Your web-browser is very outdated, and as such, this website may not display properly. Please consider upgrading to a modern, faster and more secure browser. Click here to do so.
Yeah - these were the same Fairy Terns that chose an empty block next to a building site last yeah - I’d wandered over to see why there were so many plant pots and buckets half buried in the sand, and discovered that while there were warning signs put up around the block, they were only put up on three sides of the block :( Was very sad to hear about the massacre - loosing that many adults and chicks is a serious blow to the species
jesus
please keep your cats indoors.
One cat. One fucking cat. One cat was all it took to disrupt a breeding population of birds. One domestic animal that had no business being there in the first place. This was on Australia, and fortunately not New Zealand- there’s only 43 individuals left of the NZ subspecies, which is two fewer than what this cat killed.
Just keep them inside. Yes, this was a feral cat and not somebody’s pet- but how do you think ferals got there in the first place? Not by magic. Keep your cats inside.
ive said it before and i’ll say it again but nonbinary doesnt always mean agender or unaligned. it just means not completely a man or a woman. theres so many different nonbinary genders and reducing it to just meaning Totally Genderless And Unaligned is completely ignoring the intricacies of nonbinary identity. replacing a rigid gender binary with a rigid gender trinary helps no one.
i think a lot about that calvin & hobbes strip where they find a trickle of water and calvin is like “i guess we have the afternoon booked solid” or smth. i just really miss that. when you’re a kid and you get completely involved in small things without any real purpose. i remember when i was a kid i used to observe ants for long stretches of time, not doing anything, just looking at them work. there was no anxiety or guilt over being so idle, and very small things could hide a world of enchantment. i just really really miss that feeling.
Most of the time they’re just happy to get on with their business around humans. Sometimes they get a little too curious, usually after a minute they’ll realise you’re not food or a good place to sit, but if they bother you then it’s best to just move away.
Remember they sting to defend themselves or their nest, and from their point of view humans are gigantic, unpredictable and potentially very dangerous creatures.
It’s understandable if you’re scared of them, but please don’t say they’re evil!
