I see predominantly picture posts here, but I wonder if text posts have a place too. I think it would be cool to share memorable birding experiences. A few come to mind for me....
I would love to have more discussion type posts here! And I really enjoy reading these experiances.
My favorite experience is a rather simple one. I have only been birding for a few years now. In my first year of birding, I was along a stream-side path that I knew well, looking to see what birds I could find. Out of the bush beside me popped a white-starred robin, one of the cutest and most beautiful birds I had ever seen. It is a altitude migrant, where it moves to lower altitudes in the winter. It was obviously a colder winter than usual as they were usually found in that area.
The best part about it was how tame it was around we me, and I managed to get a bunch of pictures. I was able to bring my SO to the same area the following day and find it in the same place.
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Surely that isn’t sustainable for you or beehaw? On the one hand, please take care to look after your own best interests. We really appreciate your work, but it shouldn’t come at the expense of your well-being.
On the other hand, if the project is based on full time volunteer work by people who can’t afford to volunteer full time over the long term, surely that is a major risk to the long term viability of the instance?
Thanks for the detailed response. It doesn’t seem like there is a perfect answer here, but it is very important that you and other admins/mods can find some sort of sustainable way to delegate and manage for the long term. We really appreciate what you have done so far
I like to follow communities to stay updated with news, articles, events and discussions but something that ends up happening with most communities is that they end up being overflowed with memes, while they are fun they can also overshadow other posts and make other valuable information easy to miss. I understand that splitting...
This is really exciting tech. The potential for this is huge, especially when this data is compared with other population estimates, which should get it more accurate. All while being non-invasive to the species.
Recent research on a changing battle between parasite and host bird species. Fascinating how animals continue to adapt to the pressures on their population.
Really interesting article! Most importantly to me, it has spurred some really good conversations.
Personally, I don’t think early web is the answer. Modern web usage has allowed for better accessibility to all ages and types. Content aggregation allows for (but doesn’t guarantee) more views and opinions. There are certainly elements we can get back from the early days, but I think we still need work to find a perfect web
Interesting. I agree that there are some that make the internet a worse place, but surely we wouldn’t want to close the internet to all the others that could use it for good?
I am also bound to using a car due to where I live. Fortunately I work from home, and most of what I need is close by so I don’t need to use it too much.
Favorite Birding Experiences?
I see predominantly picture posts here, but I wonder if text posts have a place too. I think it would be cool to share memorable birding experiences. A few come to mind for me....
Wingspan creator's next board game project is a little seedy - literally (www.gamesradar.com)
the August 2023 Beehaw financial update (opencollective.com)
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Should we have a community for gaming memes?
I like to follow communities to stay updated with news, articles, events and discussions but something that ends up happening with most communities is that they end up being overflowed with memes, while they are fun they can also overshadow other posts and make other valuable information easy to miss. I understand that splitting...
Scientists vacuumed animal DNA from the air in a forest and the results are amazing (www.earth.com)
The curious case of forgeries of an avian nature (www.dailymaverick.co.za)
Recent research on a changing battle between parasite and host bird species. Fascinating how animals continue to adapt to the pressures on their population.
The internet has become soulless and i hate it (tim.kicker.dev)
How Signal walks the line between anarchism and pragmatism (www.wired.com)
What sort of transport do you use?
How does this influence your simple life?