#bank swallow

[scottpartridge]

Bank Swallow, a Bird Genoscape Project species

[na-bird-of-the-day]

BOTD: Bank Swallow

Photo: Charles Gates

"The smallest of our swallows, the Bank Swallow is usually seen in flocks, flying low over ponds and rivers with quick, fluttery wingbeats. It nests in dense colonies, in holes in dirt or sand banks. Some of these colonies are quite large, and a tall cut bank may be pockmarked with several hundred holes. Despite their small size, tiny bills, and small feet, these swallows generally dig their own nesting burrows, sometimes up to five feet long."

- Audubon Field Guide

[nature-nerd-sarah]

Posting birds until I hit post limit: Bank swallow

[200isoshearwater]

swallow assortment (tree, bank, cliff, barn)

[capecodadventurepictures]

Bank Swallow in Wellfleet 07/25/24

[magpiesmiscellany]

(via "Flying Bank Swallow" Bucket Hat for Sale by MagpiesMisc)

Got my Bank Swallow done. This is the newest on my life list. Saw them zooming around the town dump (!) while doing the town summer bird count. None of my photos turned out, but they at least zoomed close enough to my face I was able to get a solid identification for the count.

[atamagaitai]

bank swallow (Riparia riparia) by Vinícius Domingues

[lydia-duggan]

• Taken July 4, 2023 •

[whats-in-a-sentence]

Cliff and Bank Swallows are highly gregarious and may flock by the hundreds or even thousands.

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

[dostoyevsky-official]

why do americans think that europeans would be happy to have them and that they can waltz into a european country to begin with, anyway? as it stands, it's not easy to do so as a white american even if you have a legitimate reason, like a job (which is harder to get as an american). it's a ridiculously privileged assumption

[mzminola]

This is not a perfect analogy but I am making it anyway to try to convey what being online has been like for me lately.

Seeing people say "Oh, Jews are fine, I just hate zionists!" is like seeing "Oh, women are fine, I just hate feminists!"

Zionism and feminism are both very broad socio-political movements that have changed focus over time, that ostensibly have some very basic core tenets but you really need to ask the specific person you're talking to how they personally define it to be sure.

Both have been subject to legitimate criticism, and hostile reactionary bullshit. Had waves, sub-movements, splinters, people with damn near opposite views sharing the term and people with seemingly identical views rejecting it.

You can give working, broad definitions like these:

Feminism is the belief that all people should be treated equally regardless of gender, with a focus on women's rights due to systemic oppression.

Zionism is the belief that all peoples have the right to self determination and safety, with a focus on Jewish people finding it in Israel.

You can also give different definitions! Many people give different definitions! Many people also hold these beliefs but use different names for them for various reasons.

There are self-described zionists who are jingoistic, racist, etc, and who attribute those attitudes to their zionism. Just as there are feminists who are misandrist, bio-essentialist, transphobic, homophobic, and so on, who attribute those attitudes to their feminism.

There are also incredibly selfless, compassionate activists working for positive change in the world who consider themselves zionists and feminists.

It has been very jarring to see people, who I respect, uncritically reblogging posts or headlines that use "zionists" as a stand in for "bad people", just as jarring as it would be to see them sharing things that use "feminists" that way. Especially when those posts contain easily debunked conspiracy theories that I know you'd have seen right through if the OP said "Jews" but because they said "zionists" you swallowed it whole.

I am not asking anyone to stop sharing important information, petitions, news articles, resources, and so on. I am asking you to slow down and stop spreading inflammatory language that paints a broad socio-political movement for Jewish self-determination as inherently bad. The same way I would ask you not to spread inflammatory language that paints gender equality & women's liberation as inherently bad.

If the information is important, please look for other, more neutrally worded posts. Or verify the links yourself and make a fresh post! There is no situation online in which the only way to share information must be to spread such language.

[antiqueanimals]

Florida Wildlife, June 1959. Illustration by Wallace Hughes.

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[200isoshearwater]

swallow assortment

[phantoms-rain]

Okay but wait let me cook….

What if when Bayley is finally booted for Damage Control she eventually goes sulking back to Charles and Becky because where else is she gonna go…

And then by the divine grace of every holy entity in existence, they manage to get Sasha back and we get Damage Control vs the 4HW

I know it’s deluded okay! I know! Let me cook! You cannot tell me that Asuka/Io/Kairi/Kota vs Sasha/Becky/Bayley/Charlotte would not be the greatest storyline and matches in the history of ever

[saint-nevermore]

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[uwingdispatch]

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