Black-crowned night-heron scared the death outta me perched as he was up high, and staring unblinkingly into the middle distance with those ancient carnelian eyes πͺΆ
Mark Robertson
@markrobbie.bsky.social
Aviangelist. English teacher. Apprentice to Jesus. Other stuff. They will also know us by our mirth.
Here we are sown, here we are sown; this is where we are tended & grown. These bodies are seeds, rough hewn & fickle. They are made to go down to the earth & die. Here we are sown, now we are sown; this is where we are tended & grownβ until death itself is swallowed and gone. #birds bit o og #poetry
PSA: It's Goosapalooza at Hole 9 - standing room only - there will be pecks - more wild honkers than on the I-5 at rush hour - no one will sink a birdie
"Lonely trees are not lonely; they have their eternal companies: Songs of the birds; shadows of the clouds; lights of the Moon; whispers of the winds... Lonely trees are not lonely!" -Mehmet Murat Ildan
'Thank you for the shhmuckers, kind sir. But, if I may be so bold, I think we all know that Welch's Concord Grape is the superior preserve' #birds
Sand-skimming swallows feasting on the all-you-can-eat buffet of kelp-haunting flies πͺΆ
Gregory doesnt think it's fair that the gulls call him Bigmouth because he hardly ever says anything and theyre SOOO much louder more annoying smh smh #birds
I'm fairly certain the parakeets partying in the trees above the Manhattan Beach CVS were making fun of me and I was so there for it #birds
Surfboard shapers will tell you that a swallowtail is great for sharp pivoting and a crisp snapsπββοΈ πͺΆ
Mtn. Chickadee, the quintessence of mesquiteβ like if one those flecks of bark was made animate and then given wings, will, and intention πͺΆ
What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry? βWm. Blake πΈ β Sacred datura
A mountain chickadee making hay down here by the sea on a hot day I don't know why he's here but it makes me very happy #birds
Youngster barneys were out wheeling w the big dogs, but then have to take lots rests and to fluff, stretch and say "hip! hip!" ππ§‘ #birds
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They're starting a speakeasy seedery called House & Spice πͺΆ
OSPREYNOIA /n/ the sense that wherever you go there just may be an Osprey in the sticks and brambles, judging you πͺΆ