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
Howdy, friends. Our bird this week is another barbet, this time from Asia. The blue-throated barbet is native to the Lower Himalayas in India, Pakistan, and through large segments of Southeast Asia. The Lower Himalayas are a subrange of the … Continue reading The WPT is Continually Loud
Howdy, friends. We’re doing barbets again this week, although information is getting more scarce as I move down the list. Our bird this week is the lemon-throated barbet, native to Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and a bit of Peru. The Clements … Continue reading The WPT is still on Barbets
Howdy, friends. I hope everyone is doing well despite everything. Your humble host has been snowed in all week. The city didn’t plow our street, my neighbors have been derelict at best in their duty to shovel their section of … Continue reading The WPT Holds onto What’s Golden
Howdy, friends. Our bird this week is one about which I couldn’t find a whole lot, even in terms of images, but its too visually striking to not do a header about. The purple-bearded bee-eater is native to the Indonesian … Continue reading The WPT has a Favored Perch
Howdy, friends. I know it has gotten exceedingly real out there, I hope learning about the wonders of nature can help everyone relax, if only a little. Our bird this week is the rainbow bee-eater, which lives in most of … Continue reading The WPT is Adorned
Howdy, friends. On Friday afternoon Mrs. Killsock was finally discharged from the hospital and is now back in her pillow fort in the bedroom. Aside from a couple of days at home before it turned out she was immediately needed … Continue reading The WPT Gets to do Something Normal
Howdy, friends. Sorry to file a filler header so soon after my return, but I have been spending the week with Mrs Killsock’s numerous and oppressively welcoming family and I’ve just got no gas in the tank. Have a good … Continue reading The WPT is Partied Out
