PHP dev, sometimes pixel artist. Also takes pictures of bugs and birds to see what they look like up close.

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  • mostlypixels@programming.devOPtobirding@lemmy.worldRobin
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    3 days ago

    Canon R7, Sigma contemporary 150/600mm. It was on a low tree branch so between 2 to 4m away? The odds were NOT in my favor for this picture because I accidentally locked the camera on “ISO 100”, this handheld with 2kg+ camera/lens on a windy day. Got lucky :)

    Oh that’s wonderful. I head “Robin Redbreast” before but I had no idea about Jenny Wren. Lovely!




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    4 days ago

    All of my Dick Grayson fanart came with the wrong bird until I figured out American Robins were a thing.

    And the “old world” version of animals are usually superior. I had a very confusing conversation about squirrels with a New Yorker friend who was describing squirrels as fluffier rats, and I was describing lovely furballs. Then we respectively found out about grey/red squirrels.

    “Turdus” being Latin for “thrush” and having absolutely nothing to do with their propensity to crap on your car. Honest.

    Here I am, wiping european tears of laughter off my cheeks. Incidentally, I was wondering who blackbirds had pissed off to be named “Turdus Merula”, aka “poop noxious fungus”.