When I first saw this bird I was absolutely taken aback - it was stunning.
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When I first saw this bird I was absolutely taken aback - it was stunning. The shimmer of blue on its feathers, highlights of greens and purples. Just a gorgeous bird!
Of course, I got laughed at after finding out that this Sparling is effectively the crow of #SouthAfrica. So common that to most it is but a nuisance.
It reminded me of Magpies back home, or even Pigeons. Birds that would be of high aesthetic praise if they were more rare.
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When I first saw this bird I was absolutely taken aback - it was stunning. The shimmer of blue on its feathers, highlights of greens and purples. Just a gorgeous bird!
Of course, I got laughed at after finding out that this Sparling is effectively the crow of #SouthAfrica. So common that to most it is but a nuisance.
It reminded me of Magpies back home, or even Pigeons. Birds that would be of high aesthetic praise if they were more rare.
@geoff_eg hello, I think you might have a typo - as a South African I would call that bird a Starling. I think the Cape Starling is the blueish bird we commonly see.
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@geoff_eg hello, I think you might have a typo - as a South African I would call that bird a Starling. I think the Cape Starling is the blueish bird we commonly see.
@kimvanwyk you had me second guessing my memory! I just studied two images of the Cape Starling and Blue Eared Starling and, I'm still certain it's the Greater Blue Eared Starling. The bolder black band around the eyes is what has me convinced.
That said, I'm no bird expert
but, I did confirm that both birds have habitat in the region I was in. -
@kimvanwyk you had me second guessing my memory! I just studied two images of the Cape Starling and Blue Eared Starling and, I'm still certain it's the Greater Blue Eared Starling. The bolder black band around the eyes is what has me convinced.
That said, I'm no bird expert
but, I did confirm that both birds have habitat in the region I was in.@geoff_eg I'm definitely no expert at all, Greater Blue Eared Starling sounds right to me having now looked both up. I was going on probably bad memory anyhow.
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@djlink fair. tbh I'll probably buy one lol
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Lo scam del GLP-1: pre-approvato da chi? Cronache dalla sanità parallela
Negli anni ’90 ti fregavano con un floppy trovato per terra. Oggi con un QR code attaccato sul lampione sotto casa. Cambia la superficie, resta la sostanza: se non coltivi l’anticorpo del dubbio, prima o poi clicchi.
https://signorina37.substack.com/p/lo-scam-del-glp-1-pre-approvato-da
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“Siate meccanici, siate luddisti”: così si resiste al tecnocapitalismo
Vivere le tecnologie come se fossero qualcosa che cade dall’alto ci rende passivi e ci limita a considerare “cosa fanno” senza concentrarci sul “perché lo fanno”. È il tema centrale del libro The Mechanic and the Luddite – A Ruthless Criticism of Technology and Capitalism, scritto dal ricercatore americano Jathan Sadowski
https://www.guerredirete.it/siate-meccanici-siate-luddisti-cosi-si-resiste-al-tecnocapitalismo/
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Rientro a scuola tra divieto dei cellulari, nuova maturitÀ e problemi atavici
@anarchia
E’ suonata la campanella per studenti e studentesse di Regione Lombardia, oltre che per il personale scolastico e docenti. La maggior parte degli studenti farà rientro in classe il 15 settembre, per il primo giorno di scuola. I problemi atavici...Vedi l'articolo
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@informapirata ma la risposta a entrambe le domande è "tanto".
(uffa, doveva uscire domani, i tempi ora sono sbagliati. Vabbè, lo sposto surrettiziamente domani pomeriggio)
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A1 Bologna-Roma, all'altezza del bivio con l'A11 Firenze-Pisa nord. Questo è uno di quei brevi tratti in cui, guardando verso ovest, solo per pochi metri, si vedono in lontananza la cupola del Brunelleschi e il campanile di Giotto. Chi li vede nella foto?
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@Marcoyu Si fa il possibile.
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@FraEmme la tua risposta mi sembra perfettamente in linea e onesta
