how strange it is to be anything at all

lichenaday:

craftingcreatures:

ivy-meshle:

elodieunderglass:

lichenaday:

Got bit by a new bird species today!

Red-eyed vireo (Vireo olivaceus)

This guy doesn’t even go here! Recent high winds blew him over to Iceland from his typical American homeland. Awww, kinda like me!

(I am a licensed bird ringer for the country of Iceland and all animals are captured and handled according to regulations under the authority of the Natural Science Institute of Iceland)

He grisps you 🤏

Only fair, to both grisp and be grisped

In all fairness, if a humongous monster grabbed me by the legs and subjected me to ultimately harmless but nonetheless distressing and incomprehensible procedures with neither consent nor explanation, I too would attempt to bite them

Absolutely! I love the ones that bite because I am like “very good, do not go gently, rage rage and all that. You are a survivor and I am proud of you!”

Of course I then also love the ones who just sit there confused and stare at me with big, confused eyes, cause then I gotta be like “hey buddy c'mon, it’s gonna be ok. This is such a weird day I totally get it. You can fight back a little if you want.”