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Good morning. 🐦🐦🐦

11 May 2026

It’s early morning, and I’m typing in the dark so I don’t wake my wife. I’ve got SiriusXM running on my phone, feeding the news straight into my hearing aids. I kind of enjoy listening to Joe in the Morning while I drink my joe.

I’ve noticed how hotel technology has changed over the decades. I remember when checking in meant filling out a little questionnaire, knowing your license plate number, and being handed an actual metal key. Checking out meant going to the front desk to settle up before you left. Then hotels started slipping the invoice under the door at dawn and charging the card you checked in with. Eventually the metal keys gave way to keycards, and now even those are shifting from the old slide‑in slots to the tap‑to‑unlock style.

The hotel we’re in now still has the old‑fashioned slide‑in keycard reader. Maybe the tap locks won’t completely take over—kind of like how Betamax lost the war. Time will tell.

What really surprised me at check‑in was having to sign an actual piece of paper that included the make and model of my car. I haven’t had to do that in at least a decade, and I’ve stayed at this hotel before. When I asked about it, they said it was in case something happened with the car—like if I left the lights on. It also doubled as a sort of affidavit acknowledging that the rooms are non‑smoking.

The old saying came to mind: two steps forward, one step back.

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” — Bert Lance

Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them.” — Lao Tzu

“We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us.” — Marshall McLuhan

#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #wildlife #nature #bird #birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #flowers #sparrows #housesparrow

White-throated sparrow

#nature #naturephotography #birds #birding #wildlifephotography #michigan #animals #birdphotography #wildlife #photography #sparrow #sparrows

"Where did your failure bring you to? Back to me..." - Imported Soviet Sparrows entering China after a brutal famine

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1973038/where-did-your-failure-bring-you-to-back-to-me-imported-soviet-sparrows-entering-china

"Where did your failure bring you to? Back to me..." - Imported Soviet Sparrows entering China after a brutal famine

https://piefed.social/c/tankiejerk/p/1973034/where-did-your-failure-bring-you-to-back-to-me-imported-soviet-sparrows-entering-china

For both #WorldFrogDay + #WorldSparrowDay today:
Cloisonne Enamel Plate (with #Sparrows & #Frogs )
Japan, late Meiji Era (late 19th - early 20th c).
Dia. 12 in.
https://mta-sts.antiquearena.com/lot/67840?auction_item_id=298
#JapaneseArt #BirdsInArt #FrogFriday

Turn your garden into a bird paradise this spring with these expert gardening tips https://www.allforgardening.com/1644852/turn-your-garden-into-a-bird-paradise-this-spring-with-these-expert-gardening-tips/ #BirdBoxes #BirdFeeders #garden #gardening #HowToAttractBirdsToYourGarden #MartinChaplin #NestingBirds #OutdoorSpaces #Sparrows #SpeciesOfBirds #wagtails

New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2026/01/26/all-time-xis-detective-fiction/
An all time XI of players who have namesakes in detective fiction and a photo gallery.
#cricket #DetectiveFiction #AllTimeXIs #photography #birds #cormorants #heron #starlings #lapwings #sparrows #mammals #squirrels #muntjac #hare #fungi

New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2026/01/25/scorchers-win-bbl15/
A brief account of today's #BBL15 final and a #photo gallery.
#cricket #T20 #BBL #BBL15 #BBLFinal #PSvSS #photography #birds #LittleEgret #cormorants #starlings #lapwings #GreylagGeese #Sparrows #Muntjac

New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2026/01/25/scorchers-win-bbl15/
A brief account of today's #BBL15 final and a #photo gallery.
#cricket #T20 #BBL #BBL15 #BBLFinal #PSvSS #photography #birds #LittleEgret #cormorants #starlings #lapwings #GreylagGeese #Sparrows #Muntjac

New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2026/01/25/scorchers-win-bbl15/
A brief account of today's #BBL15 final and a #photo gallery.
#cricket #T20 #BBL #BBL15 #BBLFinal #PSvSS #photography #birds #LittleEgret #cormorants #starlings #lapwings #GreylagGeese #Sparrows #Muntjac

New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2026/01/25/scorchers-win-bbl15/
A brief account of today's #BBL15 final and a #photo gallery.
#cricket #T20 #BBL #BBL15 #BBLFinal #PSvSS #photography #birds #LittleEgret #cormorants #starlings #lapwings #GreylagGeese #Sparrows #Muntjac

New on my #blog: https://aspi.blog/2026/01/25/scorchers-win-bbl15/
A brief account of today's #BBL15 final and a #photo gallery.
#cricket #T20 #BBL #BBL15 #BBLFinal #PSvSS #photography #birds #LittleEgret #cormorants #starlings #lapwings #GreylagGeese #Sparrows #Muntjac

New on my #blog:
https://aspi.blog/2026/01/24/england-win-in-sri-lanka/
An account of today's ODI in Colombo and a photo gallery.
#cricket #ODI #SLvENG #photography #birds #sandpipers #lapwings #cormorants #starlings #swans #sparrows #PiedWagtails #Raptor

New on my #blog:
https://aspi.blog/2026/01/24/england-win-in-sri-lanka/
An account of today's ODI in Colombo and a photo gallery.
#cricket #ODI #SLvENG #photography #birds #sandpipers #lapwings #cormorants #starlings #swans #sparrows #PiedWagtails #Raptor

New on my #blog:
https://aspi.blog/2026/01/24/england-win-in-sri-lanka/
An account of today's ODI in Colombo and a photo gallery.
#cricket #ODI #SLvENG #photography #birds #sandpipers #lapwings #cormorants #starlings #swans #sparrows #PiedWagtails #Raptor

New on my #blog:
https://aspi.blog/2026/01/24/england-win-in-sri-lanka/
An account of today's ODI in Colombo and a photo gallery.
#cricket #ODI #SLvENG #photography #birds #sandpipers #lapwings #cormorants #starlings #swans #sparrows #PiedWagtails #Raptor

New on my #blog:
https://aspi.blog/2026/01/24/england-win-in-sri-lanka/
An account of today's ODI in Colombo and a photo gallery.
#cricket #ODI #SLvENG #photography #birds #sandpipers #lapwings #cormorants #starlings #swans #sparrows #PiedWagtails #Raptor

It seems they 🐦‍⬛+🐦know what they want + where to find it 🤣
I hang feeders random on hooks, don't really think about it doing so

4 feeders with different food: peanuts, fatballs, mixed birdfood and sunflower-seeds, peeled, 😋 easy to snack
Do they smell what's in there?
Does 1 make a choice and the rest follows?
Do they see 👓 what's in it? 🤣

#birds #birdsofmastodon #food #feeders #BirdFeeders #news #winter #snow #cold #narore #birdphotography
#bluetits #greattits #sparrows #smallbirdsfeeder #peanuts #winterfood #sunflower #eu #europe #us

Opmerkelijk... steeds gaan 🐦+🐦‍⬛ achter elkaar naar dezelfde feeder? Blijkbaar maakt 1 'n keuze> de andere volgen óf zouden ze ruiken wat er in zit?
Óf herkennen ze aan de buitenkant dat in de rechter feeder de meeste zonnepitjes zitten, gepeld, dus makkelijk en snel te snacken...?🤣

#vogels #Voeren #silo #tuinvogels #winter #sneeuw #pinda #zaad #zonnepitten #eten #snack #birds #vogelsvanmastodon #feeder #backyardBirdFeeders #news #snow #food #GreatTits #bluetits #sparrows

Sparrow Over The Vineyard
Oil on canvas, 40 x 30 cm
www.jurakuba.com
#sparrows #birds #art #sparrow #bird #arte #artwork #vineyard #flight #flying #motion #look #looking #cute #animals #animal #humor #humour #artist #jokes #fun #field #Germany #Rheinland #Rhein #Rhine #Pfalz #original #painting #paintings #autumn #fall #colors #walldecor

2016-10-17 Fahrradtour / Bicycle Trip
#Tierfotografie -> https://archive.org/details/108733
Schwafheimer Meer -> https://www.goehde.com/fotos/index.php?/category/501447
& Streichelzoo im Freizeitpark Moers -> https://www.goehde.com/fotos/index.php?/category/545125

#vögel #zwergtaucher #blaumeisen #eisvögel #spatzen #natur #SchwafheimerMeer #niederrhein #slideshow #SchwafheimerMeer #digital #animals #birds #LittleGrebe #BlueTits #kingfishers #sparrows #nature #LowerRhineRegion #video #foto #fotografie #photo #photography #slide #tiere #moers

Good evening everyone 🌎 ⚘️🍂🪶 Herbst. Zeit. Lose. Versammlung. #AutumnVibes #Sparrows #UrbanBirds #BotschafterDerStadtnatur #Spatzen #passerdomesticus

Good evening everyone 🌎 ⚘️🍂🪶 Herbst. Zeit. Lose. Versammlung. #AutumnVibes #Sparrows #UrbanBirds #BotschafterDerStadtnatur #Spatzen #passerdomesticus

Good evening everyone 🌎 ⚘️🍂🪶 Herbst. Zeit. Lose. Versammlung. #AutumnVibes #Sparrows #UrbanBirds #BotschafterDerStadtnatur #Spatzen #passerdomesticus

Sparrow Chicks in a Postbox, Folkington, Sussex, c.1910 - Photo Postcard Co RP Postcard

https://www.ebid.net/uk/for-sale/sparrow-chicks-in-a-postbox-folkington-sussex-c-1910-photo-postcard-co-rppc-221943403.htm

#Folkington #Sparrows #Nests #Postcards

“Bigger foods mean less peck, more CHOMP…” #efficient #smart #savvy #birds #sparrows #winter #StruggleIsReal #birdphotography #photography #Midwest

Some #photos from my husband's Saturday afternoon #walk in the #DightyBurn wooded #river valley near our home in eastern #Dundee, #Scotland. #Dighty #BroughtyFerry #Monifieth #Angus #Tayside #Photography #Birds #Birding #BirdPhotography #BirdingPhotography #Woods #Wood #Rivers #Countryside #Nature #Wildlife #UrbanNature #CityWildlife #Sparrow #Sparrows #Viaduct #Viaducts #RailwayHistory #Dipper #Dippers #DipperBird #DipperBirds #Heron #Herons #Autumn #Autumn2024 #Fall #Fall2024

Some #photos from my husband's Saturday afternoon #walk in the #DightyBurn wooded #river valley near our home in eastern #Dundee, #Scotland. #Dighty #BroughtyFerry #Monifieth #Tayside #Angus #Photography #Birds #Birding #BirdPhotography #BirdingPhotography #Starling #Starlings #Sparrow #Sparrows #Dipper #Dippers #DipperBird #DipperBirds #PeacockButterfly #PeacockButterflies #Butterfly #Butterflies #Lepidoptery #Woods #Countryside #Nature #Wildlife #UrbanNature #CityWildlife #ScottishBirds

New on my blog: https://aspi.blog/2024/03/06/all-time-xis-not-quite-test-class/
#cricket #CricketMastodon #photography #birds #mammals #muntjac #rat #Cormorants #Oystercatchers #robin #sparrows
An XI all of whose averages seem to put them below test class, but all of whom have been hugely valued members of their sides. Also a huge photo gallery.

Some #photos from my husband's Saturday afternoon #walk near our home in eastern #Dundee, #Scotland. Lots of #birds, including one #dipper couple he saw repeatedly. #BroughtyFerry #Monifieth #Angus #Tayside #Dighty #DightyBurn #Photography #Birding #BirdPhotography #BirdingPhotography #Countryside #Wildlife #Nature #Rivers #Woods #Viaducts #RailwayHistory #Dippers #DipperBirds #Blackbirds #Sparrows #UrbanNature #CityWildlife

Good morning everyone 🌎 ⚘️🍂🪶

Hecken und Sträucher sind wichtige Lebensräume, werden abwertend
als Gestrüpp bezeichnet und gerodet. Bieten in der Stadt jedoch Nestlingen Schutz, erhöhen die Artenvielfalt. Heimat vieler Tiere. Überwinterungsort #Luftfilter #Erosionsschutz #Klima #Biotope #Artenschutz rein in die #Stadtplanung #Sparrows #birds #BirdsOfMastodon
#Gebäudebrüter #spatz #habitat
#Strauchdiebe - lasst die Büsche stehen!
Ohne Büsche weniger Vögel vor der Haustür.

Some #photos from my husband's Saturday afternoon #walk near our home in eastern #Dundee, #Scotland. #Photography #Tayside #BroughtyFerry #Monifieth #Angus #Birds #Birding #BirdPhotography #BirdingPhotography #Dipper #Dippers #DipperBirds #Duck #Ducks #Merganser #Mergansers #CommonMergansers #Sparrow #Sparrows #Robin #Robins #RobinBirds #RobinRedbreast #Countryside #Wildlife #Nature #Rivers #Woods #CityNature #UrbanWildlife #Dighty #DightyBurn

Some #photos from my husband's Saturday afternoon #walk near our home in eastern #Dundee, #Scotland. These are just a few of many birds he saw today, both on his walk out and in the Dighty Burn wooded river valley. #Monifieth #BroughtyFerry #Angus #Countryside #Nature #Photographs #Rural #Birdstodon #Birds #Birding #BirdPhotographs #BirdingPhotographs #Sparrows #Gulls #JuvenileBirds #WoodPigeons #Viaducts #RailwayHistory #UrbanNature #CityWildlife

20 March is World Sparrow Day.
This music imitates the song of the sparrow, and comes from the Bird Fancyer's Delight, John Walsh, 1715.

#worldsparrowday
#sparrow
#otd
#onthisday
#baroquemusic
#earlymusic
#recordermusic
#sopranino
#18thcentury
#birdsong
#sheetmusic
#histodon
#histodons
#sparrows

20 March is World Sparrow Day.
This music imitates the song of the sparrow, and comes from the Bird Fancyer's Delight, John Walsh, 1715.

#worldsparrowday
#sparrow
#otd
#onthisday
#baroquemusic
#earlymusic
#recordermusic
#sopranino
#18thcentury
#birdsong
#sheetmusic
#histodon
#histodons
#sparrows

20 March is World Sparrow Day.
This music imitates the song of the sparrow, and comes from the Bird Fancyer's Delight, John Walsh, 1715.

#worldsparrowday
#sparrow
#otd
#onthisday
#baroquemusic
#earlymusic
#recordermusic
#sopranino
#18thcentury
#birdsong
#sheetmusic
#histodon
#histodons
#sparrows

20 March is World Sparrow Day.
This music imitates the song of the sparrow, and comes from the Bird Fancyer's Delight, John Walsh, 1715.

#worldsparrowday
#sparrow
#otd
#onthisday
#baroquemusic
#earlymusic
#recordermusic
#sopranino
#18thcentury
#birdsong
#sheetmusic
#histodon
#histodons
#sparrows