The Good News Thread: I'm So Excited! And I Just Can't Hide It!

[+Sorana she/her]

6 hours ago, Sunbird said:

A few more photos from my Thursday birding trip: ravens!!

And they are really beautiful! I love ravens and you managed to capture them really well!

[Sunbird she/her]

1 minute ago, Sorana said:

And they are really beautiful! I love ravens and you managed to capture them really well!

Aww, thank you!

[StrikerEZ he/him]

I got first chair at all-region today! *insert dab*

[Snipexe he/him]

11 hours ago, Ookla-Shephir said:

I got first chair at all-region today! *insert dab*

Nice! What instrument do you play?

[StrikerEZ he/him]

8 hours ago, Ookla the Skeptical said:

Nice! What instrument do you play?

Bass clarinet.

[+Sorana she/her]

On 2.12.2018 at 4:45 AM, Ookla-Shephir said:

I got first chair at all-region today! *insert dab*

Wow congratulations! That's really cool!

What did you play (the music not the instrument) if I may ask?

[StrikerEZ he/him]

9 hours ago, Ookla the Clueless said:

Wow congratulations! That's really cool!

What did you play (the music not the instrument) if I may ask?

It’s just etudes from the artistic studies from the French school book. Pages 49, 52, and 62, specifically.

Edited December 3, 2018 by Ookla-Shephir

[+Sorana she/her]

13 minutes ago, Ookla-Shephir said:

It’s just etudes from the artistic studies from the French school book. Pages 49, 52, and 62, specifically.

Ah alright!

Thank you!

[StrikerEZ he/him]

2 minutes ago, Ookla the Clueless said:

Ah alright!

Thank you!

You’re welcome!

[Silverblade5 he/him]

Finally got my CDL 

[Sunbird she/her]

I got to see some of my favorite ducks yesterday! They are called Hooded Mergansers, but I like to call them "hoodies" for short.

2 photos under the spoiler:

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Male on the right, female on the left:

Two males:

 

[Silverblade5 he/him]

Getting my CDL also got me a pretty nice raise. 

[Caesura she/her]

I graduated university today!

[+Sorana she/her]

8 hours ago, Ookla the Poet Killer said:

I graduated university today!

Cool!

Congratulations!!!

[Niteshado he/him]

On 12/15/2018 at 0:17 AM, Ookla the Poet Killer said:

I graduated university today!

Little late for me but congratz!!!!

[Silverblade5 he/him]

On December 14, 2018 at 10:17 PM, Ookla the Poet Killer said:

I graduated university today!

Nice! What degree!

[+Sorana she/her]

I've made a flag.

I mean I applied different layers of cloth over each other, fixated them and afterwards used a piece of thread to highlight the outlines and add a few details. Now I have a seadragon winding itself around a beacon.

I have used a slightly similar technique before, but never with the thread for highlighting and never with a picture so complicated. And although there are lots of mistakes, I am really happy how it turned out.

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That's Sorana's crest, in case you're interested.

@whattheHoid

[Sunbird she/her]

@Sorana Wow, that flag is awesome! I am impressed with your sewing skills.

I have some new nature photos to share!

A few birds from a pond in Salt Lake City one snowy day (3 photos in spoiler):

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Pigeon:

Pied-billed Grebe:

Double-crested Cormorant:

Snowy mountains seen from BYU campus (2 photos):

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Very smol falcon called a Merlin (2 photos):

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Here he is slightly fluffed against the cold:

And here he is YAWNING. Isn't he adorable??

 

[+Sorana she/her]

1 hour ago, Sunbird said:

Very smol falcon called a Merlin (2 photos):

Your pictures are so beautiful!

Especially the yawning Merlin

[Blessed peace he/him]

 

7 hours ago, Sunbird said:

@Sorana Wow, that flag is awesome! I am impressed with your sewing skills.

I have some new nature photos to share!

Beautiful photos. 

Awesome flag. 

[Sunbird she/her]

Got some more bird photos to share!

From a local cemetery that lots of birds love (4 photos):

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Townsend's Solitaire. He might not be much to look at, but he's a very pretty singer.

American Robin fluffing against the cold:

Downy Woodpecker female. This is North America's smallest species of woodpecker.

Red-tailed Hawk. I only got this one shot before he flew off because he didn't like me looking at him.

From BYU campus, where I participated in a "Christmas Bird Count," a fun bit of citizen science that helps keep track of long-term trends in bird populations (4 photos):

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Woodhouse's Scrub-jay with an acorn. Might be my best photo of a scrub-jay to date.

Cedar Waxwing gulping down a berry:

Another Cedar Waxwing posing prettily:

Orange-crowned Warbler. I swear, this is the dumbest bird name of all dumb bird names. You can never see the orange crown unless you're literally holding the bird in your hand.

 

[+Sorana she/her]

23 hours ago, Sunbird said:

Got some more bird photos to share!

That immediatly brightened my morning. They are beautiful!!!

We'll be counting birds next week, to get an estimate over their population.

[Mailliw73 he/him]

I just got my leather bound copy of Mistborn that I won in a giveaway! It’s beautiful and I love it!! 

[Caesura she/her]

On 18/12/2018 at 0:20 PM, Silverblade5 said:

Nice! What degree!

Chemistry!

Also @Sunbird I love your photos!!

[+Sorana she/her]

4 hours ago, Caesura said:

Chemistry!

Cool!

My best friend is studying chemistry as well. And I try hard to understand what she is  doing for her thesis, but in the end I only get the gist and none of the details. It seems super complicated to me...