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@RyanFMandelbaum
science writer and bird enjoyer https://t.co/T3ySlpvSdd (they/them/opinions mine)
Jun 12, 2022 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
usually crossword bird answers are limited to “TERN” and “HERON” but yesterdays’s NYT crossword featured the clue “Black bird,” answered by one of the all-time greatest birds, the ANIs, so here’s a short ANI appreciation thread (here are groove-billed anis) Anis are cuckoos. Cuckoos are famous for being awkward and elusive, but Anis decided that being elusive was too difficult and just went with awkward. different field guides describe them as “crashing around,” “not graceful,” “disheveled,” and “floppy.” (smooth-billed below)
Jan 15, 2021 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
my reaction when i see how many different color m&ms they have at the m&ms store when a nice man on the street corner gives me a copy of his mixtape and says its only $20
Jan 14, 2021 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
do u wanna know how a red crossbill's beak actually works? good because i'm gonna show you Image so first they find a cone that's ready to pluck food out of - not so open that it's dropped all of its seeds, not too closed that they can't get to the food. then they slip the tip of their top beak in like the below: Image