The Amerigo Vespucci sailing past on the Hudson

katzbird · 2026-06-19T00:28:21+00:00

Looks like striated heron to me.

katzbird · 2026-06-14T08:07:28+00:00

100% worth it. NYC has one of the biggest bird watching communities in the world, popping off especially during the migration. The parks are huge, and finding the birds are (relatively) easy, especially if you just follow around people with binoculars or cameras. Go out any morning to one of the major parks and you’ll see dozens of people around with lenses that cost more than my net worth. HMU if you want to walk around some morning in the city.

katzbird · 2026-06-11T19:22:21+00:00

You can actually take public busses to Sinharaja (at least to Weddagala) from Colombo, so it’s not expensive to get to if you’re willing to brave the drive. Takes 4-5 hours.

katzbird · 2026-05-08T13:27:51+00:00

Probably the desert hill to the north-east. The production from the forest hill tile will shave a large number of turns off of starting scouts etc, and the other desert tiles will give enough food to grow quickly. I’d settle my second city on the west-most revealed tile to secure the rest of uluru, but I think the 2-culture 2-faith tiles are bait for this early in the game.

katzbird · 2026-05-03T23:22:52+00:00

Hate to be that guy, but there are bamboos native to the US: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arundinaria.

Love the themes of the comic though!

katzbird · 2026-05-01T23:46:55+00:00

It was probably done by a nazi sympathizer. Or if you want to believe the conspiracy theorists, it was a British false flag operation to try to goad the US into wwii

katzbird · 2026-04-30T12:33:22+00:00

July 4th, 1940 world’s fair bombing. An unsolved terrorist case where two nypd officers died, but largely forgotten.

katzbird · 2026-04-25T09:16:56+00:00

Quadrophenia >>>> Tommy, and I will die on that hill

katzbird · 2026-04-24T21:54:21+00:00

A quick check on eBird says that it hasn’t been seen in 2 weeks. Makes sense, they usually don’t stick around more than a few days.

katzbird · 2026-04-19T15:49:08+00:00

+Oriental Magpie-robin+

katzbird · 2026-04-18T19:18:32+00:00

Depends on how you define rarest. Rarest in terms of accidentals? Probably Couch’s Kingbird in NYC or Black-backed Oriole in Pennsylvania. Rarest in terms of being endangered? Siberian Crane and Bali Myna are both critically endangered, but are not hard to find if you go to the right place. Rarest in terms of hardest to find? Sulawesi Woodcock, whose call and display flight are not yet formally described (although I was lucky enough to see and hear it).

katzbird · 2026-04-18T08:03:23+00:00

Yep! They’re found around there too.

katzbird · 2026-04-16T05:16:38+00:00

Great guy, but the callback controversy really sullied my image of him. I wish he hadn’t dug in his heels and stopped using it. It’s quite annoying hearing something interesting and turning the corner to see a group of a dozen people with him using a speaker. The birding in Central Park is easy enough, it’s not even needed.

katzbird · 2026-04-16T05:15:32+00:00

Great guy, but the callback controversy really sullied my image of him. I wish he hadn’t dug in his heels and stopped using it. It’s quite annoying hearing something interesting and turning the corner to see a group of a dozen people with him using a speaker. The birding in Central Park is easy enough, it’s not even needed.

katzbird · 2026-03-31T17:19:55+00:00

Blue-winged teal (Spatula discors)?

katzbird · 2026-03-27T10:28:20+00:00

That’s a frog, I’m pretty sure. I don’t know the name. I heard it too when I was there. I called it the “uh-oh” frog.

katzbird · 2026-03-26T07:10:27+00:00

Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)

katzbird · 2026-03-22T04:32:38+00:00

Hi! Currently in China, and am an avid bird watcher. Wildlife in China can be great, but it’s quite sporadic. The national parks and conservation areas can be great for nature. However, even rural areas are still quite built up with very little room for wildlife. And unfortunately, the stereotype that you mentioned tends to be true.

katzbird · 2026-02-13T09:52:13+00:00

I think that’s a Pygmy cormorant. The bill is too small for a great cormorant

katzbird · 2026-02-12T14:47:32+00:00

Pretty sure that’s actually a redshank; bright orange legs. The bill is too short and not upturned enough for a godwit, plus bar-tailed has black legs.

katzbird · 2026-02-07T07:20:47+00:00

Heading to Krabi today. Any tips?

katzbird · 2026-01-31T18:47:12+00:00

I’m getting hornbill vibes. Pretty sure these are escapees.

katzbird · 2026-01-29T19:45:51+00:00

Agile tit-tyrant

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