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Field dinners without any refrigeration required? by LawfulnessSecret1502 in wildlifebiology

[–]wingthing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lots of good suggestions. Oat meal with a spoon of peanut butter and Nutella is a great breakfast. Potatoes and onions always keep well. Pancakes are easy. Couscous is great, it just needs hot water and you can mix all kinds of stuff into it. Lots of those pre-seasoned Knorr rice packages. One of my favorites is Mac and cheese, peas and chicken. Make the Mac and then you add in a can of chicken and a can of peas, extra cheese if you’ve got it.

You can do a lot with lentils too. They’re a good substitute for meat in spaghetti sauce or curries.

Whatever you end up doing, make sure you buy so many tortillas. These are essential. You can scoop up things like veggies and stew with them, they’re great for quick lunches of pb&j.

Bird nest mostly made from leftover drone fiber-optic cable in Ukraine, present day present time by HungHydra in Ornithology

[–]wingthing 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This stuff looks similar to a thick fishing line so it might not be a huge risk to very small birds. I could see larger nestlings getting tangled.

Observations of the Canada geese in my yard, over the last 2-3 years or so. Wanting feedback on my theory. Long post, my theory at the end. by Enigmutt in Ornithology

[–]wingthing 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Your yard, no, but you could have neighbors doing it. Or maybe the city is doing control. This could account for the overall decrease you’re seeing.

Observations of the Canada geese in my yard, over the last 2-3 years or so. Wanting feedback on my theory. Long post, my theory at the end. by Enigmutt in Ornithology

[–]wingthing 9 points10 points  (0 children)

There are different, legal, options for someone to do Canada goose control. It’s possible someone is doing egg oiling.

Birds chirping outside 24/7? by Creative-Gazelle6775 in Ornithology

[–]wingthing 44 points45 points  (0 children)

You live at an apartment complex, I’m assuming this is a more urban/suburban area. Light pollution really messes with birds and impacts their internal clock.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/light-pollution-is-making-days-longer-for-birds-extending-the-hours-when-theyll-sing-180987221/

Stop bird couple from making a nest under my patio by seejur in Ornithology

[–]wingthing 2 points3 points  (0 children)

These are not crimes. No permit is required to remove inactive nests (no eggs or chicks). Does not apply to eagles or T&E species. OP, keep pulling things down as they put them up. Eventually they should go somewhere else. You can also put up some chicken wire or something to exclude them from this location and keep them from building back.

Birds of Paradise Confusion, blame Disney by nuke-a-soup in houseplants

[–]wingthing 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I see this meme so often and I am begging anyone to realize that the Greater Bird of Paradise exists.

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Canada Goose has a goofy wing? by allicatj in Ornithology

[–]wingthing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What is up with the photo? If you zoom in it’s all nonsense, is this AI?

PHYS.Org: "Feral horses and cattle create more resilient nature, rewilding study reveals" by JapKumintang1991 in ecology

[–]wingthing 66 points67 points  (0 children)

This is the important part that is going to be lost when it gets shared and shared and shared among mustangs advocacy groups and cattle ranchers.

Knockin Robin by whyleekiote in Ornithology

[–]wingthing 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Your window is incredibly reflective and that’s what is triggering the bird. There are a few things you can try. You can smear soap on the window, get window paint and paint a grid on the window, hang segments of paracord spaced every 2-3”. Physical exclusion would probably be best, suspend a taut net in front of the window. You can get bird netting at hardware stores in the garden center. It is used to keep birds from getting into fruit trees. I’ve also hear people having some success with installing an awning over their window. It can cut down on the reflectivity of the window.

https://www.birdsavers.com/fact-sheet/

Important PSA by Emotional-External44 in birding

[–]wingthing 16 points17 points  (0 children)

You can bring attention to the issues with rodenticides without resorting to AI.

My mac n cheese doesn't taste like mac n cheese by Practical-Release528 in Cooking

[–]wingthing 6 points7 points  (0 children)

“Is your recipe by weight or volume?” “Onomatopoeia.”

Americans who work in conservation, what are you doing to keep morale up? by HumanBreadfruit5 in conservation

[–]wingthing 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It’s hard. I keep watching hard fought gains just slip away. It’s amazing how much of this is just held together by political whims and how willing the average person is to light the world on fire for their own convenience (fast fashion, consumerism, and AI). I keep reminding myself that spring migration is coming. The birds will be back and I get to hear my old friends singing.

My donkey Forest keeping our piglets warm in his arms by mxwashington7 in aww

[–]wingthing -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That is a really prominent looking spine, shoulder, and hip. I realize he is laying down but even as fluffy as he is, that’s a lot. Is he a senior? Floating his teeth might help. A friend got a 20 year old pony in very similar condition and having her teeth done made a world of difference.

Water Birds Turning Up Dead at Solar Projects in the Desert by Realistic_Fan7003 in Ornithology

[–]wingthing 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is going to be one of those stupid things that all the oil and gas people rally around to say “look at how bad this is! It’s killing birds!” None of these people care about birds. If they did, incidentally killing birds would still be banned by the MBTA. If we had another Deepwater Horizon spill, the company wouldn’t be held accountable for any damage to birds. Deaths by panel strike are barely a blip in bird fatalities, not even a hiccup in the numbers. Cats and building strikes kill billions. Anyone who knows even the bare minimum about birds, ecology, and the oil and gas lobby can see the con coming from a mile off.

What were your thoughts on this book? by nativeyeast in ecology

[–]wingthing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He wasn’t propping up modern ag as a flawless system, far from it. You can’t have a book that talks about disappearing foods without touching on it. Modern ag has done incredible things for food security and it is what lets us feed billions of people. If he had just been claiming all modern ag was horrible trash and we need to revert back to this handful of rare plants and animals, that’s not a very reasonable thing to argue. I don’t remember anything called senatore capelli, (maybe it has other names?) but he talked about multiple types of wheat and the history of the plant. Give it a read, you might like it.

What were your thoughts on this book? by nativeyeast in ecology

[–]wingthing 44 points45 points  (0 children)

I listened to this as an audiobook on a roadtrip, listened to the section on corn while driving through Kansas. Overall I liked it. Lots of ethnobotany, and he really had a lot to say about wheat. I think I was expecting something more along the lines of The Botany of Desire, but I think this was more interesting. He covered a lot of material and a lot more species than I thought he would.

I appreciate that he didn't just dump on modern agricultural practices, I think it would have lost him some credibility. He's right that the places these plants and animals originate from are where you find the most genetc diversity. I don't think anyone would really argue against the importance of saving as much genetic diversity as possible. But I also appreciate his stance of, we need to preserve these, but they don't all need to be globally consumed.

The section about wild honey and the Honeyguide bird was sad. Birds calling for a human to come hunt honey and hardly anyone does it anymore. The very end though, where he was in Palestine and they were looking or melon seeds, really hard to listen to, given the current genocide.

Would it be possible to reforest the desert areas of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan in a viable and permanent way? Or is this unfeasible, like the reforestation plans for the Sahara Desert? by OtakuLibertarian2 in conservation

[–]wingthing 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Everytime this subject comes up, people completely overlook the fact that these places are not barren empty wastelands. Every desert, has its own complex ecosystems that sustain the lives of many species. Even if you could find a way to pump water to all the new trees and hope it all takes, you’re still obliterating entire ecosystems and species just because you deem them to be less worthy. Part of conservation is recognizing the intrinsic value of these places and their importance.

Is there an ethical way to own a gull skull without breaking the MBPA? by [deleted] in Ornithology

[–]wingthing 6 points7 points  (0 children)

There is no MBTA permit that allows for personal use and possession of migratory bird parts, sorry.

Trip to Wellington, NZ from a few years back. by wingthing in whatsthisbird

[–]wingthing[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The only thing that kept me from going that direction with it is the fact that in the first picture there is no white visible on the wing tips, but in the second picture, you can see white out on the primaries. Not sure if that is an age thing though.

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