i LOVE THESE BIRD THOUGHTS thank you for birds and writing about them and birds
random thoughts:
* i often refer to bushtits as "flash mob birds", and behaviorally they are very similar to long-tailed tits; feel free to borrow the moniker as desired :P
* american goldfinches are much more gold than y'all's goldfinches, in case you didn't know. maybe your dad would be happier with them :P
* i think most bird eyes are kind of unsettling if you stare at them too long / too close. i mean, not for me, personally, but the officiant for my wedding was ironically lowkey scared of birds, and when i asked her why she mentioned eyes, so then i went and stared at a bunch of birds' eyes for a long time and... i see where she's coming from! i don't AGREE but it's kind of like how that dude who directed 1998 Ringu said in interviews that he finds deer absolutely terrifying, right, and then when you're watching his films it's like... i get it, you are making a very persuasive case lol
* wagtails are SO cute and i'm SO jealous of y'all for having them. they seem to be really common in Europe/Asia (i saw approx ten million of them when i was in japan), but they're just not a thing in most of North America??? and their tails LITERALLY WAG. unmatched anywhere else 10/10 bird
* 'look up, there's a kite right over us!'; this would be very poor etiquette in London, where the most crucial rule is 'don't impose on other people' i would violate this etiquette daily lmao
* i didn't know about london's feral parakeets either! wow. there aren't any of those where i live, but, i've definitely seen feral parakeets in Texas before, and more crucially while on a business trip in San Franciso, where there's just HUGE MASSIVE LOUD AWESOME FLASHMOBS OF THESE GUYS and NO ONE WHO ACTUALLY WORKED IN THE OFFICE FULL-TIME HAD EVEN NOTICED THEM BEFORE??? so i had to get out my travel binoculars and drag them all out to the nearest balcony to be like LOOK, LOOK, THESE ARE SO COOL, YOU ALL HAVE THEM EVERY SINGLE DAY I'M SO JEALOUS lmao
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random thoughts:
* i often refer to bushtits as "flash mob birds", and behaviorally they are very similar to long-tailed tits; feel free to borrow the moniker as desired :P
* american goldfinches are much more gold than y'all's goldfinches, in case you didn't know. maybe your dad would be happier with them :P
* i think most bird eyes are kind of unsettling if you stare at them too long / too close. i mean, not for me, personally, but the officiant for my wedding was ironically lowkey scared of birds, and when i asked her why she mentioned eyes, so then i went and stared at a bunch of birds' eyes for a long time and... i see where she's coming from! i don't AGREE but it's kind of like how that dude who directed 1998 Ringu said in interviews that he finds deer absolutely terrifying, right, and then when you're watching his films it's like... i get it, you are making a very persuasive case lol
* wagtails are SO cute and i'm SO jealous of y'all for having them. they seem to be really common in Europe/Asia (i saw approx ten million of them when i was in japan), but they're just not a thing in most of North America??? and their tails LITERALLY WAG. unmatched anywhere else 10/10 bird
* 'look up, there's a kite right over us!'; this would be very poor etiquette in London, where the most crucial rule is 'don't impose on other people' i would violate this etiquette daily lmao
* i didn't know about london's feral parakeets either! wow. there aren't any of those where i live, but, i've definitely seen feral parakeets in Texas before, and more crucially while on a business trip in San Franciso, where there's just HUGE MASSIVE LOUD AWESOME FLASHMOBS OF THESE GUYS and NO ONE WHO ACTUALLY WORKED IN THE OFFICE FULL-TIME HAD EVEN NOTICED THEM BEFORE??? so i had to get out my travel binoculars and drag them all out to the nearest balcony to be like LOOK, LOOK, THESE ARE SO COOL, YOU ALL HAVE THEM EVERY SINGLE DAY I'M SO JEALOUS lmao