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anon6789, 12 hours ago

Bananas other than the Cavendish and a greater variety of potatoes. There are supposed to be so many varieties of each out there, but we only get one banana and 3 or 4 potatoes.

The cherimoya is also pretty good from what I remember, so I would like to have that again for >$5.

anon6789, 14 hours ago

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/ba8d643e-c83e-4089-83ad-823ce750bd00.gif

anon6789, 13 hours ago

That was a great poem!

That guy has one heck of a beard too!

You guys share the best stuff.

anon6789, 12 hours ago

I thought it was so good and bad at the same time. (But I feel the bad lasts longer!). I’ve had candy, wafers, and dried forms. The worst has always been that it makes me burp and it tastes like a restaurant dumpster smells.

It’s like in a movie when someone’s mind is fed ask the knowledge in the universe until they’re overwhelmed and turn to dust or explode, but for taste buds.

anon6789, 1 day ago

Very fair thoughts. For animals in the wild I heartily agree.

Does the same apply to, for example, the captive raised Barn Owls from the article for the staged window shoot, or the Hedwig “actors?” While still technically wild, they are not from the wild and are used to human handling. For the Barn Owls in the article, is it being a staged shot for a documentary the issue and Harry Potter is obviously fiction so the staged owl stuff is ok?

(For you and anyone else I talk to in this thread, I’m not challenging your opinions, just trying to get deeper into conversation. I know we’re all probably accustomed to responses to moral issues being attacks on our opinions, but I hope you all see this group as a place safe from that type of thing!)

anon6789, 1 day ago

Apologies, I meant wild in they are not domesticated animals like a dog/cat/horse. While captive raised owls aren’t from the wild, it is not their nature to live that closely with us. Some could look at them in a fun AnimalsWithJobs way, while others could see them as circus animals made to perform while a person gets paid for it way. There are definite concerns when we entrust these animals to their care when Hedwig’s handlers and other related entertainment oriented groups are given custody of these animals.

Especially once profit becomes involved, some people’s morality can become quite…flexible. There are a ton of great people out there working with animals in all capacities, from volunteers to for-profit businesses, but they all have the same responsibility to care for these animals. I support zoos for instance, and thankfully I’ve only ever been to one that I felt should have been shut down (it was!) and I am glad they are under pretty consistent scrutiny, because they should be. So I try to keep my opinions on a case-by-case basis, especially since many of these jobs are hard work with long hours and don’t pay well, so most people are going to be dedicated to animal welfare, but I am all for removing animals from anyone not treating them with respect.

anon6789, 1 day ago

They took down the bird netting way too early during construction on my loading dock and some Finches started bringing in nesting material up in the rafters. I thought all the noise of moving heavy things, running my equipment, and the hammer drilling, sometimes directly on the rafter they were in would have gotten them to look for a different location. They’re still there now, so I imagine they’ve got eggs up in there now.

I found another blog post discussing stress in owls you may find interesting.

The article did end nicely. As I’d said, the tone is different than most things I share here, and between the title and initial standoffishness he had towards owls, it was a lovely conclusion to the story.

I’m glad there’s a handful of you guys that enjoy these articles. I’m here for the learning, and I feel the articles and longer posts could be great things we can all talk about. I try to keep them for the weekend too so people more likely have some time to read them, but I feel they always underperform. I’m probably expecting too much and most people are probably here just to see a happy looking birdy, which is perfectly ok, but I also hope they at least read a little of the educational stuff too. I started off posting mainly for the neat birds too, but there is so much more to owls than I ever could have imagined. A lot of it applies to other birds too, so it’s fun to see some of what I learn in the birds I typically come across.

I want you all to always know I appreciate you coming to look at the photos and read the articles. It’s fun to have people to share it with, even if most of you are quiet or not as serious about it.

anon6789, 1 day ago

I’ve seen some wild articles about owls being used in Halloween costumes, some involving amateur wing clipping, and others with glue to keep them from flying away. Some people really disappoint me.

Things like the article’s staged window shoot seem fine, as he was just waiting for them to move. Things like drones and smaller cameras that can be remotely operated seem to help both the animals and people. With the Sea World drama being mostly resolved, I feel we’ve come a long way in using animals improperly.

anon6789, 19 hours ago

I really enjoyed the Prehistoric Planet series that Apple TV and David Attenborough did. I thought that was done beautifully enough and told such interesting stories that I would further I was watching pure CGI.

One of the chapters in What An Owl Knows that I believe I shared here talked about how drones have been extremely helpful in research involving the Blakiston’s Fish Owl. Their nests are very high up along freezing cold rivers in very difficult terrain and they were so poorly researched due to that. The drones let the researchers work from a base camp, keeping them from spending multiple days slowly disturbing the owl’s territory and climbing trees looking for nests. Now they can just get in and out. It seems safer by far for the people, and less disturbing to an animal not used to people.

anon6789, 18 hours ago

You’ve reminded me I forgot to share the controversy with the aurora photo!

Usually when I come across amazing shots there will be people challenging them on this and that, but I felt the challengers may have been right in this instance.

Someone asked how the owl was lit, and he said he had used a flash. Flash photography of owls is a debated subject, and here is a brief Audubon article about it.

That admission led to the further accusations that this photographer purposefully set up a camera too close to this nest (I’m not sure the effective range of a flash at night) and blasted this bird with light as it was flying back towards its tree, which is not the safest thing for an owl. It sounds much like if someone would shine a light in your face while trying to park a car.

The other claims were that this was a composite image, which looking at it again, seems likely. The photography people, much like what you said, said to photograph the aurora takes a long exposure, and to get the owl is a fast exposure. The photographer did not mention before or after if it was a composite or not.

Here’s the pic in question for anyone just joining in:

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/8ef262b4-1923-4d0d-af7e-d445f73a6562.webp

anon6789, 18 hours ago

I just shared this article in another reply below.

Is Flash Photography Safe for Owls?

I also share the controversy with the aurora photo in that comment as well, so I thought you would want to see that as well. Link to comment

anon6789, 1 day ago

I was scrolling for some more Superbowls when I came across this and thought it was a perfect Friday picture. Nuthatches and the Carolina Wrens are some of my favorite birds to watch. They seem to have no understanding of gravity, and it looks like so much fun.

anon6789, 1 day ago

I couldn’t agree more!

I found this by checking out his feed after I was reading some criticism on an owl photo during the northern lights he had shared. It seems some of the criticisms on that were likely valid, but the rest of his photos I looked at where pretty good, and this one was just too good not to share.

anon6789, 1 day ago

They are my second favorite songbird, tied with the similarly behaved Carolina Wren. I have the White Breasted Nuthatches where I am, not these guys though.

They’re like little cartoon characters, just walking up and down walls and across the ceiling without ever giving it a second thought. I don’t know how anyone would not be amused by these little birds.

I’m glad they gave you a chuckle.

anon6789, 1 day ago

Absolutely!

anon6789, 1 day ago

Your nuthatches are just as nifty. I like their colored bellies!

anon6789, 1 day ago

Lol I always put it on my list of old people characteristics I now seem to have.

They are pretty great! They’re a ton of kinds just about anywhere you go. They’re generally not scary. They sing. Most would be considered pretty. They’re dinosaurs. Some you can train or befriend. And a bunch more.

anon6789, 1 day ago

Next they learn Scrabble!

anon6789, 17 hours ago

That is a really cool article! Thanks for sharing!

anon6789, 13 hours ago

Well, seeing what passes for pigeon nests, menu aren’t going to have very high expectations for intelligence afterwards! 🤣

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/ccf6b383-7113-4cba-bb3e-0b5a50d11c51.jpeg

anon6789, 1 day ago

“anon6789, the owl is on fire!”

“No, mother, it’s just the Northern Lights.”

anon6789, 1 day ago

That’s the dollar store brand Northern-style Lights…

anon6789, 1 day ago

It’s a moth! Mmmmm…

Not sure as to the male/female. The males do all the hunting during the nesting period, but they also cache extra food and the female will step out quick to get that as needed.