ALERT ALERT: WE NEED MORE BIRDS!
Send us your birds please!
It’s been a good long while since we put a call out for reader submissions for Bird of the Week. And now that Fowl Hysteria 2024 has ended (congrats again to the burrowing owl!) we definitely need to replenish our bird stock.
So here we are again. You teach us about birds we should know. You remind us about birds we’ve forgotten. You elevate the obscure, cherish the sensational, and advocate for your favorites with class and panache. And, as you know by now, we pay very close attention to your picks! Need we remind you that a reader-submitted bird even won the first-ever Fowl Hysteria™ tournament???
So please: let us know which bird you simply NEED us to write about. You can get in touch at hello@discourseblog.com, or you can just drop your bird info in the comments below. Then you’ll get to see your fave in one of our reader editions, or even in a standalone Bird of the Week post!
And if you need a reminder of the birds we’ve already featured, just click here.
THESE BIRD RECS ARE AMAZING TY ALL!
Kept a little list since the last call:
Jacanas: also called Jesus birds and lily trotters, these guys are gam'd out with big feeties. My favorite thing about them is when you find an image of them carrying their chicks around, there's an undeniable Cronenberg aesthetic (look it up). They also have species where the lady birds have their male harem take care of the chicks- inspiring stuff.
Moa: Don't know what the policy is regarding extinct birds, but a 12 foot bird deserves praise and accolades.
New Zealand Fantail: 10/10 tail. Does what it says on the tin. Also relevant in Māori lore on account of being iconic.
Tūī: Got little chin tufts called poi. The bigger and fluffier, the hotter the bird (evolutionarily). Can produce a wide variety of calls and noises like a cross between a mockingbird and a parrot.
Kākāpō: Unreal. A big flightless parrot that in recent history had a population in the double digits. Watching them bounce around and make booming noises cured my various illnesses.