Reader, Birder, Herper, Guy

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Birder, music omnivore/record dork, photographer, backpacker, husband, father, non-scowling atheist, radical left maniac. Technologist to support the family and the filthy habits outlined above. Instablock: hot chicks w/no posts; crypto/LLM cheerleaders.

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Reader, Birder, Herper, Guy@motherflicker· 17d

Hoatzin, Rio Chacayacu, Orellana, Ecuador, on a very damp morning in June 2026. 🌿🪶 #birds #birding #wildlife #photography #hoatzin #ecuador #BirdsSeenIn2026

A bizarre bird, sort of like a cross between a turkey and a small dinosaur, with mostly rufous feathers, a nearly bare head with a spiky crest, flaps its wings while perched in a tree.

Reader, Birder, Herper, Guy@motherflicker· 19d

It's nice having AI to dig up cover art for an ultra-obscurity like The Beatles.

A screenshot of wildly incorrect cover art.

Reader, Birder, Herper, Guy@motherflicker· 19d

This sounds really dirty.

Newspaper headline, reading “Colorado drivers tap ‘Montana loophole’”

Reader, Birder, Herper, Guy@motherflicker· 20d

Today's #BirdOfTheDay Alt theme is #Yellow, any birds with Yellow in their plumage. Marble-faced Bristle-Tyrant (Pogonotriccus ophthalmicus) with stick insect prey, WildSumaco Lodge, Guamani, Napo, Ecuador, June 2026. 🌿🪶 #birds #birding #wildlife #photography #flycatchers #ecuador #BirdsSeenIn2026

Reader, Birder, Herper, Guy@motherflicker· 23d

White-tailed Ptarmigan (Lagopus leucura) female watching out for raptors, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA, July 2026. 🌿🪶 #birds #birding #wildlife #photography #grouse #colorado #usa #BirdsSeenIn2026

A chickenlike bird, well-camouflaged in on granite boulders tans, whites, and blacks, tilts its head to look upward.

Reader, Birder, Herper, Guy@motherflicker· 23d

Now playing very loud: Pussy Galore - Dial ‘M’ for Motherfucker LP (1989, Caroline). Almost perfect. #recordsthegoodkind #nowplaying

A color shot of an African American gentleman in a white collared shirt, hip-length leather jacket, and stovepipe pants kicking in a door, AK at waist level.

Reader, Birder, Herper, Guy@motherflicker· 26d

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Corvidae. Turquoise Jay (Cyanolyca turcosa), Guango Lodge, Napo, Ecuador, June 2026. 🌿🪶 #birds #birding #wildlife #photography #woodpeckers #ecuador #BirdsSeenIn2026

A blue bird with turquoise throat and hood, and mask, bill, and feet in black, stands on a wet horizontal log.

Reader, Birder, Herper, Guy@motherflicker· 27d

The #BirdOfTheDay theme is #SingersAndWingers Birds with one or both wings open. Crimson-crested Woodpecker (Campephilus melanoleucos) female, WildSumaco Lodge, Napo, Ecuador, June 2026. 🌿🪶 #birds #birding #wildlife #photography #woodpeckers #ecuador #BirdsSeenIn2026

A large woodpecker clings vertically to a tree trunk covered with mosses and epiphytes. The woodpecker's wings are held out, mostly white underneat with black tips on the feathers. Its sides are barred cream and black; it has a black tail and throat, a large white stripe running from bill to neck, a black mask, and red crest.

Reader, Birder, Herper, Guy@motherflicker· 28d

Now plaing: The Hobknobs - Helmets Off LP (2026, 12XU.) As delightful as their track on “Going back to sleep…”. They are firmly in my imaginary Gonerfest dream team for a Trump-Miller-less world. #nowplaying #recordsthegoodkind

Record sleeve with a creamy-cored background, some blocks of thin or faded primary colors, a rectangle of bright yellow, and an image of two men wrestling.

Reader, Birder, Herper, Guy@motherflicker· Jul 11

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #UpAndDown, and this Bay-headed Tanager (Tangara gyrola) was looking up at something. Restaurante Mirador Guaycapi, Nanegalito, Pichincha, Ecuador, October 2025. 🌿🪶 #birds #birding #wildlife #photography #tanagers #ecuador

A mostly lime-gree bird with a bay-brown head and sky-blue belly perches on a thin branch, head turned on its side to look up and one wing stretched upward.

Reader, Birder, Herper, Guy@motherflicker· Jul 4

Perfectly sized dashboard recess in this Sprinter van in Ecuador.

A camera with a long lens and a pair of binoculars rest in a dashboard recess.

Reader, Birder, Herper, Guy@motherflicker· Jul 2

Today's #BirdOfTheDay alt theme is #SunriseSunset, and I just finished processing this (overcast) sunrise shot of a male Masked Trogon (Trogon personatus temperatus) at San Isidro Lodge, Quijos, Napo, Ecuador, June 2026. 🌿🪶 #birds #birding #wildlife #photography #trogons #ecuador #BirdsSeenIn2026

A slightly chunky bird in dark green with a bronzy sheen with black wings, red belly and eye ring, black mask, and yellow bill perched on a lichen-covered branch.

Reader, Birder, Herper, Guy@motherflicker· Jul 1

Now playing: Dog Faced Hermans - Every Day Timebomb LP (1989; reissue 2026, Megaphone) sounds fantastic! #nowplaying #recordsthegoodkind

Record sleeve with a b&w image of distorted human shadows on a wall

Reader, Birder, Herper, Guy@motherflicker· Jun 30

The #BirdOfTheDay theme is #TheArtOfSurvival Birds finding food, avoiding predators, enduring weather or raising young. Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda) male tossing a dragonfly in the air, Orange Walk, Belize, November 2024. 🌿🪶 #birds #birding #nature #jacamars #belize

An emerald-green bird with orangey underparts and a white collar tossing a dragonfly in the air, its long, black, needle-point bill agape.

Reader, Birder, Herper, Guy@motherflicker· Jun 29

Flame-faced Tanager (Tangara parzudakii lunigera), Guaycapi Lodge, Pichincha, Ecuador, June 2026. 🌿🪶 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #tanagers #ecuador #BirdOfTheDay #BestofJune26 #BirdsSeenIn2026

Reader, Birder, Herper, Guy@motherflicker· Jun 25

I love a good Bird-dropping Moth. Species unknown; Wawa Sumaco area, Ecuador, June 2026. #moths #insects

Reader, Birder, Herper, Guy@motherflicker· Jun 18

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Black, birds with mainly black plumage. Black Guan (Chamaepetes unicolor), Cartago, Costa Rica, December 2025 🌿🪶 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #guans #costarica #BirdOfTheDay

A large. mostly black bird with blue facial skin, perched high up in a tree.

Reader, Birder, Herper, Guy@motherflicker· Jun 17

Today's alt #BirdOfTheDay theme is #MultiColour, birds with 4 or more Colo(u)rs. Lesson's Motmot (Momotus lessonii), Hotel Bougainvillea, Heredia, Costa Rica, January 2026. 🌿🪶 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #motmots #costarica #BirdsSeenIn2026 #BirdOfTheDay

A multicolored bird in greens, blues, black, and rufous perches atop a boulder in a lush garden.

Reader, Birder, Herper, Guy@motherflicker· Jun 16

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #InFlight — birds in flight. Rainbow-bearded Thornbill (Chalcostigma herrani), Cayambe-Coca National Park, Napo, Ecuador, October 2025. 🌿🪶 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #hummingbirds #ecuador #BirdOfTheDay

A mostly brownish hummingbird taking flight, with an orangey "rainbow" beard and crest.

Reader, Birder, Herper, Guy@motherflicker· Jun 13

White-eyed vireo (Vireo griseus), Richmond, Virginia, USA, June 2026. 🌿🪶 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #vireos #virginia #usa #BirdsSeenin2026

Reader, Birder, Herper, Guy@motherflicker· Jun 13

Yellow-throated Warbler (Setophaga dominica), Richmond, Virginia, USA, June 2026. 🌿🪶 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #warblers #virginia #usa #BirdsSeenin2026

A small bird that is black-and-white striped on top, white belly, and yellow breast and throat.

Reader, Birder, Herper, Guy@motherflicker· Jun 13

Variable Seedeater (Sporophila corvina) male in #BlackAndWhite, Rio Yuis, Cartago, Costa Rica, December 2025. 🌿🪶 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #finches #costarica #BirdOfTheDay

A small black bird with a few white sppots scattered around its head, and one on the wings, perches not on a branch, but on a large leaf.

Reader, Birder, Herper, Guy@motherflicker· Jun 11

One of Harry Bertoia’s Sonambient sculptures at the Federal Reserve Building, Richmond, VA. Sadly it’s behind a fence, so I did not get a chance to whack on it.

Reader, Birder, Herper, Guy@motherflicker· Jun 8

Common Cactus Dodger (Cacama valvata), Pueblo County, Colorado, USA, June 2026. 🌿 #insects #nature #wildlife #photography

A cicada clings to a bare branch. It is light brown and black on top, and a powdery-looking white underneath.

Reader, Birder, Herper, Guy@motherflicker· Jun 8

Triploid Checkered Whiptail (Cnemidophorus neotesselatus) doing the hot-foot posture, Pueblo County, Colorado, USA, June 2026. An exceptionally zany evolutionary angle: all-female with triploid (!) chromosomes. 🌿 #herps #lizards #nature #wildlife #photography

A long, thin lizard with a pointy snout, striped in light yellow with alternating black stripes tessellated in yellow lays on her belly in some gravel, feet lifted off the ground.

Reader, Birder, Herper, Guy@motherflicker· Jun 8

Purple Sandpipers (Calidris maritima) on the North Sea, Zuid-Holland, NL, January 2026. 🌿🪶 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #sandpipers #netherlands #WorldOceansDay #BirdOfTheDay #BirdsSeenIn2026

Dark-brown sandpipers with white bellies, orange-yellow legs, and bills that start out orange-yellow and turn black at the tip run on algae-covered rocks at the seaside.

Reader, Birder, Herper, Guy@motherflicker· Jun 8

Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea), Fairfax County, Virginia, USA, June 2026. 🌿🪶 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #buntings #virginia #usa #BirdsSeenIn2026

A small blue bird with a black "beard", silvery-gray bill, and black primaries edged in blue perches leaned forward in a leafy area.

Reader, Birder, Herper, Guy@motherflicker· Jun 6

I’m glad we have AI to make up images of Huey door gunners in Vietnam. Well, there probably are not photos of one firing M-602319240s by patting them from the top like they are a dog, firing .30-06 rounds out of a 40mm barrel.

Reader, Birder, Herper, Guy@motherflicker· Jun 6

#FemaleBeauty from this Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) mother, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA, June 2026. 🌿🪶 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #ducks #virginia #usa #BirdOfTheDay #BirdsSeenIn2026

A mostly brown duck with lots of faint iridescense on her wings, a prominent white eyering, and a slight hint of a crest stands on a log at the edge of of a lake, with five ducklings on and around the log.

Reader, Birder, Herper, Guy@motherflicker· Jun 5

Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina) male #LookingAtYou, El Paso County, Colorado, USA, May 2026. I need to learn how to deal with muddy overcast light. 🌿🪶 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #warblers #colorado #usa #BirdOfTheDay #BirdsSeenIn2026