I had no idea for some reason that starlings mimicked sounds, and I was outside trying to take down the christmas lights when I heard, in quick succession: grackles, a bobwhite, robins, several red-tailed hawk cries in quick succession, and at least ten other birds, followed by meowing.
I look and in the neighbor's tree there are six starlings doing rapid-fire imitations of Every Bird. They were good, too.
Now I wonder how many times I've heard a bird and it was just a starling.
Any one of you could be a starling...
This made me feel better than my antidepressant.
lmao on the edinburgh zoo site it says “there is a daily penguin parade at 14:15 but it may be cancelled last minute as it is a voulntary parade, we do not coax the penguins with food, and they may not want to go out” lmao anarchopenguinism
jacobyverger
PERVIGILIUM
[noun]
1. a watching all night; a vigil; a night vigil.
2. Pathology: disinclination to sleep; wakefulness.
3. a nocturnal festival in honour of a god, especially the Bona Dea.
Etymology: from Latin, “the vigil”, “a devotional watch”.
[25kartinok - Night Watch]
"a bird in the hand is better than a thousand birds flying." - proverbs of ahikar
photos by konsta punkka. (see also previous bird posts)
PERIOD DRAMA APPRECIATION WEEK day 4 | favorite film → PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (2005)
On the front door of a library.
(via Atlas moth (Attacus atlas) | Flickr - Photo Sharing!)
Today i’m moving, so I decided to leave a little present for the next tenants.
☆ funny reblogs
The captioned adventures of Ben Franklin.