#wren-warbler

[birdstudies]

November 5, 2023 - Gray Wren-warbler (Calamonastes simplex) These wren-warblers inhabit dry woodland and acacia scrub in savannas in parts of eastern Africa. They feed mostly on insects, foraging low in bushes and trees and on the ground. Breeding from November to May, one member of a pair builds a large oval nest with a side entrance at the top covered with living leaves and lined with fine plant material in a leafy shrub. Females lay clutches of three to four eggs.

[rainyheartscrown]

when the ghost-moose thinks ten under-adols isn't enough for your village and decides to give you two more in a row.

[proton-wobbler]

Battle Royale

so you got submitted to a niche bird poll (A-2)

These birds all have more than a million sightings on eBird, what were you thinking submitting them to a dumb niche hipster poll??? Joking aside, these birds were definitely too popular to get into the poll itself. Please vote for your favorite here!

[timmurleyart]

Day and night Chubby birds. 🌞🌕🌳🐦🌲

[alonglistofbirds]

[653/10,977] Barred Wren-Warbler - Calamonastes fasciolatus

Order: Passeriformes Suborder: Passeri Superfamily: Sylvioidea Family: Cisticolidae (cisticolid warblers)

Photo credit: Tom Heijnen via Macaulay Library

[dansnaturepictures]

20th June 2024: Steeplebush at home, hawksbeard, views and bindweed cutting through Lakeside Country Park, herb-Robert at Winnall Moors and flowers and young Blackbird which it was also nice to see being fed by its parents in Winchester.

Great views of Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Cetti's Warbler and Wren heard, Large Skipper, gorgeous views of Emperor dragonflies over the pond, dock bug, Roe Deer, forget-me-not, oxeye daisies, ragged robin, knapweed and meadow crane's-bills were other highlights at Winnall Moors with Chiffchaff and Song Thrush heard at Lakeside this morning and Swift enjoyed today.

[nightndaydreaming]

Birds I heard on my hike! Courtesy of Merlin Bird ID app

[sebring5]

IMG_0023 by Henry Via Flickr: Gambel’s quail

[eyeofgender]

i have bird stickers on my RedBubble!

[ceruleanvulpine]

huge respect to @myxinidaes for reblogging that post with 100 birds

[lesbegays]

some birds from the last couple of weeks

[inthecityofgoodabode]

January 2024: Fog, Birds & Glorious Green

Saturday's rainy, foggy walk:

It doesn't look like anything from here:

But this is the reality of melting snow & drizzly rain. I see one or two Wilson's Snipes almost every time I walk here this time of year. I've tried to take photos of the snipes on multiple occasions but the photos were all blurry sacks of suck. Your average Bigfoot photo is crystal clear in comparison. Snipes are fast, camouflaged & fly in a natural zigzag pattern. I imagine the only way I'll ever get a decent photo of one is if I find it dead on the ground:

First alien abduction of 2024. The only thing left was this poor bastard's hat on the driveway:

Bought a new bird feeder since the gray squirrels jacked the old one up & this warbler was the first one to try it out. Birds can be leery of new feeders because their dinosaur ancestors imparted to them the wisdom that all new things aren't necessarily good. After all, that meteorite was something new & nothing good:

With the freezing temperatures gone for awhile, we uncovered our cool season vegetables so they could enjoy some unfiltered light:

Brussels a'sprouting:

Not ready yet but this broccoli is getting there:

These two heads of cabbage are looking good:

[timmurleyart]

4 Chubby birds. 🌿🌳🐦🌲

[chemicahs]

I love birds so much

[dansnaturepictures]

31/03/2024-Cetti's Warbler at Fishlake Meadows, views at Fishlake Meadows and Lakeside Country Park on great time spent outside at both, crane fly at Fishlake Meadows, honesty at Lakeside, sky at home and Woodpigeon at at home.

It was also great to see Marsh Harrier, Red Kite, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk for a third day running, Treecreeper, Wren, Blackcap, Chiffchaffs, Reed Bunting, Stonechat, Teal, ladybird, wood anemone, ground ivy and white deadnettle at Fishlake Meadows; Moorhen, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker heard, Goldfinch, green alkanet and my first ever cuckoo-pint flower at Lakeside and Lesser Black-backed Gull and Goldfinch at home.

[valence-positive]

If you want really broad categories, you could do something like passerines/birds of prey/water birds. Or following more specific (but relatively easy for follow for a non-birder I hope) catergories, ebird's 'shape' based ID classes might be useful: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/browse/shape both realtively easy to ID from and taxonomically informative.

do you guys have any suggestions on how to sort birds into categories? 🤔 mammals are a piece of cake but im going in blind when it comes to the most scientifically accurate/cohesive way to organize these beasts in the archive