green except ALLERGIES @troodon@vulpine.club

"badly explain your fursona"

um... look, the *accurate* explanation is "post-ego-collapse refugee dinosaur from an alternate dimension, who used to be a Martian paleontologist," so

no, seriously: I WILL NOT ACCEPT FOLLOWS UNLESS YOU SEND ME A DM (or unless I'm already following you; follow-backs are auto-accepted). just say hi! if you're too afraid of me to send a DM, what the &*$^ makes you think I'm willing to let you see the stuff I post followers-only? sheesh.

account note: if I boost a toot that has a picture or gif that isn't captioned, I *pledge* to immediately follow it up with a non-@ reply describing the image.

also: if you can, please, PLEASE caption the images and gifs you post? if you can't, it's okay, but if you can, please do.

oh is it #introductions time again already?

* furry-adjacent saurian/dragonkin
* bitey, with feathers
* green hair
* #agender (they/them or zie/zir)
* currently ace/aro
* historically #polyamorous
* intermittent #writer mostly of #fanfic
* lifelong depressive disorder, currently mostly in remission
* #oneiromancer
* occasionally posts about "woo-stuff" (magic/spirituality/weirdness)
* frequently posts about wildlife (birds, coyotes, squirrels)
* 2 adorable #cats
* 1 adorable #spouse

I swear to Ghu there is a bird outside who is desperately trying to chirp the beginning of Beethoven's 5th https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOk8Tm815lE

CHEEP CHEEP CHEEP chirrrrrrrr

and just to be even more clear: #KinIsValid

didn't we have this "ooh otherkin are icky bad trans-appropriators" already here? like... more than once? why is this coming up again? is this a Homestuck meme?

I mean, I only mention being dragonkin on one of my pinned toots and say my "phenotype" is "dracosaur" in my bio and also that I'm "in a badly-fitting human suit" and my first pinned toot is about my "fursona" so I know it's subtle and you could miss the clues, but: HEY I'M OTHERKIN *AND TRANS*, IF YOU GOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT BUH-BYE.

if you think that's cool... well hi there, you're in the right place. :D

ah, I found it, downloading the benchmark now. yeee! #FFXIV

soooo how do you get the new race preview thing for #FFXIV?

Mister Showboat [spotted!] #FFXIV

yesterday I got to feed my first baby Douglas squirrel! it was very soft, but its head was kind of weirdly bullet-shaped which is apparently normal for them, so I gotta say Eastern grey squirrels are actually cuter as babies. flying squirrels still win on all counts, being cuter, softer, sweeter, and easier to feed.

we have a juvenile raven!! it's the first one that's ever been brought in, so the staff has been researching and networking with other centers to make a care plan for it. it's apparently very healthy and HONGRY. I didn't get to see it, it was in a closed and covered cage with goggles and a facemask hanging from the front, evidently handling it requires PRECAUTIONS. with any luck, if it survives I'll get to glimpse it later in the mews or flight pen. yayraven! :D

also bald eagles are still REALLY BIG. I mean, I knew that, but going in the flight pen with them and having one flapping around overhead really drives it home.

also we have approximately one million baby ducks right now. and half a million baby raccoons. we're actually running low on baby squirrels, but we do have one million adult squirrels ready for release, and we're expecting the second baby squirrel wave in a couple of months. wheee! XD

spotted: Doctor Weevil #FFXIV

"I know what I'm talking about so YOU don't have to!!" /fingerguns
"that's not how that wo-"
"DON'T CARE"

aaaaaah I put out peanuts on the porch railing and Junior made the "k-dornk" sound at me! :D it sounds like... like a spring, maybe? or gently tapping a mostly-full metal bucket? with a beak-clack at the end. it's a very quiet sound. I have no idea what it means, if anything... crows are mimics, and they can and will make just about any sound if it amuses them, but I've heard that call before. I like to think it's a "pleased to be getting free food" sound. =^___^=

I'd noticed that Junior isn't making the young crow swallowed-caw sound any more, and wondering if that means she'll be starting her own nest next spring... but now, I dunno. Junior has taught me so much about crows just in the last couple of years. 🖤 💚 🖤

#FFXIV spotted: Web Developer

sirens... no coyotes yet, though. I'm kind of surprised, I figured the coyotes would be out scouring the neighborhood to feed the pups by now. I guess they're in another part of the neighborhood. I know they're still around... but I miss hearing them sing back to the sirens.

omg barred owls sound so damn goofy. XD there's one hooting outside now and it seriously sounds like an intoxicated monkey of some kind.

"badly explain your fursona"

um... look, the *accurate* explanation is "post-ego-collapse refugee dinosaur from an alternate dimension, who used to be a Martian paleontologist," so

there are two dragons inside of me. look, it's kind of my theme here

what. >_____>

put some peanuts out on the railing and one crow showed up. poor thing is *soaking wet*. I want to put up a shelter and some fluffy towels for them, but I know they'd just yell at it suspiciously from across the yard until the squirrels stole everything.

ooooh crows
crows just wanna have fun

well you're not wrong. https://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=3440 (Dinosaur Comics, "the goosiest goose who ever lived")