Moustached Grass-Warbler (Melocichla Mentalis)

The Luzon Bleeding-Heart Dove would be a perfect friend to cheer up a children’s hospital

Milky Way over the Pinnacles in Australia : What strange world is this? Earth. In the foreground of the featured image are the Pinnacles, unusual rock spires in Nambung National Park in Western Australia. Made of ancient sea shells (limestone), how these human-sized picturesque spires formed remains unknown. In the background, just past the end of the central Pinnacle, is a bright crescent Moon. The eerie glow around the Moon is mostly zodiacal light, sunlight reflected by dust grains orbiting between the planets in the Solar System. Arching across the top is the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy. Many famous stars and nebulas are also visible in the background night sky. The featured 29-panel panorama was taken and composed in 2015 September after detailed planning that involved the Moon, the rock spires, and their corresponding shadows. Even so, the strong zodiacal light was a pleasant surprise. via NASA

Rosemary? You mean spicy pine needles?

would anyone like a nice warm glass of grungnort?

Bird games!!

So a few weeks ago I got back into gaming™ (aka I played the goose game and am trying to force people to play the duck game with me) so I decided to make a master post of bird themed games!

Duck Game - It’s the 80s, you’re a duck, you must fight other ducks (kinda like smash brothers but with ducks)

Untitled Goose Game - You’re a terrible goose and you hate humans 

Wingspan - competitive bird conservation (and you’re probably gonna end up learning something like a fool)

Pigeon simulator - if pigeons were evil

The Falconeer - You’re on a bird and you attack people (critique; you’re not the bird)

Feather - Like the one above but you don’t kill people (a shame, I know)

SkateBird - UNRELEASED, you’re a bird on a skateboard, a skatebird!

Falcon Age - You and your very strange falcon save a country or something

A short hike - you’re some dope anthro bird going on a short hike

Pathless - You and your pet eagle that you have for some reason kill people I think

There’s probably more! Add them if you know them!

Dinner with the bebes last night. Have a happy weekend!

Light and Glory over Crete : The month was July, the place was the Greek island of Crete, and the sky was spectacular. Of course there were the usual stars like Polaris, Vega, and Antares – and that common asterism everyone knows: the Big Dipper. But this sky was just getting started. The band of the Milky Way Galaxy stunned as it arched across the night like a bridge made of stars and dust but dotted with red nebula like candy. The planets Saturn and Jupiter were so bright you wanted to stop people on the beach and point them out. The air glowed like a rainbow – but what really grabbed the glory was a comet. Just above the northern horizon, Comet NEOWISE spread its tails like nothing you had ever seen before or might ever see again. Staring in amazement, there was only one thing to do: take a picture. via NASA

oh yeah have i ever told yall of the academic war i have been an unwilling soilder in for the past two years

speaking of my highly specific 1970s cultural knowledge. people really liked this post on twitter