I recently added the Merlin app to my phone and I like to record it when I’m gardening or on walks with the little one. I even got my mother in law to download it as she’s an avid bird lover as well!
I like the third thing idea, and it makes me think of what I've wanted third things to be, and what they actually turned out to be. We're definitely into birds these days. This area (coastal SC) almost makes it mandatory - lots of fun birds visit our feeders, and there's a nearby barrier island state park where migratory shorebirds, bald eagles, and ospreys hang out. Also a cypress wetland a couple miles away with a walking trail where ibis, herons, egrets, spoonbills, etc. roost and raise their young. So birds are basically always in our faces doing bird stuff.
Fish were an attempted third thing that became my thing, and I've lost my fishkeeping stamina. We're down to a one corydora and one danio. The danio is the biggest jerk of any fish I've known. I love corys and if I had space, one day I'd like to have a big aquarium with a school of them zipping around.
The current attempted third thing that became my thing is native plants. I'm working on a pollinator garden, learning about grasses and sedges and ferns that like our light/soil conditions, etc. There are more sources for plants and plant info than the last time I tried this (probably ten years ago)...I seem to be keeping more things alive this time around.
Coastal SC sounds dreamy. Reminds me of living on the Sarasota Bay where I’d regularly see wild birds like wood storks. I also like corys! I had a couple of those I forgot to mention. I’d like to get some pygmy corys. Lol at the jerk danio. Plants are a good third thing. The world needs more plant people!
We love the Merlin app and regularly sit outside with it recording. Especially in the mornings. Recently, it recorded 31 separate types of calls and for a split second, my mistrust crept in. 31 different birds??! But then I thought “hey, it is what it is”. Birds are definitely our third thing.
Love this, we do the same! Sounds like you live in a bird paradise. I’ve also doubted some of its IDs but then confirmed them; I think the sound ID is very accurate. The photo feature seems less so; we took a pic of a small bird in a tree (basically just a silhouette) and it said it was a great egret lol. It would be cool if it could distinguish by silhouette because that’s often all I can see , but I guess those are not as distinctive as their calls!
I love this! There's a girl I follow who rehabs fish that are very ill she finds at pet stores. It's so sad. My deepest wish is that we could have respect for animals as humans-- why can't we? I don't understand. But it is nice to see your family making good, caring homes for animals <3
she is on instagram yeah, but next time i see her pop up on my feed i'll send a link over so you can check her out. i wish i remembered her name! she might be on youtube as well
I kind of had the same experience with goldfish: nobody told young me about how unsuitable they were for small tanks, but I took that as a challenge, I think, in the early days of the internet, learning all about how to keep them alive and thriving in aquariums. So I’d keep one in like a75 gallon tank with a lot of filtration. And that was fun for me. I was just starting to write poetry. I was such a nerd.
Paul! You're a goldfish hero! I think my favorite thing about sharing fish tales is the unexpected people who come forward to reveal that they are also fish heads. Are you by any chance a water sign (Pisces, Cancer, or Scorpio)? Just testing a personal theory.
I recently added the Merlin app to my phone and I like to record it when I’m gardening or on walks with the little one. I even got my mother in law to download it as she’s an avid bird lover as well!
Nice! Use it all you can before he starts talking lol.
I like the third thing idea, and it makes me think of what I've wanted third things to be, and what they actually turned out to be. We're definitely into birds these days. This area (coastal SC) almost makes it mandatory - lots of fun birds visit our feeders, and there's a nearby barrier island state park where migratory shorebirds, bald eagles, and ospreys hang out. Also a cypress wetland a couple miles away with a walking trail where ibis, herons, egrets, spoonbills, etc. roost and raise their young. So birds are basically always in our faces doing bird stuff.
Fish were an attempted third thing that became my thing, and I've lost my fishkeeping stamina. We're down to a one corydora and one danio. The danio is the biggest jerk of any fish I've known. I love corys and if I had space, one day I'd like to have a big aquarium with a school of them zipping around.
The current attempted third thing that became my thing is native plants. I'm working on a pollinator garden, learning about grasses and sedges and ferns that like our light/soil conditions, etc. There are more sources for plants and plant info than the last time I tried this (probably ten years ago)...I seem to be keeping more things alive this time around.
Coastal SC sounds dreamy. Reminds me of living on the Sarasota Bay where I’d regularly see wild birds like wood storks. I also like corys! I had a couple of those I forgot to mention. I’d like to get some pygmy corys. Lol at the jerk danio. Plants are a good third thing. The world needs more plant people!
We love the Merlin app and regularly sit outside with it recording. Especially in the mornings. Recently, it recorded 31 separate types of calls and for a split second, my mistrust crept in. 31 different birds??! But then I thought “hey, it is what it is”. Birds are definitely our third thing.
Love this, we do the same! Sounds like you live in a bird paradise. I’ve also doubted some of its IDs but then confirmed them; I think the sound ID is very accurate. The photo feature seems less so; we took a pic of a small bird in a tree (basically just a silhouette) and it said it was a great egret lol. It would be cool if it could distinguish by silhouette because that’s often all I can see , but I guess those are not as distinctive as their calls!
I love this! There's a girl I follow who rehabs fish that are very ill she finds at pet stores. It's so sad. My deepest wish is that we could have respect for animals as humans-- why can't we? I don't understand. But it is nice to see your family making good, caring homes for animals <3
Thanks! Would love a link to the fish rehabber (although am not on instagram…)
she is on instagram yeah, but next time i see her pop up on my feed i'll send a link over so you can check her out. i wish i remembered her name! she might be on youtube as well
I kind of had the same experience with goldfish: nobody told young me about how unsuitable they were for small tanks, but I took that as a challenge, I think, in the early days of the internet, learning all about how to keep them alive and thriving in aquariums. So I’d keep one in like a75 gallon tank with a lot of filtration. And that was fun for me. I was just starting to write poetry. I was such a nerd.
Paul! You're a goldfish hero! I think my favorite thing about sharing fish tales is the unexpected people who come forward to reveal that they are also fish heads. Are you by any chance a water sign (Pisces, Cancer, or Scorpio)? Just testing a personal theory.
I am, in fact, a Pisces.
Same! I knew it.
This is too funny. March 14 for me
I’m 2/23! Joe (2/18) always thought he was an Aquarius but I did his chart and he is on fact another Pisces