Howdy, friends.  Boy, I tell you what, I’ve been seeing a little more of the news lately and we live in what I’ll generously call infuriating times.  I was mapping out a trip recently and found out that a couple … Continue reading The WPT Has Dinosaur Claws

Good morning, friends.  I didn’t hear back from Pa Killsock in time to take his suggestion, so we’re back to my stash of tropical birds from the Americas.  This week’s bird is the white-necked Jacobin.  The name comes from the … Continue reading The WPT Pretends to be Poisonous

Greetings, Politics Thread.  As usual, I wish everyone well during these challenging times.  I hope birds can take some of the edge off.  This week’s bird is another suggestion from my dad.  He seems pretty invested in this little project … Continue reading The WPT Needs Peace and Quiet

Howdy, folks.  This week features another suggestion from Pa Killsock, the very literally named black-and-white hawk-eagle.  This small eagle lives in large portions of north, central and south America, beginning in southern Mexico and continuing south in patches through much … Continue reading The WPT (Feat. Hyphens) 

Hi, friends.  I hope you are all doing well, despite it all.  This week’s bird was suggested by my dad, so I figured we would take a break from my list of South American birds.   The purple-crowned fairywren is a … Continue reading The WPT is Superb

As promised, here are some thoughts on my recent experience with jury duty.  The defendant was accused of possession of a “ghost” gun, ammunition without a license, and large capacity magazines.  The prosecution’s case was straightforward; the prosecutor entered a bunch … Continue reading The WPT Serves on a Jury

Hi friends.  I had jury duty this week, and didn’t get a chance to write this week’s header at work like I usually do.  I made it through vior dire and was seated, but will have to come back next … Continue reading The WPT is Mistaken for an Eagle

Hi folks. Personal and professional commitments got the better of me this week and I wasn’t able to put together any new birds. I do have what I hope is a helpful quote, though. Maya Angelou said “I can be … Continue reading The WPT Phones One In

Hi, friends.  I hope you are taking care of yourselves and each other.  This week our subject is the silver-beaked tanager.  Like last week’s bird, it lives in large parts of South America, and I’m just going to paste from … Continue reading The WPT is Common and Conspicuous

Good day, friends.  This week’s bird is the gray-lined hawk, and boy, is it.  Mature birds are up to 61cm (24in) in length, weigh about 475 grams or 16.8 oz on average and are positively festooned with gray and white … Continue reading The WPT Picks a High Perch   

Hi friends.  This week we’re continuing down the list of interesting looking birds I found on an ecotourism website.  Our subject is the bearded bellbird, whose distinguishing feature aside from the male’s namesake beard is that it appears to be … Continue reading The WPT is a Mood

Hi, everyone.  Our bird this week is the turquoise tanager.  I believe we covered the very literally named multicolored tanager in an earlier header.  This bird is very pretty, and I wanted to share even though I wasn’t able to … Continue reading The WPT is too Obscure for a Cute Title    

Hi friends. I was sick most of this week, so please enjoy selected images of previously covered birds. I’ll be back next week with an all-new entry. Be good to each other and yourselves. Continue reading The WPT 2-8-25

Howdy, friends.  I know its rough out there, so it is my pleasure to bring you a brief respite with some pretty birds.  This week’s bird is the Trinidad Motmot.  One of the largest motmots, it is native to Trinidad … Continue reading The WPT is Featured on the Sawbuck

Hi everyone, lets get into it.  The bird this week is the Eurasian blackcap, a common and widespread kind of warbler.  It lives in large chunks of Europe as well as Africa, and some of these birds will migrate within … Continue reading The WPT is Compelled to Migrate

Howdy, friends.  Today’s bird is the Lear’s macaw or indigo macaw.  The bird is named after poet, author and illustrator Edward Lear, who as a young teen in 1830, published a book  including drawings of animals he had seen in … Continue reading The WPT is Full of Nuts

Hi, friends.  Our bird this week is the great blue heron, which I really want to write with a comma after “great.”  Befitting its name, it is the largest heron in north America.  The great blue heron has a very … Continue reading The WPT Eats Anything in Sight

Hi, WPT. I didn’t get a ton of time off in the last couple of weeks, so I took a day and a half off at the end of this one to sit around. As a result, please enjoy this … Continue reading The WPT Says New Year, New Emu

Howdy, friends.  I hope everyone who celebrated or is currently celebrating a solstice-adjacent festival had/is having a good one as the case may be.  Your fearless WPT host flew back home on the 25th, having agreed to work the 26th, … Continue reading The WPT Finally Circles Back to Feral Hogs

Hello, friends.  Our bird this week is the Great Potoo, a relative of the frogmouth we learned about a few weeks ago.  Like the frogmouth, it has large eyes, a broad mouth, and an uncanny ability to blend in with … Continue reading The WPT Strikes in the Night

Howdy friends.  This week’s bird is the shoebill or shoebill stork.  This vaguely threatening looking bird was long thought to be related to storks on account of how it really looks like one, but genetic testing recently revealed it is … Continue reading The WPT Hunts by Lurking