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[–] somefool@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I haven't seen any other birds there since the pigeons figured out my flower pots were filled with not flowers, but rainwater. Maybe they keep a close watch on their personal spa.

[–] somefool@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am sorry to say I am tearing up laughing at your tale. The bird was okay and likely learned from his experience, though.

Reminds me of when I was a kid and blue tits nested in our mural mailbox. My brother and I, being kids, would open the mailbox door (inside the house) to peek at the babies. Anyway. Have you ever tried to catch an irate and terrified blue tit mama while she's frantically flying in a 2x2m hallway, so you can put her back in a large rectangular hole in the wall, this at one in the morning, while praying your mother won't wake up? Because I have.

[–] somefool@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

even inside the apartment in some 3D printed bird feeders

Oh boy, you like to live dangerously. How did that go?

I'm doing the same (outside the window) with bird seed, so I'll sometimes enter my kitchen and find pigeons / collared doves staring at me. But they just stare and stare and then fly away. No war cries.

[–] somefool@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Blue tits are always the loudest, most annoyed birbs when I'm out. They'll alert constantly. Which makes them a lot easier to photograph.

[–] somefool@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

I'm Belgian. A coworker tells me regularly how he he sees beavers in the woods near where he lives (and foxes in his backyard, the man has to be a Disney princess). I had no idea about the secret backstory of the Belgian beavers, but I am delighted it happened.

[–] somefool@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

Live chat is just sometimes more convenient than a chain of thirty replies for a conversation. But I was just asking if something already existed, just in case.

[–] somefool@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm not opposed. Time for me to figure it out!

Edit: oh my god it has an easy export to text option.

 

Just wondering, not calling for one to be created if it doesn't exist. I don't want to overwhelm @Sal with more moderation and work ;)

[–] somefool@mander.xyz 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[–] somefool@mander.xyz 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Great idea. I've been growing my own opml for the same purpose as you, I hoped to share it so other people could populate Lemmy instances (especially Mander, because I am not qualified to filter the good science from the bad before posting). I got sidetracked, though.

Have you looked into RSS bridge for websites like AP news and Reuters that no longer have RSS? It looks like this: https://rss-bridge.org/bridge01/

[–] somefool@mander.xyz 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Bless you for this ♥ It's a fantastic list.

[–] somefool@mander.xyz 3 points 1 year ago (10 children)

Nice shot! The framing is neat.

Also what is looking at? He certainly seems to disapprove of it.

[–] somefool@mander.xyz 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I wasn't certain of where to put this article, since it's history medicine, plants and all, but the cause of the sickness was relevant enough for the journal "Economic Botany" in 1965... I guess it fits?

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