New Community: Birdfeeding
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thisfinecrewI recently launched a community with relevance to different types of activism and things people can easily do locally.
birdfeeding is a new community started on January 1, 2023. It's all about birdfeeding, birdwatching, and other topics relating to birds. It also touches on environmentalism, nature in general, and observations that may effect bird activity such as local weather. Both text and image posts are welcome.
Community resources include posts about birding events, nurseries that sell seeds or plants attractive to birds, bird identification apps, the benefits of birdwatching, and other useful materials.
Thus far, members include people from far-flung parts of the United States of America as well as Scotland, so we're seeing a nice wide range of habitats and bird species. Birds that are common in one area may be uncommon or unfamiliar in another area.
You can introduce yourself using the form in the Introduction post, or however you like. If you love birds and nature, come check outbirdfeeding!
Activism aspects include:
* Environmental activism. If you are pressuring your representatives to do more for birds, and/or doing things at home because your representatives are useless or Earth-hostile; if you are concerned about environmental justice, climate change, the insect apocalypse, the bird apocalypse, etc. then this community is worth checking out because it touches on areas of activism and practical solutions related to birds and other wildlife, as well as people talking about birds so you can see what's appearing where.
* Mental health activism. It's generally known that nature makes people happier, but it turns out that birdsong is dose-sensitive with regard to species diversity: the more different bird types there are singing, the bigger the improvement to human happiness and wellbeing. This suggests a number of responses: 1) If in need of a natural mood boost, head for an area of maximum bird diversity, like a park with a pond; useful to know and share. 2) Supporting bird diversity helps not only wildlife but also human health, with a lot of cheap fast-acting options which are ordinarily in short supply; useful to support in local activism. 3) The insect apocalypse, and its resulting bird apocalypse, are absolutely everyone's problem because falling bird density and diversity undermine human health; essential to fight in global environmental activism.
* Self-care. Activism is often exhausting and frustrating. Birds are relaxing and uplifting. Even if you don't have anywhere to feed or watch birds, you can drop bybirdfeeding and enjoy pictures and descriptions of other people's local birds. If you do have a yard or even a balcony, there are resources on how to attract more different birds.
birdfeeding is a new community started on January 1, 2023. It's all about birdfeeding, birdwatching, and other topics relating to birds. It also touches on environmentalism, nature in general, and observations that may effect bird activity such as local weather. Both text and image posts are welcome.Community resources include posts about birding events, nurseries that sell seeds or plants attractive to birds, bird identification apps, the benefits of birdwatching, and other useful materials.
Thus far, members include people from far-flung parts of the United States of America as well as Scotland, so we're seeing a nice wide range of habitats and bird species. Birds that are common in one area may be uncommon or unfamiliar in another area.
You can introduce yourself using the form in the Introduction post, or however you like. If you love birds and nature, come check out
birdfeeding!Activism aspects include:
* Environmental activism. If you are pressuring your representatives to do more for birds, and/or doing things at home because your representatives are useless or Earth-hostile; if you are concerned about environmental justice, climate change, the insect apocalypse, the bird apocalypse, etc. then this community is worth checking out because it touches on areas of activism and practical solutions related to birds and other wildlife, as well as people talking about birds so you can see what's appearing where.
* Mental health activism. It's generally known that nature makes people happier, but it turns out that birdsong is dose-sensitive with regard to species diversity: the more different bird types there are singing, the bigger the improvement to human happiness and wellbeing. This suggests a number of responses: 1) If in need of a natural mood boost, head for an area of maximum bird diversity, like a park with a pond; useful to know and share. 2) Supporting bird diversity helps not only wildlife but also human health, with a lot of cheap fast-acting options which are ordinarily in short supply; useful to support in local activism. 3) The insect apocalypse, and its resulting bird apocalypse, are absolutely everyone's problem because falling bird density and diversity undermine human health; essential to fight in global environmental activism.
* Self-care. Activism is often exhausting and frustrating. Birds are relaxing and uplifting. Even if you don't have anywhere to feed or watch birds, you can drop by
birdfeeding and enjoy pictures and descriptions of other people's local birds. If you do have a yard or even a balcony, there are resources on how to attract more different birds.
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