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Jon Sullivan
@joncounts@mastodon.nz  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

they paved Seagull Pit, put up a parking lot...

I was disappointed to find this week that the seagulls have all been banished from the Christchurch "Seagull Pit" and it's now another car park.

After the Christchurch earthquakes, the badly damaged PricewaterhouseCoopers Building was demolished, leaving the remains of the foundation, which filled with water. To everyone's surprise, a group of tarāpuka , black-billed gulls, found it and formed a breeding colony, right in the middle of the city. They're the rarest of NZ's seagulls and typically breed on temporary gravel islands in braided rivers.

On Google Maps and Apple Maps the site was listed as a Tourist Attraction called "Seagull Pit", open 24 hours.

The area was always going become another building eventually. In the meantime, instead of gulls, we've now got another carpark.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christchurch_Seagull_Pit

https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360791815/laser-beams-and-electro-magnetic-fields-seagull-pit-fight-goes-hi-tech

#seagulls #birds #nz#Christchurch#Ōtautahi#PeopleVSnature

A screenshot from Apple Maps that I made today. It shows the satellite image of the foundations of the old building, labeled as "Seagull pit". The pop up window adds that it's a "Tourist attraction" and there are photos of it and under details is says "Hours: Open 24 hours". Unfortunately, this is now out of date as the site has been converted into a carpark while it waits for a new building to be built here.
A screenshot from Apple Maps that I made today. It shows the satellite image of the foundations of the old building, labeled as "Seagull pit". The pop up window adds that it's a "Tourist attraction" and there are photos of it and under details is says "Hours: Open 24 hours". Unfortunately, this is now out of date as the site has been converted into a carpark while it waits for a new building to be built here.
A screenshot from Apple Maps that I made today. It shows the satellite image of the foundations of the old building, labeled as "Seagull pit". The pop up window adds that it's a "Tourist attraction" and there are photos of it and under details is says "Hours: Open 24 hours". Unfortunately, this is now out of date as the site has been converted into a carpark while it waits for a new building to be built here.
A photo of three adult black-billed gulls, and a red-billed gull, nesting on a concrete beam in the remains of the foundation of a demolished city building. Under one of the black-billed gulls you can see a fluffy grey chick. I took this photo in February 2020.
A photo of three adult black-billed gulls, and a red-billed gull, nesting on a concrete beam in the remains of the foundation of a demolished city building. Under one of the black-billed gulls you can see a fluffy grey chick. I took this photo in February 2020.
A photo of three adult black-billed gulls, and a red-billed gull, nesting on a concrete beam in the remains of the foundation of a demolished city building. Under one of the black-billed gulls you can see a fluffy grey chick. I took this photo in February 2020.
A photo from 2020 of the three people watching gulls through a wire meshed viewing window in a fence. The gull colony was somewhere between an attraction and a curiosity and a nuisance, depending on who you talked to. The photo shows my daughter and two visiting animal behaviour experts from the US, so it was definitely an attraction for them.
A photo from 2020 of the three people watching gulls through a wire meshed viewing window in a fence. The gull colony was somewhere between an attraction and a curiosity and a nuisance, depending on who you talked to. The photo shows my daughter and two visiting animal behaviour experts from the US, so it was definitely an attraction for them.
A photo from 2020 of the three people watching gulls through a wire meshed viewing window in a fence. The gull colony was somewhere between an attraction and a curiosity and a nuisance, depending on who you talked to. The photo shows my daughter and two visiting animal behaviour experts from the US, so it was definitely an attraction for them.
Jon Sullivan
@joncounts@mastodon.nz  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

they paved Seagull Pit, put up a parking lot...

I was disappointed to find this week that the seagulls have all been banished from the Christchurch "Seagull Pit" and it's now another car park.

After the Christchurch earthquakes, the badly damaged PricewaterhouseCoopers Building was demolished, leaving the remains of the foundation, which filled with water. To everyone's surprise, a group of tarāpuka , black-billed gulls, found it and formed a breeding colony, right in the middle of the city. They're the rarest of NZ's seagulls and typically breed on temporary gravel islands in braided rivers.

On Google Maps and Apple Maps the site was listed as a Tourist Attraction called "Seagull Pit", open 24 hours.

The area was always going become another building eventually. In the meantime, instead of gulls, we've now got another carpark.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christchurch_Seagull_Pit

https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360791815/laser-beams-and-electro-magnetic-fields-seagull-pit-fight-goes-hi-tech

#seagulls #birds #nz#Christchurch#Ōtautahi#PeopleVSnature

A screenshot from Apple Maps that I made today. It shows the satellite image of the foundations of the old building, labeled as "Seagull pit". The pop up window adds that it's a "Tourist attraction" and there are photos of it and under details is says "Hours: Open 24 hours". Unfortunately, this is now out of date as the site has been converted into a carpark while it waits for a new building to be built here.
A screenshot from Apple Maps that I made today. It shows the satellite image of the foundations of the old building, labeled as "Seagull pit". The pop up window adds that it's a "Tourist attraction" and there are photos of it and under details is says "Hours: Open 24 hours". Unfortunately, this is now out of date as the site has been converted into a carpark while it waits for a new building to be built here.
A screenshot from Apple Maps that I made today. It shows the satellite image of the foundations of the old building, labeled as "Seagull pit". The pop up window adds that it's a "Tourist attraction" and there are photos of it and under details is says "Hours: Open 24 hours". Unfortunately, this is now out of date as the site has been converted into a carpark while it waits for a new building to be built here.
A photo of three adult black-billed gulls, and a red-billed gull, nesting on a concrete beam in the remains of the foundation of a demolished city building. Under one of the black-billed gulls you can see a fluffy grey chick. I took this photo in February 2020.
A photo of three adult black-billed gulls, and a red-billed gull, nesting on a concrete beam in the remains of the foundation of a demolished city building. Under one of the black-billed gulls you can see a fluffy grey chick. I took this photo in February 2020.
A photo of three adult black-billed gulls, and a red-billed gull, nesting on a concrete beam in the remains of the foundation of a demolished city building. Under one of the black-billed gulls you can see a fluffy grey chick. I took this photo in February 2020.
A photo from 2020 of the three people watching gulls through a wire meshed viewing window in a fence. The gull colony was somewhere between an attraction and a curiosity and a nuisance, depending on who you talked to. The photo shows my daughter and two visiting animal behaviour experts from the US, so it was definitely an attraction for them.
A photo from 2020 of the three people watching gulls through a wire meshed viewing window in a fence. The gull colony was somewhere between an attraction and a curiosity and a nuisance, depending on who you talked to. The photo shows my daughter and two visiting animal behaviour experts from the US, so it was definitely an attraction for them.
A photo from 2020 of the three people watching gulls through a wire meshed viewing window in a fence. The gull colony was somewhere between an attraction and a curiosity and a nuisance, depending on who you talked to. The photo shows my daughter and two visiting animal behaviour experts from the US, so it was definitely an attraction for them.
visionscarto.net
@reka_visionscarto@mapstodon.space  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

[Just translated]

"A sensory #mapping of a #strolling on foot"

I seek to transcribe my stroll on foot, guided by #birdsong and children’s calls.

I walked until I was captivated by groups of #birds, lingering especially where several species coexisted.

I deliberately lost myself in the #city tangled streets, curious to see if I could concentrate amid the hustle and bustle.

https://www.visionscarto.net/a-sensory-mapping-of-a-strolling

#Grenoble #walk #map
visionscarto.net
@reka_visionscarto@mapstodon.space  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

[Just translated]

"A sensory #mapping of a #strolling on foot"

I seek to transcribe my stroll on foot, guided by #birdsong and children’s calls.

I walked until I was captivated by groups of #birds, lingering especially where several species coexisted.

I deliberately lost myself in the #city tangled streets, curious to see if I could concentrate amid the hustle and bustle.

https://www.visionscarto.net/a-sensory-mapping-of-a-strolling

#Grenoble #walk #map
SunnJax 🌞🏳️‍🌈 :Fire_Pride:
@SunnJax@tech.lgbt  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

Met some wild turkeys as well. 🦃🌾

#hiking #birds#Colorado

A small flock of dark colored wild turkeys, roaming and foraging among grasses and pine needles on a hillside underneath some pine trees and next to a hiking trail.
A small flock of dark colored wild turkeys, roaming and foraging among grasses and pine needles on a hillside underneath some pine trees and next to a hiking trail.
Coreyartus Imagery
@Coreyartus@mindly.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

So, can I just say I think I’m experiencing an art-making groove that I really love yet never expected.

I’m in this gloriously lucky position where I get suggestions for subjects from visitors who visit my art booth at the weekly street fair/festival that I’ve been doing for the last couple months.

And because I do livestreaming for six hours a week, I have a carved out time to make art. Lately, I’ve been doing these suggestions.

But they’re not commissions. They’re not requests. They’re subject matter suggestions from patrons who may or may not come back to buy them but are genuinely interested in seeing me succeed so they think I’d do well with a specific bird or animal or other idea.

I’ve take a handful of them. And done them. And sold a LOT of items featuring those suggestions. Sometimes they circle back to buy them, sometimes not.

But I’m realizing these aren’t “fans”. These are connections. I’ve had several folks come back to see me just to visit. Just to say hello. And sometimes they buy the stuff they prompted. Sometimes they don’t.

But it’s because I respond, because I believe in their ideas, and they see me doing the work for others, it’s real. The relationships are authentic. They live here. With me. They’re neighbors. They’re not anonymous.

And THAT is why I’m doing this. Relationships. Art that connects people. Art that makes human links.

So. A request this last week: A Northern Spotted Owl.

#IndieArtist#BirdArt#Birds#Owl # ArtistLife