that’s so great! i hope your relationship gets even stronger. what sort of food do you leave them?

gotten to the point where blue jays will sorta hang out with me, i just wish i could make a crow friend or two. i have shiny things to trade!

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i’ve never seen lincoln’s and missed the grssshopper sparrows this year. i did see my first fox sparrows thid year though. good luck on your search!

i’m excited for the white-throated and white-crowned sparrows to come back through where i am. not to mention the packs of juncos that run around making their little lazer gun sounds.

i saw that one. i will probably pick that up next.

i’ll keep that in mind. thanks for the info!

i appreciate this possum distribution system so much! thank you for your service! o7

i’ve been reading a great book on bird intelligence. there’s a whole chapter devoted to bird “speech” and language learning. it’s absolutely fascinating and the answer is yes, birds have accents and dialects. they learn their songs in a way very similar to how we learn language.

the book is the genius of birds by jennifer ackerman

thanks so much for the kind words!

that sounds really rough to grow up with and live with for so long. i think I have some sort of mental processing issues. my partner will try to explain something she wants help with and will often have to draw me a picture or take me to the space she’s talking about so i can understand what she’s talking about.

this might be the way to go for now until things get more stable. i didn’t know that was an option, but i’m gonna look into it!

honestly, i suspect add, but who knows? i sorta suspect my mental health issues are legion so anything is possible. glad they could help you out either way!

thank you for the info and the link! i’ll look it over and talk with my partner about it.

thank you for the words of caution. that gives me a good idea of what to aim for.

i hear owls occasionally, but i’ve only been lucky enough to stumble upon and actually see one in the field. it was such a great experience. glad you had a chance to see a short-eared!

the clapping behavior is not something i was aware of. so cool! so he’s demonstrating his prowess in flight? mating behaviors are so interesting. every march i go out hoping to witness a woodcock skydance, but apparently they’re my nemesis bird.

please don’t get me wrong. i’m not saying i think the photo is llm generated or anything. the owl just look sort of like it belongs in hyrule or some other mythical place. the face is mask-like.

maybe it’s the golden glow of the light, but this owl doesn’t even look real.

deadly predators and super cute. quite the power couple.