Found a video

Neck stretch is right at the beginning. Not as dramatic as I had hoped, but still very impossible for a human.

The more I look at it, the more I want to see him get in position. I’m picturing the neck sticking out far, like a turtle, before curling back into the sun.

It makes me feel I could get ahead of the next food trend… 😆

While it does seem lemmings have been used as food by people, it doesn’t seem very popular.

Short Answer: We’re not totally sure. Working theories include any/all of the following: thermoregulation, vitamin D production, parasite removal, preen oil distribution, stretching, feather stiffening

Long Answer: Hot, Bothered, and Parasite-free: Why Birds Sun Themselves

Go for it!

I love seeing everyone’s individual touch on how to take photos.

It is always bittersweet watching animal babies grow up. I know I always wonder where they’ve gone and if they are safe.

I was very happy to see the Hilton Head GHO has returned. I’m hoping to get to watch some new owlets grow up again. It was a lot of fun to watch them, and momma owl still looks great herself.

I really enjoyed the color palate in this one.

I love seeing them get to live their best lives!

Gordon having a snack

Lewis the Eagle

This is why photos exist. We can enjoy it all from our preferred environment! 😜

Not too much up my alley this season, so I watched Shikanoko and Plus Sized Elf.

I have one episode left of Shikanoko. It was unique, and fun for what it is. The songs were great. I enjoyed the antagonism of the whole thing. Would I watch another season? Not sure, but I don’t regret watching this one.

Two episodes of Plus Sized Elf left, but I’ve read the manga. Read it and watched it mainly to see what they’d do with it. At first, it seemed like they were going to actually put more health and fitness stuff in it, but it really fell back to drawn out scenes of slapstick nudity. Nothing wrong with that in itself, but I feel they could have done more with it. Also, many potato puns weren’t translated, so most will miss out on half the jokes. The translation I read had them all, and they were one of my favorite parts.

I will say, I really enjoyed the cast though. They all made the characters as likeable as they were in my head reading the manga. If you’re checking it out more for the curiosity than the nudity, it really isn’t terrible.

Somewhat off topic, but this season being light for me had me repeatedly going back to Delicious in Dungeon even though I was not really enjoying it. The characters were likeable again, but it felt pointless to me watching people eat fake food, though some monsters were really creative. I kept hearing wait until they get back to the red dragon, so I persisted.

Holy heck, did this show flip a switch to awesomeness! The back half of the season was great and I was left wanting more. The plot twists and the surprising backgrounds of the characters and new characters really made things come alive and give a much deeper sense of urgency and delivered much more than the episodic snack of the week format was doing for me.

If I had anything else even remotely exciting, I would not have stuck it out that long.

Looking forward to see what they do with Uzumaki and Ranma. Also see they have a Gintama special movie thing of the Kintama arc coming out, so that should be fun as well.

The bagel place is like that sometimes where they haven’t made the buzz yet and they let us pick. The Jamaican place has seemed the same every time, but it’s a great portion of assorted items. We also got good stuff from a vegan, non-every allergen place. The prices were premium, but the stuff was really tasty, and even though we didn’t have special diet restrictions, other family members do, do we could promote it to them. We’ve also gotten to try different things we don’t normally order, like we get a big bag of pepperoni rolls from a pizza place, and the other place is the sausage food truck thing outside Home Depot which was actually really tasty.

Only once did we feel a place was a little less generous, but it still wasn’t a bad deal for the price, just in comparison to other grab bags.

It’s got us to try both local stuff we’ve never gotten to check out, and also things a little further away than we’d normally go to because it’s a cheap adventure with really nothing to lose.

Better it be a Nibbler than a Poppler! 😉

It is the quintessential North American owl! Beautiful looking, with a wonderfully powerful hoot.

I think I did a post not too long ago about these people. What I think this story best highlights is that it really takes minimal effort to achieve important results, people just actually need to do it.

He put up some owl boxes, and made nice areas for the owl’s food to live too. It was land that wasn’t useful for anything for people, and now it is bringing back the owls.

The owls need a good supply of rodents, such as wood mice, field mice, and shrews.

He has turned parts of the land that are not being used for arable farming into wild bird cover with rough grass areas to allow these types of animals to thrive.

Getting neighbors to stop using poison will be the big challenge. Poisoned animals are easy to catch as they succumb to the effects, and are taken back to be shared with the nest. They’re also eaten by pets and other wild animals, killing them all very painfully. Poisoning is terrible and should be stopped.

That’s a pretty good face swap!

The shape of the facial disc reminds me of the time people were doing the “cat breading.” Those poor land-owls during that phase… 😾 🍞

For sure! Imagine being paid to follow this fluffy fellow around…

I don’t know how I’d fair in Philippine weather though; it sounds a bit hot and sticky.

I was just thinking his wings looked like a boxer’s robe before a fight, but then I noticed he’s got uneven pupil dilation, so it either makes him look crazy or he’s doing his best to psyche you out. 🤪

It looks happy enjoying the sunshine.

I’m feeling pretty good today. Less sick, less mopey. Work may be weird today, too early to tell, but I have piano class tonight and that always makes me happy.