bird in the rain

@karamergen
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Birdwatcher, fandom veteran, struggling writer. I like literary fiction, #horror, #anime, #manga, #wildlife, and... other things? Expect fandom-centric posts and occasional political rants. Russian, anti-war.
Pronouns and Stuffthey + them, genderqueer, aroace
Profile ImagesHeader: an aspen grove in autumn. Avatar: small dried flowers.
Eastern black swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)
Driftless Area, Dane County, WI, USA
#butterfly #insects #lepidoptera #nature #naturephotography #extinction #wildlife #entomology #pesticides #geoengineering aerosols
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I understand that it's a case by case issue but I think the whole culture around "spoilers" is a) just buying into advertising and processing a creative work how the marketing dept wants you to and b) is the result of only insisting on interacting with a creative work at the sheer surface level
Meriharakoiden kylmä kevät – Cold spring for the oystercatchers
Kun meriharakat alkoivat muuttaa Lounais-Suomeen huhtikuun alussa pari vuotta sitten, olivat merenrannat vielä jäässä. Linnut talvehtivat mm. Länsi-Euroopassa, joten muutto osterirannikoilta näin karuihin oloihin ei ollut liene helppoa. Jos rannat ja maa ovat jäässä, niin ruuan löytäminen on vaikeaa. Tämän vuoden 2026 kevät on ollut ennätyksellisen lämmin.

(2024, laitoin juuri videon online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7eLDVSj4kQ&list=PL47TXp7IlH11vYpJjsOCzqTZzCU_NxtwR&index=23)

When the oystercatchers started migrating to southwestern Finland at the beginning of April a couple of years ago, the seashores were still frozen. Birds winter in e.g. In Western Europe, so moving from the oyster coasts to such harsh conditions was probably not easy. If the beaches and the ground are frozen, it is difficult to find food. The spring of this year 2026 has been record-warm.


#meriharakka #oystercatcher #haematopusostralegus #strandskata
#birds #linnut #bird #lintu #wildbirds #nuts_about_birds #birdlife #birdlifesuomi #suomen_linnut #suomenlinnut #lintukuvaus #birdphotography #bird_brilliance #birdlove #birdphotographyworld #luonto #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nuts_about_wildlife #wildlife_photography #nuts_about_nature #WildlifePhotography #luontokuva #luontokuvat #luontokuvaus #suomenluonnonvalokuvaajat #naturephotography #finnishnature #wildlifefinland

The people who don’t view housing as a human right are those who believe they will always have housing.

They can’t fathom becoming disabled, losing their savings or their support network.

They can’t comprehend having everything ripped away from them.

They think they’re the exception.

They’re not.

People don’t plan for homelessness or disability.

It just takes one accident, illness or stroke of bad luck.

We all need and deserve a safety net.

#disability #ableism #poverty #eugenics #chronicillness

Transphobia always reduces to misogyny and racism. It only differs in how it's expressed. Trans masc and AFAB non-binary people are attacked by those seeking to control their appearance and reproductive ability. Trans women are considered worthless because we can't have children. Even when we're attractive, we're attacked as fakes, phonies, "bait," "traps," or whatever, taking the place of "real" women. And "real women" is always understood to mean a very specific form of white femininity.

Back in February we visited a new spot not too far from home. A little reserve called North Cove in Suffolk, it’s a lovely site with a few paths making a circular walk as well as a few hides.

There was plenty of bird life even for February, Pheasants were pecking about outside the woodland hide.

#Bird #Birding #Nature #Wildlife #Photography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #Darktable #BirdsOfMastodon #BirdScrolling #UKWildlife #Suffolk #UK #NorthCove #BecclesBirdSociety #Pheasant

Badwing (Dyspteris abortivaria)
Ice Age National Scientific Reserve Unit, Baraboo, WI, USA
#moth #insects #lepidoptera #nature #naturephotography #extinction #wildlife #entomology #pesticides #geoengineering aerosols
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#AwajimaHyakkei is gorgeous. So glad it's being animated.