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photo of a hummingbird with green-gray-brown body and iridescent magenta headAnna's Hummingbird is one of the top species on BirdWeather

"BirdWeather is a visualization platform that... is continuously listening to over 200 active audio stations around the world and is actively plotting their results in a user-friendly map interface..." jessamyn posted about the birbs, and it is super cool.

12/17/23
by taz

#BirdNameForBirds

Photo of a bird with black head, wings, and beak and bright yellow belly, perched on a tree limbAudubon's Oriole | National Butterfly Center | Mission | TX | by Bettina Arrigoni (cc by)

Names like "Satanic nightjar" still gets a pass under the new system, though, yes? Because otherwise I would like a word... Nerd of the North. From gingerbeer, Big news from the world of birding: The American Ornithological Society announces that it will start changing the names of birds named after humans.

11/05/23
by taz

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