Be careful, it’s slippery out there!
Eastern Blue Bird (Sialia sialis)
January 24, 2022
Southeastern Pennsylvania
My most popular photo of 2022 was something I almost didn’t post. Technically, from a photographer’s standpoint, it is not as good a photo of a bird as I usually post. But I have learned that my followers would rather see a photo of one of my common birds doing something birdy than a perfectly posed picture of a rare warbler.
A puffin collecting flowers on Skelling Michael, Ireland
Faune de la Sénégambie /.
Paris :O. Doin,1883-1887.. Biodiversity Heritage Library
Temple of Horus, Egypt
its horus he’s here
Guys no, it gets so much better.
A small fat bird, like the above, is the hieroglyph used in Ancient Egyptian to mean “wicked” or evil”.
The phrase above him (the inscription should be read from the top down) is “Nb s3″ or “Lord of the son of”. Genitive is usually implied in this sort of phrase without a connecting word, meaning:
This birb has literally created the sentence and declared himself “ Lord of the Son of Evil”
God dammit, I realised I made a mistake doing this from memory- the first sign is “k” for “your”, not “nb” for “lord”. So this birb has declared himself “your evil son”, not “the lord of the son of evil”. Which is not quite as dramatic, but still very menacing. You go bird.
Behold, my evil son. I am so very proud of him.
my mom said her sister would insult people by calling them bird names such as “yellow-bellied sapsucker” and “red-headed woodpecker” (last one reserved for people with red hair)
