Little house finches are coming regularly to the birdfeeder now... I looked them up in "iBird" and thought about how the pleasure of experience is enhanced by looking things up and identifying them and listening to fake birdsong. Not a new thought but it's solidified for me in that reality feels more real for me when it matches some kind of cultural product or then inspires one. We then looked up chaffinches and Zond7 claimed robins in England have a different color red than robins in North America... read more
