Howdy, friends. Our bird this week was suggested by SheleetaHam. The long-wattled umbrellabird is a member of the Cotinga family, a large family of Central and South American birds with dizzying colors we are sure to cover in the future. … Continue reading The WPT Selects for Jerks
Howdy, friends, Birds are back, I thank you all for enduring our collective nightmare of meticulous commentary someone didn’t throw together while working at the circulation desk. Seriously though, thanks to Uve for a thoughtful header two weeks ago. Our … Continue reading The WPT is Pleasingly Speckled
Howdy, friends. No birds this week, I’m afraid. If you’ve found yourself in the open thread in the past few weeks you may know that I had a couple of members of my team quit recently, so its all talking … Continue reading The WPT is Birdless. Repeat. Birdless.
(Due to a scheduling snafu, this header was originally published for a few hours three weeks ago. Here it is again.) Our bird this week was inspired by an item I saw in the news. The crested ibis, our subject … Continue reading The WPT is Back, Baby! (The Return)
Howdy, friends. Between work popping off an having to plan for our trip, I wasn’t able to put together a new bird for you this week. Fear not, that header about the Asian ibis that was briefly up a few … Continue reading The WPT is on Vacation
Howdy, friends. It’s time for more birds. Our bird this week was unwittingly suggested by The Inscrutable Avoaleph, who posted a picture of the Kalij pheasant in the open thread last week. This bird is native to the Himalayan foothills, … Continue reading The WPT Has Many Relationships
Howdy, friends. This week’s selection was suggested by a friend and colleague who follows along with the WPT via pictures of birds I leave saved to the desktop of various circulation desk computers. Our bird this week is the magpie-lark, … Continue reading The WPT Asks that You not Throw Anything
Howdy, friends. Our bird this week is the crested honey buzzard, which like our subject last week is a member of the Perninae subfamily of raptors. It is larger than its European relative, and like the European honey buzzard, is very … Continue reading The WPT Continues Its Indifference
Howdy, friends. I hope everyone is keeping it together, I know the news has been a lot lately. Our bird this week was suggested by Art Cop Vandelay. I’m writing it up at the circulation desk, but that still feels … Continue reading The WPT Don’t Care
Howdy, friends. I had big plans to write up a header about Art Cop Vandelay’s suggestion of the honey vultures, but I am finally on my long-awaited “Mrs Killsock is healthy enough to be home alone” vacation, and of all … Continue reading The WPT Posts from the Road
Howdy, friends. This week I thought we would take a break from our tour of the barbets to check in on another bird. Our bird is the black caracara, a member of the falcon family native to riparian landscapes in … Continue reading The WPT Features Zero Barbets
Fire up your rail guns, calibrate your hypersonic missiles, and set sail for the sunny, peaceful shores of the weekend politics thread. Have a good weekend, everyone. Continue reading The WPT 4-25-26
Howdy, friends. This week I had a bird picked out, as well as citations and pics, but just couldn’t find the time. Please accept this filler header in the absence of fresh content. Be kind to yourselves and others. Continue reading The WPT 4-18-26
Howdy, friends. As promised, I come to you with a bird. Our subject this week is the golden-whiskered barbet, a medium-sized member of the Asian barbet family, at 30 cm (12 in) long and 110–215 g (3.9–7.6 oz) in weight. It lives on the Malay peninsula, … Continue reading The WPT Sure Has a Title
Howdy, folks. Your fearless host was a bit under the weather this week and I didn’t get a chance to do any recreational homework for you all. I will be back with a new bird next weekend. Have fun posting, … Continue reading The WPT 4-4-26
Howdy, friends. Our bird this week is the versicolored barbet. One of the larger barbets, it tops out at 41 g or 1.45 oz. All three subspecies are the same size, around 16 cm (6.3 in), but vary slightly in … Continue reading The WPT is Running Out of Barbets
Howdy, friends. This week I have another randomly selected barbet for you. As mentioned in the comments last week, if I want to cover them all, I will have to make a list or something. I wouldn’t want to repeat … Continue reading The WPT has Many Names
Howdy, friends. This week we continue our tour of barbets, but are switching back to the western hemisphere with the toucan barbet. This bird lives in a little sliver of montane forest in Colombia and Ecuador, and has gotta have … Continue reading The WPT is a Big Ole Hippy
Howdy, friends. I bring you peace. And love. And birds. But please don’t break my legs. Our bird this week is another stunner with thin info. Which is kinda great because I am writing this at work before going out … Continue reading The WPT has a Stocky Build
Howdy, friends. This week we have another absolutely stunning Asian barbet about which I couldn’t find a whole lot. Our bird this week is the great barbet. This bird lives throughout South and Southeast Asia, in (deep breath) Pakistan, India, … Continue reading The WPT is Enormous
Howdy, friends. I have another gorgeous barbet for you this week. I am having some trouble finding information online about these birds, or at least free information. Which is odd, because many of them are fairly common, with last week’s … Continue reading The WPT Gives a Series of Resonant Hoots
