YOLOBirder

@yolobirder.bsky.social

A long time ago in a phone photo Gallery far, far away

Those were the days!

Any budding young naturalists/readers out there who would like 3 @gill-lewis.bsky.social books? I’d love to gift these to someone who would enjoy them. I’ll cover postage :)

I’m intrigued!

Yes I did and this is an excellent spot! So jealous though not to get this on my SJP list!

I did and this is excellent!!! Thank you! Gutted not to be there as I don’t have Whinchat on my SJP list! 👏

Been doing a bit of long overdue taxonomy catch-up. I've got my head around divers no longer being at the front of the bird book, but cuckoos between bustards and sandgrouse is going to take a bit of getting used to. #UKbirding

Want to know which bird species @greeneindy.bsky.social would choose to peck him to death? Or which bird has one parent go to Sainsbury’s Local while the other does a big shop? Then listen here!

Yes! Can’t wait!

You might like… bsky.app/profile/yolo...

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I’d planned to do many more of these (still might do my Swift and Spoonbill) but, in a strange art imitating life way, they are like a struggling band failing to get any traction. #dontquitthedayjob

As someone who once produced plectrums based on Puffins as members of Kiss, I thought that was as niche as I’d get. Then I started Bird of the Week, ‘reviewing’ birds as if they were albums in a music magazine…

Hope you enjoy it! The podcast that is, not the thoughts of being pecked to death!

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Secondly, ‘Troglodyte’ by Viagra Boys. It has nothing to do with Wrens, though….! youtu.be/iW4Gdsnr2Bg?...

A couple of things we mentioned during the podcast…
Firstly, Will’s summer pop banger ‘Terns’ ! This years ‘Espresso’ surely? bsky.app/profile/will...

This is a fantastic piece of research: @yolobirder.bsky.social has combed the “Tintin” albums and come up with identifications for the birds Hergé drew - where they appear, and what they are! It’s a great work of reference, and highly recommended!

That makes sense!
Thanks for the info (and share of my daft blog!)

I missed that discussion! 😂

Hope you like my blogs. I’m still waiting for the scientific journals or publishers to come knocking!!

Want to know which bird species @greeneindy.bsky.social would choose to peck him to death? Or which bird has one parent go to Sainsbury’s Local while the other does a big shop? Then listen here!

Getting It Right Everyone has their own. “How did he get from Mile End to Chelsea in five minutes?” “When’s this set again? 1952? That model didn’t come in until 1963.” “Lemon drizzle cake in 1938? I don’t think so!”…

It is perfect telly and you are right about MC. And he’s a lovely man to boot. @levparikian.bsky.social wrote a blog about the incidental bird sounds on the show that you might like: goldengrenades.com/getting-it-r...

So good! He’s definitely a Detectorists fan!

Bless ya Lev! Hope all is good with you :)

No way!

Good shout!

Me too! 🙂

I could tell from reading the book that you would be a Detectorists fan too!

Some people are never happy! 😜
A few people have said similar things, so one day maybe there’ll be a Part 3!

Thoroughly enjoying ‘The Cuckoo’s Lea’ by @drmjwarren.bsky.social, exploring England and its past through the places named after the birds that used to be there. It reminds me of the falconers whistle scene in Detectorists, with its ghostly echoes of the past. Lovely stuff.

6) The Green Woodpecker frame in Castafiore is a banger. Just for fun? Or a bit of a foreshadow for the Magpie?

7) Really disappointing he lost his opportunity in 714. South Pacific island... no fun birds? Just aliens? C'mon!

Anyway, great read. Thanks for putting the work in! Lot of fun. Cheers