• Destide@feddit.ukEnglish
    26·
    3 days ago

    Merlin app turns your bird feeder into a pokemon gym. You get some of the those endangered shinies feeding and living in your garden, it feels good

    • AlolanYoda@mander.xyz
      6·
      3 days ago

      Similarly, it turns any random hike or walk into a pokemon collection session. I used to hate going on hikes but now I am always looking forward to the next opportunity to add to my pokedex life list

  • Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca
    8·
    3 days ago

    My grandma had me like this when I was ten. We used to sit at her kitchen table and look them up as they flew in. I knew that thing front to back. Used to sit over there all the time looking through the pictures. She died some years ago, but I still have that old green copy of Audubon Guide to Eastern Birds. Made sure to ask for it when she died. It no longer reeks like cigarettes, but it’s all browned and brittle.

    My daughter (5) loves birds now too, and we used to consult my grandma’s guide together. However, we now live in Western Canada and I was worried about the longevity of such a fragile relic, so I purchased the Western edition. Nearly identical, but red. Now my daughter runs to grab that whenever we see a new bird at the feeder.

  • TriflingToad@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    4·
    3 days ago

    ok but like my grandma has turkies though
    they’re so big! Like at least somewhere in-between waist and breast hight.
    The cat likes to jump up against the window and scare them sometimes, it’s really funny


    This is the closest photo I could find, but here she’s just watching the normal birds at the feeder