- About Me (Hi!) -
If I had a fursona, it would be a black skimmer. It'd look ridiculous it'd be awesome.
Anyways howdy!!! For sake of ease, you can call me Hare! Dealer's choice on pronouns, I think gender is stupid. I just kinda wanna be a person, not a "man" or a "woman" or even "nonbinary," yaknow?
What is there to say? I'm in college for wildlife ecology, rn it's summer so I'm just working a summer job (god I need money) and some volunteer gigs (one of the reasons I like skimmers so much is because I'm a Audubon Steward for a local nesting colony, so I'm staring at these guys for like 3 hours every Friday and doing education!!).
Depending on the time of year, I'm either chronically online (as I am now, which is why this is getting updated frequently) or constantly working/hiking outside. Real ones touch grass and spend 300+ hours on Hollow Knight (I'll beat Pantheon of Hallownest all bindings at once someday...).
Despite being chronically online, I don't know anything about coding and this whole thing is a bit of a experiment. In the future I'd like to make it way more detailed and cool like some Neocities pages I've seen but tragically I cannot brain-blast my ideas onto this screen, I have to actually learn how to code them (sad). So for now, we make funny boxes and most the decoration comes from graphics I pulled or things I drew. We're about to get "graphic design is my passion" in this bitch.
Also on that note feel free to pull any of my drawings to use as graphics. I typically make them specifically for this page, so I don't know what exactly you're using them for, but I genuinely couldn't care less. Credit appreciated but not necessary, go crazy with it.
*BIRDING
Nothing hits like waking up at 5 AM to go to a wastewater facility to see a 10-second glimse of a rare bird. <3
Mostly kidding, I'm a more casual type, I'm happy spending a hour just watching a common bird.
*Digital illustration
Usually of said birds, such as the great blue heron side banners here!
*Hiking
Who could have foreseen this. Extra points if there's camping (Extra EXTRA points if there's a lot of birds)!
*Politics
I'm somewhat involved in a few Anarchist groups in my area. I mostly help marshall for protests, work things like Food Not Bombs, or set-up events, especially environmentalist events.
*3D Stuff
I enjoy a occasional clay or Blender project. I make a lot of "skull-bears," which are teddy bears w/ the face replaced by a clay-sculpted skull (they've taken over the only non-desk chair in my room...the assholes).
I'm also a big music fan! I don't know shit about genres but I am the kind of prick who insists that you should listen to the entire album in one sitting because the STORYTELLING!
I'll probably make a page dedicated to music-talk, but for now, here's my favorite bands and my favorite albums:
| Band | Favorite album | Favorite song |
|---|---|---|
| AJJ Black Dresses Ninajirachi Jane Remover Cavetown The Crane Wives Underscores Laura Jane Grace Carseat Headrest Hurray for the Riff Raff Jimi Hendrix Kimya Dawson |
Knifeman Peaceful as Hell I Love my Computer Revengeseekerz Worm Food Fool in her Wedding Gown Wallsocket (Director's Cut) Hole in my Head Twin Fantasy Small Town Heros Band of Gypsys Thunder Thighs |
Gift of the Magi 2 CREEP U London Song Dancing with your eyes closed a kind thing to do (or Pigeon) Black Hole Fantasy Locals (Girls like Us) I'm Not A Cop Beach Life-in-Death Buffalo Message of Love (Live) Underground |
You should listen to all of these they're so fire. London Song by Ninajirachi is the song used on this page.
As I mentioned in my introduction, I'm studying ecology, and because of my interest in birding I really jump on opportunities to work with birds. Heres some photos of me doing bird banding work!
!Please note that all birds were caught and handled with the supervision of a master bander with the appropriate state permits; please do not catch or band birds without the appropriate permits (it is both illegal and a danger to the birds' health)!
This process is very important for a variety of reasons, including the monitoring of species diversity and population trends, monitoring diseases, tracking individual migration, and aiding research!
In the photo above, I'm "processing" a yellow-rumped warbler, which just means I'm taking the demographic data. Specifically, I'm extending the wing to see if the wing has any molting (lack of feathers or presence of young pin feathers). This was the second bird I've ever processed, so our master bander on the left was helping me a lot with it. my GOAT.
And there's me holding a female red-wing blackbird I banded. She was what we call a second-cycle bird, which means she was somewhere in the 1-2 years old range.
We could tell this because her median and greater coverts were different colors, with the greater coverts being less glossy and slightly greyer. This means the greater coverts had not been molted recently (as fresh, adult feathers are generally glossier and more saturated), and we know enough about the molting patterns of the species to know that is a definite sign of a second-cycle bird.
Outside of birds I'm also a big snake fan. Here's a photo from a night-hike I did with one of my classes, where we got to hold a pretty chill banded watersnake!
Also note to anyone who wants to hold snakes because I've seen WAY too much of this online: NEVER lift a snake by its tail. This causes stress to their spine and risks dislocating it, which is a death sentence. Also this probably gives them the range of motion to turn around and strike you, but frankly if you're lifting snakes by their tails, I think you might deserve a little bite.
Anywho, we also got to get a (safe) look at a juvenile cottonmouth, so pretty!
Also here's a incredible, lovely photo of me and my friends after we completed a Big Day (birding all day from 4 AM to sunset to get as many species as we could). This was taken on a professional camera mind you.
!Please note that all birds were caught and handled with the supervision of a master bander with the appropriate state permits; please do not catch or band birds without the appropriate permits (it is both illegal and a danger to the birds' health)!
This process is very important for a variety of reasons, including the monitoring of species diversity and population trends, monitoring diseases, tracking individual migration, and aiding research!
In the photo above, I'm "processing" a yellow-rumped warbler, which just means I'm taking the demographic data. Specifically, I'm extending the wing to see if the wing has any molting (lack of feathers or presence of young pin feathers). This was the second bird I've ever processed, so our master bander on the left was helping me a lot with it. my GOAT.
And there's me holding a female red-wing blackbird I banded. She was what we call a second-cycle bird, which means she was somewhere in the 1-2 years old range.
We could tell this because her median and greater coverts were different colors, with the greater coverts being less glossy and slightly greyer. This means the greater coverts had not been molted recently (as fresh, adult feathers are generally glossier and more saturated), and we know enough about the molting patterns of the species to know that is a definite sign of a second-cycle bird.
Outside of birds I'm also a big snake fan. Here's a photo from a night-hike I did with one of my classes, where we got to hold a pretty chill banded watersnake!
Also note to anyone who wants to hold snakes because I've seen WAY too much of this online: NEVER lift a snake by its tail. This causes stress to their spine and risks dislocating it, which is a death sentence. Also this probably gives them the range of motion to turn around and strike you, but frankly if you're lifting snakes by their tails, I think you might deserve a little bite.
Anywho, we also got to get a (safe) look at a juvenile cottonmouth, so pretty!
Also here's a incredible, lovely photo of me and my friends after we completed a Big Day (birding all day from 4 AM to sunset to get as many species as we could). This was taken on a professional camera mind you.
