2025 birds in review

[halfcactus]

All neighborhood birds—personal favorites are the pied fantail (so pretty and round! and has the cutest angry eyebrows!) and black-naped oriole (mostly for its call—it's such a head-turner, from its bright plumage and bold eyeliner to its melodious voice).

Comments

[lunabee34]

This is so fantastic! I love the bright yellow bird especially.

[halfcactus]

Thank you! It's a black-naped oriole :)

[sixbeforelunch]

This is fantastic! I love the angy bird :D

[halfcactus]

Thank you! The angy bird was so noisy I hope it found its friends haha

(PS. Happy New Year!)

[pauraque]

Really cool to see some neighborhood birds from a neighborhood very far from me! I'm reminded of Amy Tan's book The Backyard Bird Chronicles, which is a published version of her bird journal.

[halfcactus]

I started reading that at a friend's recommendation! I also love seeing birds through other people's eyes, it feels more real than watching a documentary :')

[profiterole_reads]

Absolutely wonderful! <3

[halfcactus]

Thank you! And Happy New Year :)

[eglantiere]

oh my god t his is amazing. i love it so much.

[halfcactus]

Thank you, wishing you more bird sightings as well! Happy New Year, Eg!

[octahedrite]

This is so cute! "Angy" made me smile. What's the poem in the second photo?

[halfcactus]

The angy bird was giving "I got stood up by my friends" energy haha.

The poem is "Unrequited" by Li-Young Lee from his 2025 anthology, The Invention of the Darling. ♥