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Curiosititis
@booksbeaksbytes.bsky.social
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Avid reader, lifelong learner, birding, love all things open source, R user, love data analysis and visualization. All photographs posted on this account are taken by me unless explicitly noted otherwise or shared as reposts.
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booksbeaksbytes.bsky.social
For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, Rob, @robcrank68.bsky.social, selected #BirdsOnTheGround (not in water).

I have decided to go with white peacocks. These pictures were taken at the Fountain of Youth, St. Augustine, Florida in March 2009.

#birds #peacocks
A white peacock with its train of feathers extended. The peacock is in the bottom-center of the photo with the white feathers extending to the edges of the photo on all sides. A side view of a white peacock with its train of feathers extended. The peacock is on the ground near a giant clay pot and many large trees. A side view of a white peacock with its train of tail feathers down. The peacock is on a grassy ground with a fence in the background. The bird is talking step forward to the right in the photo.
November 11, 2025 at 10:45 AM
booksbeaksbytes.bsky.social


#birds #sciencealert #zebrafinches #birdsongs
We May Finally Understand Why Birds Burst Into Song at Dawn
Dawn is beckoned by choruses of birds all around the world, but we still don't understand why our avian neighbours insist on such a morning ruckus.
www.sciencealert.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
booksbeaksbytes.bsky.social
From the archives, white (leucistic) peafowls. This was taken in 2009 at the Fountain of Youth, St. Augustine, Florida. Came across this photo while going through old albums.

#birds #peafowls #peacocks
A white peacock and a white peahen are in the foreground. The peacock is standing with its feathers spread out. Both are standing in front of what seems to be a giant clay pot structure.
November 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
booksbeaksbytes.bsky.social
Per Alan @alan678.bsky.social, the #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #least.

My contribution is a common tailorbird I saw in Kolkata in October. They're common but very skittish.

A repost from a few weeks ago.

October 2025. Kolkata India.

#birds #tailorbirds #birldsofKolkata #birdsofindia
A common tailorbird standing on a wall. The wall has greenish moss on it. The bird is facing slightly to the left of the camera. Its head is turned to its left.
November 10, 2025 at 11:49 AM
booksbeaksbytes.bsky.social
These finches hang out together but push each other out aggressively at our feeders. At the 20 second point, two finches seem to collide in mid-air.

November 9 2025. Charlotte NC US.

#birds #finches #backyardbirding
November 9, 2025 at 9:02 PM
booksbeaksbytes.bsky.social
Rob, @robcrank68.bsky.social, selected #BirdOfTheDay theme for today as #StandingOnThings except the Floor, and the Alternative is #Gulls.

I've gone with painted storks.

March 2025. Kolkata india.

#birds #storks #birdsofindia
Painted storks on a row of tree stumps jutting out of a lake. Behind the stumps, there are several trees with parasitic vines climbing over them. Many more painted storks are perched on the tree branches. Two painted storks on a row of tree stumps jutting out of a lake. Behind the stumps, there are very green shrubs and vines climbing over trees.
November 9, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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neilcam57.bsky.social
Just because things are vertical, it doesn't stop this #BirdOfTheDay a California Scrubjay (Aphelocoma californica) from #StandingOnThings in #Aptos, #California #birds #photography #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography
Blue, grey, white, and black bird clings to the vertical pole of a bird feeder against a lightish green/yellow background.
November 9, 2025 at 9:09 AM
booksbeaksbytes.bsky.social
The house finches are keeping our feeders busy this morning.

November 8 2025. Charlotte NC US.

#birds #finches #backyardbirding
A tray type bird feeder is placed on the floor of a porch. The feeder is full of seeds. Two house finches are eating from the tray while three more are feeding on the seeds lying on the floor.
November 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
booksbeaksbytes.bsky.social
Per Alan, @alan678.bsky.social, today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #takeoffs.

Here's a northern mocking bird taking off from one of our feeders. The left photo was taken just before takeoff (right).

Cellphone photography.

#birds #backyardbirding #mockingbirds
Left: A northern mockingbird perched on a metal perch attached to a tube birdfeeder. Right: The bird taking off from the feeder. The backdrop is greenery.
November 8, 2025 at 11:54 AM
booksbeaksbytes.bsky.social
A spotted dove in all its gentle spotted beauty/glory.

October 5 2025. Kolkata India.

#birds #birdsofIndia #backyardbirding #doves
November 8, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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theguardian.com
Hit for six: why India’s Women’s Cricket World Cup win is victory for equality
Hit for six: why India’s Women’s Cricket World Cup win is victory for equality
Sacrifices made to reach final – defying social stigma, lack of resources and juggling jobs between training – makes victory still more extraordinary
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
booksbeaksbytes.bsky.social
Per Rob, @robcrank68.bsky.social: Today's #BirdOfTheDay is all about #Fighting birds and the Alternative Bird is #Chaffinches.

I found just one in my archive: a video of a mourning dove fighting other doves away.

This is a repost.

#birds #doves #backyardbirding
November 7, 2025 at 11:33 AM
booksbeaksbytes.bsky.social
Alan's (@alan678.bsky.social) selection for today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #lunchtime , birds with food in their mouths. The alternative is #fluffy.

Hard to choose from many videos and photos I have. But here's a video of a common grackle feeding a juvenile.

#birds #grackles #backyardbirding
November 6, 2025 at 12:42 PM
booksbeaksbytes.bsky.social
Per Rob, @robcrank68.bsky.social, today's #BirdOfTheDay is all about #CloseUps of any bird.

A goose: Santo Tinto Portugal
The head of an Andean condor: Charlotte NC US.
A pigeon: Porto Portugal

#birds #geese #condors #pigeons
A close-up of a common goose. Taken around 11 pm in a park. The goose is on a paved walkway with its head pin from g to the right. A close-up of an Andean condor behind a fence. A close-up of a pigeon against a backdrop of sunlight.
November 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM
booksbeaksbytes.bsky.social
For the #BirdOfTheDay theme today, Alan @alan678.bsky.social selected #rock with the alternative being #longbeak any bird with a long beak.

I'll go with these willets.

December 2024. Wilmington NC US.

#birds #willets
A willet standing on one leg on a sandy beach and staring at water in front of it. There's a smaller bird to the side. A willet running away from a wave of water behind it. A side view of a will get moving by from left to right on a beach.
November 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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kathat.bsky.social
#BirdOfTheDay theme of #Rocks
#birds

Cute youngsters - Common Merganser
5 brown babies on a rock in the right upper part of the pic, on fluffy bird is sitting at the bottom on a smaller rock. the birds are showing a bir of reddish feathers on the head and two white spots on their wings, as a characteristic sign for common merganser
November 4, 2025 at 7:38 AM
booksbeaksbytes.bsky.social
Per Rob, @robcrank68.bsky.social, today's #BirdOfTheDay is #Pigeons.

Here are my contributions.

July 2025. Porto Portugal.

#birds #pigeons
A wood pigeon perched on a tree branch against a blue background. A pigeon sitting on a stone-paved ground. The stones are white. The pigeon is mostly black with patches of white. Its head is pointing to the right.
November 3, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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theregister.com
Pop!_OS deejays prepare to release holiday remix along with Cosmic v 1.0
Pop!_OS deejays prepare to release holiday remix along with Cosmic v 1.0
Christmas is coming, the GNOME is getting fat… please put a penny in the old red hat? Ubuntu Summit  System76's POP!_OS is one of the more substantially modified Ubuntu based distros out there, and so it was something of a surprise to see the company's substantial presence at the Ubuntu Summit. And its stable release along with version 1.0 of its custom desktop, COSMIC, is imminent.…
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November 3, 2025 at 11:10 AM
booksbeaksbytes.bsky.social
This female cardinal was being chased by a male cardinal in our backyard, this evening.

November 2 2025. Charlotte NC US.

#birds #backyardbirding #cardinals
A female cardinal standing on the top railing of a deck. She is looking sideways.
November 3, 2025 at 1:25 AM
booksbeaksbytes.bsky.social
A good view of the red patch on a downy woodpecker.

What purpose do the red feathers serve?

November 2 2025. Charlotte NC US.

#birds #backyardbirding #woodpeckers
November 2, 2025 at 10:00 PM
booksbeaksbytes.bsky.social
Per Alan @alan678.bsky.social, today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #underrated.

Mourning doves I feel belong in this category. Here's an interesting video of a juvenile dove and a parent dove.

May 11 2025. Charlotte NC US.

#birds #mourningdoves #backyardbirding
November 2, 2025 at 9:49 AM
booksbeaksbytes.bsky.social
Rob's, @robcrank68.bsky.social, #BirdOfTheDay theme is all about #Grebes, with the alternative being finches. I will go with the latter..

May-July, 2025. Charlotte NC US.

#birds #finches #backyardbirding
A house finch and a gold finch at a tube-type birdfeeder. The backdrop is greenery. A close-up of a puffed up housefinch. A housefinch looking to the left while perched on the top railing of a deck.
November 1, 2025 at 10:51 AM
booksbeaksbytes.bsky.social
For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #hiding with the alternative of #Halloween, I think this video is appropriate! 😀

October 5 2025. Kolkata India.

#birds #koels #birldsofIndia
October 31, 2025 at 11:41 AM
booksbeaksbytes.bsky.social
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is Birds at #OddAngles.

I think these photos qualify.

Left: A common grackle.
Right: A starling

#birds #commongrackles #starlings
A common grackle standing on the top railing of a deck and looking up. The background is greenery. A starling standing on one leg on the top railing of a deck and looking back. The background is greenery.
October 30, 2025 at 10:02 AM
booksbeaksbytes.bsky.social
These three mourning doves were chilling on our deck this morning in cold rain.

October 29 2025. Charlotte NC US.

#birds #mourningdoves #doves
Three mourning doves resting in one bowl each in a three bowl birdfeeder. The backdrop is greenery with fall colors.
October 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM