Hello everyone - this month is a real crunch time for me. As of now I have 7 different major projects to complete within the month. I’m not going to be using tumblr very regularly or heavily, but I will let the queue continue. When I have time, I will update the Palaeoblr Choose Your Own Adventure; but I’m going to have a hiatus on “What’s This Dinosaur” until May
Wish me luck on my comps ‘cause I’m going to need it,
Meig
"Ah those paparazzis, can't even stretch my wing without one around!" - Dec. 2021
"Watch out! Here comes the gull!" - Nov. 2021
A White-throated sparrow hops and skips through the forest.
a crow of any kind!
Cape Crow Corvus capensis
© Blythe Nilson
Photo: Doug Greenberg
"Larger than the Brown-headed Cowbird and mostly restricted to the Southwest, this species is another brood parasite. It may be more specialized in its choice of 'hosts,' and is thought to have seriously affected populations of some species, such as Hooded Orioles in southern Texas. The Bronzed Cowbird has expanded its range in our area during the last century; in Arizona, where it is now common, it was unrecorded before 1909."
Juvenile double-crested cormorant . . . Cupola Park, Millsboro, Delaware . . . 11/12/23
Juvenile laughing gull . . . Cupola Park, Millsboro, Delaware . . . 11/12/23
Today Smaug went through the conundrum of "must get scritch" vs "adjust crop"
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Wintergoldhähnchen (goldcrest) im Büsnauer Wiesental, Vaihingen.
Today's bird is Pablo the tawny frogmouth!
People are really starting to forget that Emily Willoughby is a Nazi. Her artistic talent is irrelevant to the fact that she's a eugenicist piece of shit. For reference, her PhD was just "white people are genetically predisposed to having a higher intelligence than people of color". She has never taken accountability and has continued to double down with the classic "sorry but that's just the truth". There are professional paleontologists on Facebook praising her. Why is she still allowed in these circles or anywhere in science? Why are her opinions still valued?
Her continued presence in these spaces puts people's complacency on full display. She throws people of color and Jews under the bus and the fact that she hasn't been fully shut out tells me a lot about our field.
