Birdwatching - Blog Posts
Le 27 mai 1784, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart achète à Vienne un petit étourneau. Il ne s'agit pas d'un simple animal de compagnie : ce petit oiseau a un talent particulier !
Mozart s'est vite rendu compte que l'oiseau répétait les mélodies qu'il entendait avec une précision incroyable, mais pas seulement... il y ajoutait ses propres variations ! 🎶✨
Un jour, l'étourneau a chanté les 17 premières notes du Concerto pour piano n°17 en sol majeur, K. 453, avec quelques modifications :
🔹 Il a ajouté une coda musicale sur la première mesure complète.
🔹 Il a chanté un sol dièse (G♯) au lieu d'un sol naturel (G) dans la mesure suivante.
On dit que c'est la version de l'étourneau qui est devenue la version définitive du concerto ! 🐦🎼
Lorsque son oiseau bien-aimé mourut le 4 juin 1787, Mozart lui organisa de somptueuses funérailles et écrivit même un poème funèbre, signe du lien particulier qui l'unissait à lui.
Un génie qui trouvait l'inspiration partout... même dans les plumes d'un petit étourneau ! 🎵🐦
Our Great Blue Heron was doing some feather cleaning this morning. Look at how long that neck is! The long neck and beak of the Heron was adapted to fishing for prey. This tall birds are excellent at wading through the water and make quite an impressive sight in flight.
“ Great Blue Herons aren’t likely to visit a typical backyard. However, they are sometimes unwelcome visitors to yards that include fish ponds. A length of drain pipe placed in the pond can provide fish with a place to hide from feeding herons. Herons, like most of our birds, are legally protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.” -The Cornell Lab https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Great_Blue_Heron/overview
This European Starling is a permanent resident at the Sawgrass Nature Center due to their Exotic status in South Florida. This Starling was surrendered to the SNC after a previous owner was no longer able to care for them. Come visit our starling in our walk-through aviary, located between our Wildlife Hospital and our Admin building.
“ First brought to North America by Shakespeare enthusiasts in the nineteenth century, European Starlings are now among the continent’s most numerous songbirds. They are stocky black birds with short tails, triangular wings, and long, pointed bills. Though they’re sometimes resented for their abundance and aggressiveness, they’re still dazzling birds when you get a good look. Covered in white spots during winter, they turn dark and glossy in summer. For much of the year, they wheel through the sky and mob lawns in big, noisy flocks. “ -The Cornell Lab https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/European_Starling/overview
This juvenile red tailed hawk was brought to the SNC a few weeks ago after being found injured on a golf course. On Sep. 27 the hawk was successfully released back into the wild!
Red tailed hawks are native to Florida and, like all hawks, considered a bird of prey. Their large talons and sharp beaks are perfect for ripping and tearing their prey. It also makes them difficult patients. Luckily, our experienced rehabber was able to get the hawk all patched up and back into the wild in record time!
Our resident Green Heron, named Goblin, is a little protective. He likes to patrol his territory any time our rehabbers get close. Like all herons, the Green Heron has a long neck. What’s unique about these guys is that they like to keep them pulled close to their chest unless they are hunting, or feel threatened.
Heron are considered aquatic birds. That means they have special adaptations for hunting in and living near freshwater, like the Everglades. Their long necks and pointed beaks make them great fishers.
It's a Love story
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What's love, you asked?
Love is a feeling of being lost in the thoughts of you, missing you, worrying about you, imagining the worst scenarios and fretting, about praying the best for you, it does hurt sometimes but it heals a part of you too. It's not the same every day but the essence is the same, we don't always say "I love you," but rather, a simple text me when you're home, be safe outside, don't forget to eat, good morning, take an umbrella with you it might rain, I'm with you no matter what comes ahead, it's different for everyone or maybe it's not. You want to give the world to someone you love, their one smile is enough to make your day most of us are silly in love guess that's what it's all about being dumb, childish and acting like a whole new person, a person you would've cringed on. Love is a feeling that is engraved in your heart, it's unsaid but you can feel it, you feel it too right?
Love is in the air, it'll always be.
© - Shelovesskiez
Freedom is all we crave :)
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hhhh I need to do a formal ranking of my fave birds cos Lyrebird is *up there*. I get to glimpse them every now and then when I go out bush. closest encounter was outside camp after a hike at the Cathedral Ranges, but I'll most reliably come across one over Mallacoota/Genoa way visiting family. exceedingly cool creatures.
Kingfisher and Great Egret lined up just right
What they don’t tell you about getting into bird watching is that once you get into it, you do not get to decide when you bird watch. You can be on the beach of some distant tropical country with nothing planned except relaxing. But then you see a Common Fluttering Nut Buster and you’re like fuckkkkkkkk holy shit guys the Common Fluttering Nut Buster is not supposed to life this far west holy shitttttttttt
was birdwatching. saw two nanday parakeets nuzzling each other and went awww that's sweet and then i looked back and they were actively mating. come on man. right in front of my burger. feel like a bird pervert now