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Blog writer for Bird Buddy, Owen Deutsch Photography, myself. Bird-obsessed planet lover. Will do eerily accurate Tawny Owl impressions for beer. Now on Patreon with my own stuff - it's time to thrive. Or at least, to try. patreon.com/chickennostril
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Since Trump has claimed Elon doesn’t run DOGE, we wanted to make sure you know who is running our government. This list has been updated with 15 names.

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Kelly Grenquist, a recently fired Forest Service wildlife technician on Idaho's Payette NF, is set to lose her employee housing. This is what she told me her plan is: "Just start driving until you can be homeless and not freeze to death, and then stop there and see where I can find a job."

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

Hello Bluesky! We've just joined and are looking forward to meeting likeminded societies and people! The LNHS is a local natural history society concerned with recording the wildlife of London, covering a 20-mile radius from St. Paul's Cathedral. #UKWildlife #LondonWildlife

submitted 14 days ago • 6 comments

Just confirmed on their Facebook page that Wisdom returned from sea an hour ago to see her chick for the first time, and has been feeding and preening it ever since 😍

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I recently discovered the existence of a bird called Bokmakierie and saying the word makes my heart flush, it's like speaking magic. I don't have a photo of one so instead here's a hoopoe on my neighbour's roof; a similarly lovely word. #addBirder #SloveniaBirds #birds

submitted 19 days ago • 2 comments

Short story about how fear drives and shame trips up. Once I was at a gas station, filling my tank and checking my phone for a text from work, and a man at the next pump barked at me to get off my phone before I exploded the whole gas station. I ignored him, as non-threateningly as I could. 1/?

submitted 19 days ago • 2 comments

Excellent thread.

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A government of billionaires, funded by billionaires, for the further enrichment of those same billionaires. Evil brings men together. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

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A gay guy, a Black man, and a woman walk into a flight deck— that’s not the beginning of a joke, but just a regular day at work! There was so much DEI on this plane that we could hardly get in the air. Luckily my limp wrists were able to wrestle the heavy jet back to the ground 💅🏼

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#CuteAnimalsInASongOrMovie (Don't wanna be an)

submitted 21 days ago • 3 comments

ATTN: If you work for the FAA and you’ve been asked to halt external engagement with the industry, please contact me. My secure contact info is in my bio.

submitted 22 days ago • 72 comments

New post is up on Patreon. Just a teeny tiny reminder that you can join as a free member to read on, or better yet you can throw your money at me and become a paid member with the assurance that I will only ever spend your monthly £3 / €3 on fallalery and gimcrack. www.patreon.com/posts/120952...

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

It's either A) not a Nazi salute which was not meant to be a Nazi salute but looks a lot like a Nazi salute, B) a badly done Nazi salute or C) a thing that was supposed to get as close to a Nazi salute as possible but with plausible deniability.

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Geez, there is a whole lot going on in the world right now. Hang in there, people. Please take good care of yourselves and go look at the sky or a bird or the falling snow when you need a moment to breathe. #birds 🌿

submitted 35 days ago • 13 comments

New post on Patreon - it's a smidge sentimental. I've added a new tier, just a couple more groats a month will get you the unique opportunity to use me as your writing whore. See membership options for details. As ever, even joining as a free member warms my cockles www.patreon.com/posts/real-w...

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2025, year of the Wood Snake: transformation through resourcefulness, folks. I've hidden my writing from myself & the world in folders on hard drives since 1990; it's time. My new page is up. If you like what you see, your support (paid or not) would mean so much. www.patreon.com/chickennostr...

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My own opinion is that it's good to signal (through words and/or actions) the virtues that you value; that's one of the most important parts of maintaining a healthy community.

submitted 45 days ago • 346 comments

2025, year of the Wood Snake: transformation through resourcefulness, folks. I've hidden my writing from myself & the world in folders on hard drives since 1990; it's time. My new page is up. If you like what you see, your support (paid or not) would mean so much. www.patreon.com/chickennostr...

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#8outof10Bats www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

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I recently met with the lovely Freya McGregor from Access Birding, & we chatted about improving access for all who love birds and why Australians can say the word "wanker" better than anyone else. Unfortunately that last bit didn't make the final piece. Oh well. blog.mybirdbuddy.com/post/intervi...

submitted 528 days ago • 0 comments

RT only if you are NOT becoming more conservative as you grow older.

submitted 594 days ago • 149 comments

this never would have happened at burning woman

submitted 540 days ago • 30 comments

@flightless.bsky.social ❤️

submitted 540 days ago • 0 comments

I have recently learned that falcons are, genetically speaking, closer to parrots than they are other raptors, and thus from now on I shall refer to falcons solely as "tactical parrots"

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