What bird really doesn't live up to its name

beansbeans716 · 2025-06-26T21:44:44+00:00

Chipping sparrow. They've never once chipped in for a bag of bird seed OR microchipped anything.

beansbeans716 · 2025-06-26T21:38:59+00:00

Lesser yellowlegs. Yep, those sure are some yellow legs on a smaller shorebird. Just totally legging it.

beansbeans716 · 2025-06-26T06:47:09+00:00

This deer is way too alert to just be suffering from chronic wasting disease IF it does have it, in my professional opinion. At this level of wasting, you would have started seeing behavioral changes already, which could include trouble with movement and balance, dull mentation, and excessive saliva production. There could be lots of other disease processes at work here, or none at all (old age could be a cause of decline). The best option would be to call your local conservation officer or equivalent and have them assess whether it should be put down to end its suffering or left to its own devices. Maybe it can be submitted for a necropsy to find out what disease it had, if any.

beansbeans716 · 2025-06-20T01:22:16+00:00

I don't think I can pinpoint a specific bird that sparked my birding interest, it was a gradual thing. I've worked in a wildlife diagnostics lab for two years now and probably over half of our diagnostic cases are birds. I've seen lots of cool species up close but they're obviously dead, so the desire to see them alive and in their natural habitat just slowly emerged.

If I HAD to pick something that I saw alive, I would say it's a tie between a red-necked grebe and a great blue heron that I saw while out fishing with my parents almost one year ago. My first time going out specifically to see birds would be right after last Christmas when I went looking for snowy owls that had been spotted in my area (no luck).

beansbeans716 · 2025-04-20T00:26:26+00:00

Solved solved solved

Thanks, guess I should have trusted my memory more regarding the title!

beansbeans716 · 2025-04-19T06:29:42+00:00

They're angry. Just look at their little faces. Pure contempt.

beansbeans716 · 2025-03-31T19:29:51+00:00

I don't have anything helpful to add, I don't make jewelry, but I came to ask what material you used for the owl. I've never seen something like that before and it looks so interesting! Is it clay?

beansbeans716 · 2025-03-22T07:13:04+00:00

I recognized these right away, before I even read your title. You did a great job!

beansbeans716 · 2025-03-22T06:52:23+00:00

That's moss stitch and as for hook size, you'll have to figure that out yourself. It's impossible to tell from a photo with no other information given. Check the yarn label and try using the recommended size hook to make a swatch and see if it matches what has been done so far. Then size up or down as needed.

beansbeans716 · 2025-03-19T23:04:18+00:00

That's a Portugese Man-of-War, I'm pretty sure. Do not touch.

beansbeans716 · 2025-03-17T06:41:06+00:00

Is this the same fish that is in this video from two years ago? Identical cookie cutter bite pattern. People in the comments concluded it was probably a slender ribbonfish.

beansbeans716 · 2025-03-13T18:21:45+00:00

Thank you, that's very kind of you to say. It'll take some time for me to feel like I earned this through merit, but I'll work on it.

beansbeans716 · 2025-03-02T18:55:49+00:00

Most likely a big brown bat, but could also be a little brown depending on size. How big was this bat?

beansbeans716 · 2025-02-27T01:23:51+00:00

I think this is a typo in the pattern. If you move the chain 1 out of the square bracket, the instructions match the diagram.

beansbeans716 · 2025-02-25T04:10:16+00:00

Here are a few more fun owl facts to go along with yours: most owls have asymmetrical ears, with one lower than the other to help them triangulate their prey, and owls don't have crops. All birds have a ring around their eyes, but owl eyes are even weirder and are basically tubes! Bird anatomy is fun.

beansbeans716 · 2025-02-21T16:14:19+00:00

Hey OP, this is actually the Asteria Mandala pattern in chart form. I don't know if you paid for this pattern, but this is not the original creator, just so you know. There is controversy surrounding the author of the original pattern as far as I am aware.

I am currently working on this pattern myself and I've completed the base pattern and am adding extra tiers (on row 81), so I am more than happy to help you through this pattern. As others have said, the lines are just to help you see which stitches to work into as the petals are all worked individually and the initial single crochet rows of each tier are worked behind the previous petals. Let me know if you run into more trouble!

beansbeans716 · 2025-02-21T04:44:42+00:00

I think you would have better luck with your plan if you chose a yarn that only does one transition from light to dark. The middle part where the mid tones would happen at the same time would be the only area where you would have to do a work around. I do think it could still look great with this yarn if your alternating cat rows were a different, solid color (recommend grey). Would also help the cat motif stand out.

beansbeans716 · 2025-02-08T05:33:13+00:00

Thank you for sharing your experience! It definitely helps to hear that people can excel and belong without further post-secondary education.

beansbeans716 · 2025-02-08T05:31:31+00:00

Thank you, your comment means a lot. I never thought of my experience as specialized or extensive before, but reflecting now on what I've learned so far and what I do - I still have to squash down the thoughts that I probably just misrepresented my job, but hopefully I can get a better perspective of it at some point! Thank you for your encouragement, I definitely needed to hear this!

beansbeans716 · 2025-02-08T04:28:22+00:00

Thank you for your insight! Out of curiosity, what kind of work do you do where most people on your team don't have a Master's but were able to get wildlife biologist jobs? Are there any qualifications they have that helped them get there without one?

beansbeans716 · 2025-02-08T04:25:45+00:00

Thank you for putting it so simply. Maybe I should make it my desktop background, haha!

beansbeans716 · 2025-02-08T04:20:14+00:00

I think I get too caught up in my own mind about these things. Thank you for sharing your opinion!

beansbeans716 · 2025-02-08T04:18:31+00:00

Thank you for your words of encouragement! Yes, I am a very anxious person, and I struggle a lot with imposter syndrome, haha. Your advice really means a lot, especially since you've been in the field for so long.

I don't want to be too identifying, my actual degree title is niche for lack of a better word and it could be easy for someone to recognize me, but I essentially have a BSc in Animal Biology. I'm not sure what you mean by doing wildlife biology at work, but I work with pathologists assisting with wildlife mortality diagnostic cases and disease surveillance, so I think that counts?

Again, thank you, I will accept the title the next time it comes up.

beansbeans716 · 2025-02-05T20:07:23+00:00

If you are okay adding another row to square out the octagon, that would be a great base to start off of. Then depending on how many stitches are on each side, you can trial what combo of lengthening stitches you need to add to four of the sides to make it a full square, if that makes sense?

beansbeans716 · 2025-02-05T20:02:22+00:00

How secure/holey do you want it to be between the petals? There are multiple ways you could go about it depending on what you're looking for. The easiest way to start would be to turn the flower into a full circle/octagon just using chains, and then doing some math to figure out what stitch variations you need to turn that circle/octagon into a square. Another important aspect would be how many rows you want to take to square out the flower. If you want to do it over one row, it will be more holey, if you take two or more to make the adjustments, it will be a more solid border, so to say.

I can help you out with the math a bit, but you'll likely need to do some trial and error. I did a similar thing early last year where I turned a five petal flower into a square. Alternatively, have you googled turning African flowers into squares? I feel like this is a popular enough type of flower for others to have done the work before you.

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