Birch 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
@birchduck.bsky.social
Queer women's hockey (and other women's sports) fan. Looks at birds. Located in a cornfield IL
Look, the world is *waves hands*. Have some pie for breakfast. To fortify yourself for the Eating To Come
(If you're not in the US feel free to have some pie too. Everyone should have pie if they want)
(If you're not in the US feel free to have some pie too. Everyone should have pie if they want)
November 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Look, the world is *waves hands*. Have some pie for breakfast. To fortify yourself for the Eating To Come
(If you're not in the US feel free to have some pie too. Everyone should have pie if they want)
(If you're not in the US feel free to have some pie too. Everyone should have pie if they want)
Loved this book. Just... Yeah it's a "nature is great, growing up in nature is the best" but from the point of view of a Black man and his family history. The author reads it, and is so peaceful, like sitting outside watching trees with him.
November 22, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Loved this book. Just... Yeah it's a "nature is great, growing up in nature is the best" but from the point of view of a Black man and his family history. The author reads it, and is so peaceful, like sitting outside watching trees with him.
I get paid in dollars and squashes
And today a co-worker left dusty footprints on my jeans
And today a co-worker left dusty footprints on my jeans
November 20, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I get paid in dollars and squashes
And today a co-worker left dusty footprints on my jeans
And today a co-worker left dusty footprints on my jeans
Good info, I added alt text
November 20, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Good info, I added alt text
Echo after successfully slopping hot beverage on me
November 16, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Echo after successfully slopping hot beverage on me
Dear neighbors,
Please stop burning your yards down
Sincerely,
My lungs
Please stop burning your yards down
Sincerely,
My lungs
November 14, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Dear neighbors,
Please stop burning your yards down
Sincerely,
My lungs
Please stop burning your yards down
Sincerely,
My lungs
And from my phone
They're panoramas so they do look better if you click on them
They're panoramas so they do look better if you click on them
November 12, 2025 at 2:49 AM
And from my phone
They're panoramas so they do look better if you click on them
They're panoramas so they do look better if you click on them
The sky is fuzzzzy! These are the best #NorthernLights I've seen in Illinois. Yes these are mostly 1 second "exposures", but I could see so much with my bare eyes! It's soooooo cooooool!!!!
November 12, 2025 at 2:37 AM
The sky is fuzzzzy! These are the best #NorthernLights I've seen in Illinois. Yes these are mostly 1 second "exposures", but I could see so much with my bare eyes! It's soooooo cooooool!!!!
"dinner first or cake first?"
Lots of waffling
"Flip a coin?"
"I got it! odds cake, evens dinner"
Lots of waffling
"Flip a coin?"
"I got it! odds cake, evens dinner"
November 12, 2025 at 12:23 AM
"dinner first or cake first?"
Lots of waffling
"Flip a coin?"
"I got it! odds cake, evens dinner"
Lots of waffling
"Flip a coin?"
"I got it! odds cake, evens dinner"
They say, but that's not what those eyes look like. Yoinked this from allaboutbirds
November 6, 2025 at 9:46 PM
They say, but that's not what those eyes look like. Yoinked this from allaboutbirds
If my friend was this bad at answering basic questions I would gently poke them towards a good doctor.
Like I know ads but there is no way in hell this place is paying
Like I know ads but there is no way in hell this place is paying
November 6, 2025 at 12:51 AM
If my friend was this bad at answering basic questions I would gently poke them towards a good doctor.
Like I know ads but there is no way in hell this place is paying
Like I know ads but there is no way in hell this place is paying
A story in 3 parts. Well I only got 3 parts of the story... Pants about a quarter mile down the trail, then the shirt another quarter mile by the water, and the shoes a little farther in.
If they went into the water even a little bit, they had a Bad Day (tm)
If they went into the water even a little bit, they had a Bad Day (tm)
October 31, 2025 at 5:02 PM
A story in 3 parts. Well I only got 3 parts of the story... Pants about a quarter mile down the trail, then the shirt another quarter mile by the water, and the shoes a little farther in.
If they went into the water even a little bit, they had a Bad Day (tm)
If they went into the water even a little bit, they had a Bad Day (tm)
Tried a new place to canoe. While it is technically a river, I've been in lakes with more current. Good birds, tho it's in 3 counties so less than ideal for ebird or listing...
I think we'll probably go back
(Ramp was busy when we got back tho)
I think we'll probably go back
(Ramp was busy when we got back tho)
September 14, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Tried a new place to canoe. While it is technically a river, I've been in lakes with more current. Good birds, tho it's in 3 counties so less than ideal for ebird or listing...
I think we'll probably go back
(Ramp was busy when we got back tho)
I think we'll probably go back
(Ramp was busy when we got back tho)
Cleaning up my files lets me see things like this. They were both old men here in 2018.
September 11, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Cleaning up my files lets me see things like this. They were both old men here in 2018.
Took an evening paddle up the river! We successfully dodged 3 river barges and 1 train (ok only 1 barge was tricky because the channel is really close to the side we wanted to be on and there was a motor boat on the other side)
September 11, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Took an evening paddle up the river! We successfully dodged 3 river barges and 1 train (ok only 1 barge was tricky because the channel is really close to the side we wanted to be on and there was a motor boat on the other side)
When your casual goal was 225 species this year, but you unexpectedly went over the Rockies for a week
I only got 1 dedicated bird outing, too, the rest involved morning neighborhood walks or small children. Tho by my last day the 6yo was hushing me so she could hear birds 🎉
🪶
I only got 1 dedicated bird outing, too, the rest involved morning neighborhood walks or small children. Tho by my last day the 6yo was hushing me so she could hear birds 🎉
🪶
September 5, 2025 at 1:51 PM
When your casual goal was 225 species this year, but you unexpectedly went over the Rockies for a week
I only got 1 dedicated bird outing, too, the rest involved morning neighborhood walks or small children. Tho by my last day the 6yo was hushing me so she could hear birds 🎉
🪶
I only got 1 dedicated bird outing, too, the rest involved morning neighborhood walks or small children. Tho by my last day the 6yo was hushing me so she could hear birds 🎉
🪶
Even in the back yard, leaving your home area gives high proportion of lifers 😂 🪶
August 30, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Even in the back yard, leaving your home area gives high proportion of lifers 😂 🪶
Guess who had a unicorn of a 5 hour flight?
August 27, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Guess who had a unicorn of a 5 hour flight?
So this bird woke me up this morning, sounded like hawk begging, so I grabbed Merlin. Friends, this never happens! 🤣 🪶
August 23, 2025 at 12:32 PM
So this bird woke me up this morning, sounded like hawk begging, so I grabbed Merlin. Friends, this never happens! 🤣 🪶
This is *so not cool*
August 18, 2025 at 1:53 AM
This is *so not cool*
Sometimes you have a rough molt
Just keep singing your song 🪶
Just keep singing your song 🪶
August 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Sometimes you have a rough molt
Just keep singing your song 🪶
Just keep singing your song 🪶
I see so much beautiful art on here, and I want all you wonderful humans to know I appreciate you!
This is a bird I drew in my new field notebook this morning. I can't do much better with a pencil and an hour 🤣 🪶
This is a bird I drew in my new field notebook this morning. I can't do much better with a pencil and an hour 🤣 🪶
August 9, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I see so much beautiful art on here, and I want all you wonderful humans to know I appreciate you!
This is a bird I drew in my new field notebook this morning. I can't do much better with a pencil and an hour 🤣 🪶
This is a bird I drew in my new field notebook this morning. I can't do much better with a pencil and an hour 🤣 🪶
Went to a different prairie today and saw a different flower and bee
August 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Went to a different prairie today and saw a different flower and bee
I'm in your neighborhood delivering veggies
July 31, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I'm in your neighborhood delivering veggies