I really find this amusing. It's hard to explain why, but the author's sense of humor certainly overlaps with mine! What an awesome and extremely useful site.
I clicked the link thinking of this SBemail and hoping somebody made a playable version of the game. It's a shame the easter egg on the end isn't playable post-Flash.
Stunning birds, some of the guys in the photography forums I'm on go down and spend days shooting the sandhill crane migrations, and the photos they come away with are breathtaking. Would love to make it down there one of these years.
Awesome. Submitted my local canal, just been past a whole cabal* of ducks on my evening run.
* Wrong collective term but 1) it's a good word and 2) there's something schemey about large collections of ducks. Foul* business is being carried out.
I once had a channel on twitch for streaming my hummingbird feeder when it was a hot spot. That’s no longer up but I was part of a “team” of other animal channels (which had many ducks!)-
Also here: https://visdeurbel.nl/ is an awesome service. Migratory fish get stuck at sluices in the city of Utrecht, that aren't opened much this time of year. So they installed an underwater web cam -- please watch it and when you see a lot of fish, please press the door bell so the sluice guard knows to open it.
Unfortunately it's just getting dark here right now.
May depend on the species. Mute swans are usually okay except for the occasional one that's an a-hole and is usually well known locally. I've heard that do some of the other species attack if approached.
The south side of SF bay is pretty awesome for watching ducks. But it's really the waterfront network of trails that are the ticket. That duckpond at Bayshores definitely attracts a diverse set, but you can find them all on a nice walk, with fewer zillionaires buzzing overhead on approach to the Bayshores airport.
I've been seeing ring-necked mallards in my driveway. They're bold urban birds; they don't take flight when a car approaches. I have to honk at them to get them to move.
Usually, crows are the only large birds nearby. The mallards are new.
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[ 1.6 ms ] story [ 106 ms ] threadYou can feed ducks with Twitch bits. This is peak internet.
Speaking of being sick of everything.
This app is a much more straightforward than navigating ebird’s hotspot UX though.
...someone should make a site, which lists them all.
Simpler times for sure.
One bug: the pin for "The Pond at Central Park" incorrectly shows up near 64th & 1st. Looks like there are some others that aren't accurate too.
eBird is a good place to look for ducks too.
https://ebird.org/hotspots
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMRmamm_LOs
* Wrong collective term but 1) it's a good word and 2) there's something schemey about large collections of ducks. Foul* business is being carried out.
*Sorry.
https://www.twitch.tv/team/animals
Also here: https://visdeurbel.nl/ is an awesome service. Migratory fish get stuck at sluices in the city of Utrecht, that aren't opened much this time of year. So they installed an underwater web cam -- please watch it and when you see a lot of fish, please press the door bell so the sluice guard knows to open it.
Unfortunately it's just getting dark here right now.
And now I'm craving tater tots. I haven't tried to read much dutch yet, apparently. I'm guessing "tot" is an extremely common word, though.
Such a weird pond.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-15/riddells-creek-geese-...
They've got a gr8 collection of ducks
Too much effort.
You can see an example in pure javascript here:
https://docs.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/example/cluster/
And how to build a similar app here:
https://levels.io/hoodmaps/
Usually, crows are the only large birds nearby. The mallards are new.