a PHENOMENAL resource for birdwatchers and artists alike. Based out of  Cornell University, not only do they focus on conservation, education, and identification, their eBird app allows YOU to participate in their research through citizen’s science! You can log a time, a location, and share what birds you saw during your birdwatching session, which helps scientists know who’s in the area and when!!!

3. SIBLEY GUIDES

Sibley homepage: ​​https://www.sibleyguides.com/

Sibley guides, paper copies: ​https://www.sibleyguides.com/product-category/books/ 

Sibley Birds v2 app: https://www.sibleyguides.com/product/sibley-birds-v2-app/ 

Song Sleuth: https://www.sibleyguides.com/product/song-sleuth/ 

David Allen Sibley is an illustrator and ornithologist, and his GORGEOUS illustrations hold a special place in my heart, as his guide was my first! His app is a little pricey as are his books, but IMO if you have the dough it's well worth the purchase. The song sleuth app helps identify birdsongs and is FREE!

Additionally, the NatGeo book on birds is great! That can be found on the Audubon shop, linked below.

NATGEO GUIDE: https://www.theaudubonshop.com/product/national-geographic-field-guide-to-birds-of-north-america-seventh-edition/ 

AUDUBON SHOP: BOOKS AND FIELD GUIDES: https://www.theaudubonshop.com/product-category/books-field-guides/ 

#avianaugust2022 #bird conservation #avian #birds #birdwatching #birding #nature #natural world #field guides #long post #conservation #audubon #audubon society #cornell lab of ornithology #eBird #sibley #sibley guide to birds #david allen sibley #bird art #art refs

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What kinda name is this. Why does it sound like the namer was hyping these birds up to a lonely sailer

#such a flattering name tho #wish someone would hype me up like this lowkey #birds #birblr #david allen sibley #bird

[fezwearingjellybananas]

Some Flash (TV) fic recs for @genworkjune:

Life in Technicolour by templeandarche

"This is my family. I found it all on my own. It's little, and broken, but still good. Yeah, still good". - Stitch

G, 1k, Joe West, Barry Allen, Iris West

with each passing day (the backpack remix) by dancesontrains

"So," Joe said, folding his hands together like he had seen his own father do when he was young, "why were you trying to break your father out of jail?"

Barry looked at Joe. "Because you won't."

G, 1k, Joe West, Barry Allen

Triggers by kitkatt0430

Barry had thought he was fine when he woke up from his coma. Just a few extra powers, nothing to stop him from going right back to work and getting on with his life.

Except... it's not really so easy to bounce back from trauma and the first thunderstorm after Barry wakes up reminds him of this quite firmly.

G, 3k, Barry Allen, David Singh, Rob Singh, Eddie Thawne

Prodigal by cardinalstar

Being an older brother is never easy. Being Cisco Ramon's older brother, Dante finds, is distinctly challenging.

He wishes he didn't see siblinghood as a competition, but when he's been struggling to stay ahead his entire life, it's hard to do anything else.

G, 6k, Dante Ramon, Cisco Ramon, Cisco & Dante's parents

Infinitesimal by sibley (ferns)

The particle accelerator explodes, and Cisco is among hundreds who tender their resignations to Dr. Harrison Wells.

He gets a new job at Mercury Labs relatively quickly. It's nice. Good coworkers, even if some of them are a little weird. Good boss, even if she's strict. Good pay, even if he doesn't always feel like he deserves it after helping someone destroy half the city and ruin people's lives. So overall, it's pretty good.

Well. Except for all the supervillains suddenly trying to recruit him.

T, 11k, Cisco Ramon, Tina McGee, ect

Under the Mask by himynameisv

Everyone thought it was due to trauma over his mother's death. Joe knew better. AU with mute!Barry. One-shot.

T, 1.8k, Joe West, Barry Allen, contains mentions of canonical character deaths

Surprise by sibley (ferns)

“This was a bad idea,” Dawn muttered, pacing back and forth in Cisco’s kitchen. “No, it was a great idea. No, it was a bad idea. No, it was a great idea. No, it was a bad idea. No, it was a great idea. No, it was a bad idea. No-”

G, 1k, Dawn Allen, Cisco Ramon, Iris West, Barry Allen (the first fic I read with a Trans Tornado Twins headcanon, which has stuck so much it's a permanant headcanon now)

all love ever does is (begin again) by shrinkthisviolet

“I’m not exactly a model of healthy grief. But you? You’re Barry Allen, you’re the Flash. Love is your greatest strength—and what’s grief if not love enduring?”

“That’s weirdly sentimental of you.”

Harry’s lips quirk up. “I’m not completely heartless, you know.”

After Flashpoint, Barry finally takes the time to grieve his father.

T, 3k, Barry Allen, Harry Wells, Iris West ect, contains discussions of canonical character death

Reconstruction by kitkatt0430

Kendra Saunders dreams of flying on her own. But the thing is, it has to be her choice.

T, 1.5k, Kendra Saunders (aromantic Kendra!)

an hour in a week (to focus on my thoughts) by shrinkthisviolet

"I'm worried about you, West."

"Well, you shouldn't be. I'm always fine, and I'll be fine now too."

"Are you trying to convince me," Harry asked, "or yourself?"

While Iris is hiding on Earth-2, she and Harry talk, and Iris lets herself feel.

T, 1k, Iris West, Harry Wells, contains discussions of impending character death (set during series 3)

The Haunting of Harrison Wells by QuarticMoose

Harrison Wells died in 1958. Nearly sixty years later, Barry meets a ghost in STAR Labs...

T, 17.9k, Iris West, Barry Allen, Cisco Ramon, Caitlin Snow, Harrison Wells, Eobard Thawne, contains canonical character death (though it's an AU) and briefly mentioned animal death (possibly best not read in bed with the lights switched off)

#ta dah #took longer to make a rec list than planned because obviously i had to go read all the fics again #and i may add some more recs later but for now here's this #dc tv universe #dc #fic rec #genworkjune #*

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“For millennia, humans have enjoyed bird songs, and the songs of thrushes in particular. Even among the thrushes the Hermit Thrush is often singled out for praise. A recent study of Hermit Thrush songs found that they often use pitches that are mathematically related by simple ratios, and follow the same harmonic series as human music. The harmonic series is a fact of physics, and not a creation of human culture, so it should not be entirely surprising that other vocal animals use it. But this does show that the fundamentals of music are rooted in nature and have a very basic, even instinctive, appeal”

David Allen Sibley, What It’s Like to Be a Bird

#what if i cried #birds #words #dot txt #Youtube

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An Open Letter Denouncing the [RACIST] Attacks on Justice Clarence Thomas

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2022/07/13/an_open_letter_denouncing_the_attacks_on_justice_clarence_thomas_147879.html?mc_cid=e37b2b8113

An Open Letter Denouncing the Attacks on Justice Clarence Thomas

By Glenn Loury & Robert Woodson Sr.

July 13, 2022

White progressives do not have the moral authority to excommunicate a black man from his race because they disagree with him.

And those – regardless of background – who join in the charade or remain silent are guilty of enabling this abuse.

We, the undersigned, condemn the barrage of racist, vicious, and ugly personal attacks that we are witnessing on Clarence Thomas – a sitting Supreme Court justice. Whether it is calling him a racist slur, an “Uncle Tom” or questioning his “blackness” over his jurisprudence, the disparagement of this man, of his faith and of his character, is abominable.

Regardless of where one stands on Justice Thomas’ personal or legal opinions, he is among the pantheon of black trailblazers throughout American history and is a model of integrity, scholarship, steadfastness, resilience, and commitment to the Constitution of the United States of America. For three decades Justice Thomas has served as a model for our children. He has long been honored and celebrated by black people in this country and his attackers do not speak for the majority of blacks.

He is entirely undeserving of the vitriol directed at him. Character assassination has become too convenient a tool for eviscerating those who dare dissent from the prevailing agenda, especially when it is a black man who is dissenting.

This is not about the content of the court’s decisions or Justice Thomas’ personal views; some of the undersigned agree with his judicial decisions and some do not. We speak out – as black people and Americans – to condemn these attacks and support Justice Thomas, because to remain silent would be to implicitly endorse these poisonous schemes as well as his destruction.

Sincerely,

Glenn Loury

Professor of Economics

Brown University

Providence, RI

Robert Woodson Sr.

Founder and President

The Woodson Center

Washington, DC

Charles Love, Executive Director, Seeking Educational Excellence, New York, NY

Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford, CA

W. Barclay Allen, Havre de Grace, MD

Christopher Arps, Co-founder, Move-On-Up.org, St. Louis, MO

Dr. Lisa Babbage, Babbage America, Suwanee, GA

Leon Benjamin, Pastor, Life Harvest Church, Richmond, VA

Claston Bernard , Olympian, Author, Former Congressional Candidate, Gonzales, LA

Shamike Bethea, Fredrick Douglass Foundation of NC, Fayetteville, NC

Harold A. Black, Emeritus Professor University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

Kenneth Blackwell, Chairman, Conservative Action Project, OH

Tony Blount, Member / Coalition of Concerned Freedmen, New York, NY

Jordan R. Bolds ,New York, NY

Robert Bracy, President/Pinnacle Business Management, New York, NY

David Brooks, Former Rich Township IL Republican Committeeman, Indianapolis, IN

Janice Rogers Brown, Gardnerville, NV

John Sibley Butler, Austin, TX

Don Carey, City Councilman, Chesapeake, VA

Tess Chakkalakal, Associate Professor, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME

Jeff Charles, Podcaster, Writer, Political Commentator, Jacksonville, FL

Gabrielle Clark, Houston, TX

Adam B. Coleman, Founder of Wrong Speak Publishing, Piscataway, NJ

Melanie Collette, Host, Money Talk with Melanie Cape May Court House, NJ

Ward Connerly, President of the American Civil Rights Institute, Coeur d'Alene, ID

D. Daniels, GA

Kira A. Davis, Deputy Managing Editor, RedState, Ladera Ranch, CA

Rod Dorilás, GOP Candidate, Florida 22nd Congressional District, West Palm Beach, FL

Patricia Rae Easley, Black Excellence Media, Chicago, IL

Larry Elder, President of Elder for America PAC, Los Angeles, CA

Rev. Joe Ellison Jr., City Chaplain Ministries, Richmond, VA

Melvin Everson, Former State Rep, Snellville, GA

Nique Fajors, St. Louis, MO

Yaya J. Fanusie, Chief Strategist, Cryptocurrency AML Strategies, Columbia, MD

George Farrell, Chair of BlakPac,Washington, DC

Chavis Jennings, Highland, IN

Casey Felin, ThatGirlCasey Media, Philadelphia, PA

LaTasha H. Fields, Team Illinois, Chicago, IL

Marie Fischer, JEXIT, Baltimore, MD

Kali Fontanilla, Founder of Exodus Institute, Sarasota, FL

Roland Fryer, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Edwin A. Fynn, Merrillville, IN

Verlon Galloway, Gary, IN

Dr. Derryck Green, Sacramento, CA

Kermit E. Hairston, Stone Mountain, GA

Christopher Harris, Executive Director of Unhyphenated America, Fairfax County, VA

Clarence Henderson, President Frederick Douglass Foundation of N. Carolina, High Point, NC

Ismael Hernandez, Founder/President/Freedom & Virtue Institute, Fort Myers, FL

Curtis Hill, Former Indiana Attorney General, Elkhart, IN

Deidre Hulett, Gary, IN

Daniel Idfresne, 18-Year-Old Political Commentator, New York City, NY

Niger Innis, Chairman, Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), Las Vegas, NV

Kevin Jackson, Founder/The Kevin Jackson Network, Gilbert, AZ

Nikki Johnson, MD, Cleveland, OH

Leonydus Johnson, Host of Informed Dissent, Oak Hill, OH

Diante Johnson, President, Black Conservative Federation, Arlington, VA

Christopher Jones, Pastor, Atlanta, GA

Seneca Jones, Dallas, TX

Khansa Jones-Muhammad, Los Angeles, CA

Dr. Alveda King, Concerned Citizen, Atlanta, GA

Lisa Kinnemore, Stone Mountain, GA

Garry Kinnemore, Stone Mountain, GA

Matthew P. Kreutz, Frederick Douglass Foundation of New York, Medina, NY

Chaplain Ayesha Kreutz, Frederick Douglass Foundation of New York, Medina, NY 

Princess Kuevor, Columbus, OH

Michael Lancaster, Frederick Douglass Foundation, Stone Mountain, GA

Mitchell Lomax, Ellicott City, MD

Pamela Denise Long, Nat'l Coordinator, Coalition of Concerned Freedmen, St. Louis, MO

Barrington D. Martin II, Atlanta, GA

Linda Matthews, Frederick Douglass Foundation Ohio, Cincinnati, OH

Kevin McGary, Co-Founder Every Black Life Matters (EBLM), Dallas, TX

John McWhorter, New York, NY

Shemeka Michelle, Author, Durham, NC

Cashmere Miller, Atlanta, GA

Montrail Miller, FDF, GA

Lucas E. Morel, Professor of Politics, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA

Brian Mullins, Black Community Collaborative, Chicago, IL

Scherie Murray, Director, Unite the Fight PAC, Laurelton, NY

Dr. Lorenzo Neal, New Bethel AME Church, Jackson, MS

Dean Nelson, Frederick Douglass Foundation, Washington, DC

Morris W. O'Kelly, On-air personality, KFI AM640/iHeartRadio, Los Angeles, CA

Tim Parrish, Founder, Right Appeal PAC, Woodbridge, VA

Lonnie Poindexter, LionChasersNetwork.org, Washington, DC

Jon Ponder, Chief Executive Officer, Hope For Prisoners, Las Vegas, NV

Wilfred Reilly, Kentucky State University, Frankfort, KY

Deon Richmond, Studio City, CA

Donique Rolle, Educator, Orlando, FL

Ian V. Rowe, Senior Visiting Fellow, The Woodson Center, New York, NY

Sheryl R. Sellaway, Founder, Righteous PR Agency, Johns Creek, GA

Erec Smith, Assoc. Professor of Rhetoric/Co-founder Free Black Thought, York, PA

Dr. Felicity Joy Solomon, Shorewood, IL

Delano Squires, Contributor, Blaze Media, Washington, DC

Rebekah Star, New York, NY

Dr. Carol M. Swain, Be the People News, Nashville, TN

David Sypher Jr., Political Strategist, Rahway, NJ

Dr. Linda Lee Tarver, President, Tarver Consulting, Lansing, MI

Greg Thomas, Stratford, CT

Roderick Threats, Black Patriot Media Group, Palm Beach, FL

Jimmy Lee Tillman II, Founder/President, Martin Luther King Republicans, Chicago, IL

Stephanie W. Trussell, Republican Candidate for LTG Illinois, Lisle, IL

Jesse C. Turner, Senior Pastor, The Historic Elm Grove Baptist Church, Pine Bluff, AR

Bettye H. Tyler, Marvellous Works, Inc., Jackson, MS

Helen Tyner, Parents for a Better Englewood, Chicago, IL

Dr. Eric M. Wallace, Freedom's Journal Institute, Flossmoor, IL

Marcus Watkins, Michigan Republican Assembly, Romulus, MI

Curtis Watkins, Uplift & Restore Community Development Corp., Michigan City, IN

Cindy Werner, State Ambassador, Frederick Douglass Foundation-WI, Milwaukee, WI

Devon Westhill, President/General Counsel, Center for Equal Opportunity, Washington, DC

Jason Whitlock, Host of Fearless with Jason Whitlock, Nashville, TN

Christopher Wilson, Indianapolis, IN

Kuna Winding, Chicago, IL

Corrine Winding, Chicago, IL

Aryca Woodson, Communications Consultant, IN

John Wood Jr., Opinion Columnist, USA Today, Los Angeles, CA

Michael E. Wooten, Former Administrator, Federal Procurement Policy, Woodbridge, VA

Glenn Loury is professor of economics at Brown University.

Robert Woodson Sr. is founder and president of The Woodson Center.

Craig Shirley: Donations To Reagan Library Will Trickle Down After Liz Cheney Speech, "The Debates Are Over"

Occam's Razor (the simplest explanation is usually correct) would say that Cheney saw the GOP departing from everything she represents and did her best to poison every Republican Institution she can touch before she's driven out into the wilderness.

FNC's Peter Doocy To White House: Does The President Think It Is Appropriate To Protest Outside A Supreme Court Justice's Home?

So the Biden Administration thinks it's OK to shadow these Justices, or any other public figure, from location to location to disrupt their lives and possibly expose them to threats. You have a right to peacefully protest but their are restrictions on time, place, and manner...and one of those is a restriction (a law against!) on protesting outside the homes of Justices. So, the Administration is approving and tacitly encouraging illegal behavior. The only reason to protest outside the homes of these Justices is to intimidate them; it certainly isn't aimed at persuading fellow Americans on the issue.

Zelensky: "The End Of The World Has Arrived" I'm Embarrassed This Is Happening In The 21st Century

Some may remember the Cuban Missile Crisis in the early 60s. Castro was in power in Cuba and the Russians began bringing nuclear missiles into Cuba. JFK was President of the USA at the time. A nuclear was was barely averted and Russia took their missiles home, but exacted some concessions from Kennedy, one of which was pulling our missile capability out of Turkey. At the end of the Cold War promises were made to Russia that NATO would not expand into the Russian sphere of influence. That promise has been broken many times. Havana Cuba is a bit further from Washington, D.C., than Kiev is from Moscow. Biden signed a paper in Nov 2021 that invited Ukraine to join NATO. See " The Two Blunders That Caused the Ukraine War" in the March 4th WSJ. One might ask why Biden opened the door for Ukraine to join NATO? Did he think that Russia would do nothing with the prospect of being squeezed by another NATO country? Or did Biden want Russia to attack the Ukraine to take the heat off the dismal prospects of the mid-term elections?

Recall, Remove & Replace Every Last Soros Prosecutor | RealClearPolitic

Recall is not feasible particularly since many states do not have recall. But voters should pay more attention to these DA, AG, and prosecutor races. Republicans adopted a from the ground up strategy to win state legislator races and it was a spectacular success. Democrats, with Soros money are trying to do the same thing with DA races. Republicans should engage them and voters should pay more attention or we will end up with more non prosecution of crimes and release without bail.

Tucker Carlson: Arrest Of Bannon And Navarro Is A Huge Escalation In Democratic Party's Weaponization Of DOJ

The whole premise of the J6 witch hunt is that an insurrection to over-throw the US gov't was planned. Mind you, this was planned without a single weapon to be used, and relied on the police abandoning post, and the Capitol doors to somehow be opened from the inside. Once inside these "insurrectionists" took selfies. This narrative is so dead.

[winningthesweepstakes]

What It’s Like to be a Bird (adapted for young readers) by David Allen Sibley

What It’s Like to be a Bird: From Flying to Nesting to Singing – What Birds are Doing and Why (adapted for young readers) by David Allen Sibley. Delacorte Press, 2023. 9780593430194 Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5+ Format: Hardcover What did you like about the book?  Young birders rejoice! David Allen Sibley has brought his intriguing commentary and beautiful artwork to…

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#Delacorte Press

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Read PDF Sibley Birds of Land, Sea, and Sky: 50 Postcards EBOOK -- David Allen Sibley

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[rustbeltjessie]

from Bright Wings: An Illustrated Anthology of Poems About Birds

Top page:

An illustration of a Common Loon, by artist David Allen Sibley, with the text: The eerie call of the Common Loon can be heard at night across Canada and the northern United States. It has been variously described as a yodel and a wailing aarOOOOOaaaa.

Bottom page:

Loons Mating

Their necks and their dark heads lifted into a dawn Blurred smooth by mist, the loons Beside each other are swimming slowly In charmed circles, their bodies stretched under water Through ripples quivering and sweeping apart The gray sky now held close by the lake’s mercurial threshold Whose face and underface they share In wheeling and diving tandem, rising together To swell their breasts like swans, to go breasting forward With beaks turned down and in, near shore, Out of sight behind a windbreak of birch and alder, And now the haunted uprisen wailing call, And again, and now the beautiful sane laughter.

—David Wagoner

#books #poetry #illustration #typography #birds #bright wings #loons #common loon #david wagoner #david allen sibley

[nprbooks]

David Allen Sibley is the son of an ornithologist, and has been drawing birds since he was five. He dropped out of college after just a year so he could travel around the country in a camper van, looking for birds.

"And whatever birds I ran across, whatever birds were cooperative, I would sit down and sketch," he said. "So something like that — a golden crowned kinglet like that, that just pops out into the bush 10 feet away and forages for a couple of minutes — that would be a great opportunity."

He turned those sketches into thousands of detailed paintings, published 20 years ago in The Sibley Guide to Birds. It's become something of a bible for birders. The guide and several books based on it have sold a million and a half copies.

And now that most of us are stuck inside, his new book What It’s Like to Be a Bird -- which decodes the behavior of common birds you might see outside your window -- could provide a welcome distraction. 

Read more here.

(chirp, chirp!)

Petra

#npr books #books #reading #nonfiction #birds #birdwatching #david allen sibley #wgbh #author interviews

[judgingbooksbycovers]

What It's Like to Be a Bird

By David Allen Sibley.

#What It's Like to Be a Bird #David Allen Sibley #animals #books #birds #book covers

[ijustkindalikebooks]

What book would you make your country’s leader read?

#sibley #david allen #Books #booklr #bookblr #book news #biden

[goddamnshinyrock]

youtube has finally figured out what kind of content I am on the internet for 

#two and a half minutes of david allen sibley calmly pointing out the trees in his immediate vicinity #birding #ecology blogging

[seethefirstlight]

#sibley #david allen

[enkisstories]

October came and went, and by mid-november Sibley Quarry already was a dream in white.

In the prisoners’ shack, Gavin Reed and David Allen slept off their cold.

The rest of the Anderson gang was scattered all over the place, enjoying their single day off per week.

A nearby hill had gotten fenced in and lined with floodlights by the archaeologists, to preserve it in its untouched state ‘till spring.

Daniel, however, was of the opinion that any artifact that had survived 250 years of european settling efforts would also be able to survive eight winter sports enthusiasts.

#sims4 dbh detroit heist #sims 4 #sims4 #simblr

[demi-shoggoth]

COVID-19 Reading Log, pt. 13

66. Pathfinder 2nd Edition Bestiary by Logan Bonner, Jason Bulmahn, Stephen Radley-Macfarland and Mark Seifter. I disembarked the Pathfinder train with the end of 1st edition, but still (as you can tell on my side blog) have a lot of fondness for the setting. The 2nd Edition Bestiary is a pretty good monster book overall. The mechanics seem to be an attempt to give more monsters something interesting to do, and so monsters that have been in D&D for 40+ years get a few novel tricks here. The art is the usual high caliber of a Paizo product, and is better than the 1st editions’ first Bestiary (the mundane animals, for example, are quite clearly superior this time around). As previously noted, lots of the big muscular humanoids are illustrated with female examples, which is a nice touch. One thing I disliked was that, unlike in Pathfinder 1e, there are no guidelines for making your own monsters. They want you to buy another book for that.

67. The Tailor-King by Anthony Arthur. This is a history of the Anabaptist revolt of Munster, which created a brief theocratic dictatorship in the middle of Germany. The thesis of the book is that the Munster experiment is not an aberration of populist revolt or an unusual plague of madness—rather that it fits into the historical trend of charismatic leadership and authoritarianism. The story is a ripping good yarn, told well, and a glossary of names in the back is very helpful for keeping track of the cast of characters. Any resemblance to modern authoritarian demagogues who rule via cult of personality and completely ignore reality is… sadly relevant.

68. Fashion Victims by Alison Matthews David. This is a fascinating and depressing look at how clothing of the Victorian era was laden with poisons, proved fire and entanglement hazards, and facilitated the spread of disease. It’s fascinating in that it is well written and researched, organized around actual physical artifacts (some of them still lethally poisonous) in museum collections. It’s depressing in that it’s clear how little has changed in the 150 years since some of the events in the book. Cosmetics are still laden with heavy metals, clothing manufacture still creates wide scale industrial pollution, and women are still blamed for their vanity rather than corporations facing any consequences for their wide-scale malfeasance.

69. Tales from the Crypt, volume 2 by William M. Gaines et al. Okay, now I’m starting to see why the government slammed the hammer down on EC Comics. I certainly don’t believe in censorship, but there’s an awful lot of melting faces and cannibalism in these stories, and the ads and Crypt Keeper’s Corner column make it pretty clear that these books are being marketed to children. I mean, a lot of kids do love being scared. But Tales from the Crypt is pretty gnarly stuff for the young’uns. Like in the first volume, there are some stories that have clear precedents in horror movies and fiction, but they have gotten a lot more baroque and grotesque as the writing and artistic team have gotten settled in. For example, in Dead of Night, the first English language horror anthology film, there’s a segment called “The Ventriloquist’s Dummy”, about a ventriloquist who thinks his vent figure is alive and plotting against him. In the Tales from the Crypt version, it is. In fact, it’s his conjoined twin, who takes over his body to murder people by gnawing them to death! Shades of Basket Case, thirty years early!

70. What It’s Like to Be A Bird by David Allen Sibley. Sibley is a Big Name in American birding circles, and this is his attempt to make an all-audiences book for people who are intimidated by birding guides. Fair enough. The focus of the book is on bird anatomy and behavior, as illustrated by examples drawn from common birds of the United States and Canada. The introduction says that the book started out as a project for children, but became more elaborate than that, but I think that science-minded kids will still get a lot out of it. As is usual for a Sibley book, the paintings are gorgeous, and they are reproduced at a much larger, more appreciable size than in a field manual. There are a lot of redundancies in the text, however—this is a better book for flipping through on a coffee table than it is for sitting down and reading cover to cover.

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