Today was my turn to work the bird room at the rescue! There were probably 25-30 in there, but these are the only pics I took since the work was non-stop and I was by myself. I knew bird parents were busy, but now I have a personal appreciation!
Some of these tiny guys eat a ton for how small they are! I keep thinking they're full and they come at me with open beaks and wings flapping, asking for more!
A cowbird was the most voracious. He would try charging right out of his enclosure and was screeching and beating its wings so fast!
The bluejay was my favorite. It is so pudgy and cute and I love my jays at home, so it was nice to work with one. Five more came in near the end of my shift, so I guess I should be careful what I ask for!
The baby crow was already so huge! It felt like a little dinosaur grabbing me for food, lest it take a bite of me!
There were grackles, robins, and Carolina wrens, and probably some other stuff I'm not remembering. The grackles and crow and another mysterious black bird (who was by far the most unhappy bird) were so loud the entire time, and with the concrete walls, it was quite loud, which seems the top complaint of people on bird duty.
The big walk in enclosure had 7 big robins who could at least partially fly. One eventually landed on me, which was fun. They mostly just parked themselves all in a row in their one tree and I fed them up and down the line until they were full. Then they would all lay down and nap for a little. Quite adorable!
But as soon as they were all fed, the first guys were ready for more, so just rinse and repeat all morning! Momma birds have crazy busy jobs!
Yeah, I tend to suggest both because some users have an aversion to .ml. Personally, I'm ambivalent because I don't get worked up about crowsposting when done tastefully. I've also posted magpies in corvids but not crows because it's distinct from a crow while still a smartypants bird.
Crowsposting, huh? Good one ๐
I don't think what they do could reasonably considered being "tasteful". Honestly bums me out on the fediverse, makes me not want to post to crows because i will get angry when minutes later the repost comes in.
My personal policy when posting news or OC is to post to one or two small communities relevant to the specific topic, then ensure the link is present in a crosspost to one to a broader topic or catchall community (oneninetysix, canada, shitpost etc.). Crossposting helps Lemming discover smaller communities they didn't realize existed. A user even told me as much on one of my recent posts.
There's a bit of a grey area in the line between reasonable crossposting and spam/aggresive self-promotion. If I were to put a number on the point I get annoyed, it's probably at the sixth duplicate post.
I'd usually have zero problems with cross posting, it's usually because someone is interested in the topic or appreciates the post. Good intentions. I have been cross posted a few times before and thought that was neat.
The last post of mine that got crissposted to corvids apparently got removed by the sopuli admin for being "spam" lol, I guess someone reported it.