Edie

Edie

@edie2c.bsky.social

Books, cats, hiking. Unfortunately, also politics.

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Chestnut-bellied Euphonia 11 cm Atlantic Forest of Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay primarily frugivorous (fruit) diet and insects during the breeding season Female incubates 16 days, parents feed nestlings 21 days plus 3 weeks after fledging They join multi-species groups which forage on fruits

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Superb fairy-wrens 14cm SE Australia, South Australia. Insectivorous, seeds, flowers, small succulent fruits Male molt into a dull, female-like "eclipse" plumage at the end of the breeding season, causing them to lose their bright blue and black coloration for the winter months shown here M/F

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Pilated Woodpecker Found year round in mature deciduous, coniferous, and mixed forests across most of Canada, the eastern US , and parts of the Pacific Northwest. Amazing close up of how it uses its beak to to break the outer bark, then uses its tongue and to eat the insect larvae

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Illegal entries are down under Trump, but he's cut legal immigration even more than illegal immigration. The cuts to immigrants, refugees, parolees, students, H-1B workers, and fiancés were 2.7 times as large as the cut in Border Patrol arrests and evasions. www.cato.org/blog/trump-c...

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Summer Tanagers Breed S and E USA Migrate south Mexico, C and S America Diet insects and flying insects Female builds the nest, she incubates 12 days, male feeds her. They feed chicks 12 days plus 3 more weeks after fledging Fledglings mature quickly and migrate entirely on their own

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Black-collared Starling 26-30cm S China Southeast Asia. Highly adaptable birds that thrive in both wild ecosystems and heavily modified by humans. Diet Invertebrates other insects, seeds and plants Highly social, vocal birds that frequently interact with one another, travelling in small groups.

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Purple-crowned fairy-wren 14cm Endemic to tropics of northern Australia Diet primarily insectivorous and seeds Female builds the nest and incubates for 14 days male feeds her both plus helpers (previous siblings) feed the chicks and they all stay together as a tight family unit in a large flock

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Seriously. Nobody asked your goddamn opinion about what a woman can do with her own body. Unless you want mandatory vasectomies that you can pay to reverse later, sit down and shut the fuck up about women's bodies and lives. If you have bodily autonomy, so should women.

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Asian Fairy-bluebird 21-27cm arboreal songbird across tropical forests S and SE Asia Diet: frugivorous strong preference for figs wild berries, nectar, and flying insects Female incubates eggs 14 days, male feed BOTH feed the chicks 18 days + 3 weeks after stay as a family and join larger flocks