The cast of Back to the Future Musical on Stage shot their bows, all dressed in colorful 80‘s style clothes (several wearing Marty McFly‘s red vest) in front of a clock projected onto a black background

Spontaneous musical theatre visit tonight, #BacktotheFutureMusical in Hamburg. Musically not amongst my favourites (even with the well known songs in it), but the cast were great, staging is spectacular, and the story is told very well and extremely entertaining 😄

Thank you, got really lucky there

Mach es. Ist bestimmt richtig lustig, auch solo.
Und Zürich ist auch nen Besuch wert

ZDF Politbarometer: Mehrheit: Energiewende geht zu langsam Mit 57 Prozent finden die meisten Befragten, dass die Energiewende in Deutschland zu langsam vorankommt, besonders groß ist diese Kritik bei den Jüngeren (unter 35 Jahre: 67 Prozent). Für insgesamt 15 Prozent geht die Energiewende zu schnell und 21 Prozent halten das Tempo für gerade richtig.

Die Union macht Energiepolitik für 15% der Bevölkerung und und prahlt auch noch ständig damit, wundert sich aber, dass die AfD in Umfragen an ihr vorbeizieht. Drei Viertel der Deutschen wollen weiterhin keine Rechtsextremen, aber 57% eine schnellere Energiewende.

For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #ABCD I have a golden crowned sparrow in the garden and a Oregon ssp dark eyed junco on a feeder.

#photography #ECK #birds 🪶

A Red-flanked Bluetail perched on a thin tree branch, facing right. The bird shows an orange wash on the flank, a pale belly, olive-brown upperparts, and a distinct blue tail. The background is softly blurred, with intersecting bare branches around the subject. 細い枝にとまって右を向くルリビタキ。脇にオレンジ色が入り、腹部は淡色、上面はオリーブ褐色で、尾は青い。背景は大きくぼけており、周囲に葉のない枝が交差している。

I went out looking for a Stonechat, but ended up finding a Red-flanked Bluetail instead — guess “Bluetail” works for today’s #BirdOfTheDay #ABCD 😄🪶
なおノビタキもいっぱいいた✌️
#nature #photography #animals #wildlife #Red-flankedBluetail #ルリビタキ #birds #野鳥

The #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ABCD, any bird beginning any part of their name with these letters set by @alan678.bsky.social ~ so much choice & decided on a beautiful female Dotterel ~ Photo taken at Cwm Cadlan ~ South Wales 😍🪶🦉 #birdingWales #ukbirding #birdphotography #ECK #ukwildlife

Unfortunately. I guess the predators' chicks appreciate it though.

For some reason I thought today would be a board game meetup. It's next week. Dang.

5 minutes from you announcing the ban, right? In that case I'm good now *g*
And thank you. Was a good opportunity to dig through my Canada folder again, those birds are listed in English as well

this was not supposed to be a quiz. Last one is a dunnock.

an Alphine chough, a black bird from the crow family, with yellow bill and red legs, standing on steep rocky terrain

A Blue-Headed Vireao, a small bird with a yellow/white body and a grey-ish head, sitting on a twig in a maple tree

a Cardinal sitting on top of a tree, munching on pink berries

a dunnock, a small brown-ish bird with a grey face, standing on top of a hedge

The #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ABCD, any bird beginning any part of their name with these letters. Extra points for a set using all.
This is tricky, as I've got my pictures sorted under the birds' German names. Let's see... We have an Alpine Chough, a Blue-Headed Vireo, a Cardinal, and

Wow, what a big family. ❤️

Two Garganeys, ducks, swimming on a calm lake, their images mirroring in the water. The male has a very distinct white stripe over its eye and , while the female looks similar to al lot of other duck species, in a mix of muted browns and blacks

Another new lifer yesterday: saw a pair of Garganeys at the lake. Pretty rare guest in Germany <3 #birds #vögel

Unfortunately yes. Ruling CDU making the same mistakes as other parties around the world, imitating far right policy instead of working against it. And surprise: this only helps the far right. 🤮😡

Sparpläne bei der Eingliederungshilfe sind echt das Letzte. Immer von denen nehmen, die sowieso wenig haben, während die oberen 1% warm und trocken sitzen…
Petition auf der offiziellen Seite der Regierung, bei genug Unterschriften muss der Bundestag sich damit befassen.

Ob die CDU je wieder wird aufhören können mit dem Kleinkriegen der AfD?

*bit

For a second I just wondered how you got to my pictures. Had been browsing some black-capped chickadee photos on my harddrive just a minute ago. 🙃
Nice capture, they're adorable little birds

I go to the gym at least once a week, and I have no idea what I did differently yesterday, but I have not been this sore and tired for a while *ouch*
Might just fall into bed ridiculously early and hopefully be good for a bid of a birding walk tomorrow morning again.

A male bullfinch between twigs of a tree or bush

a very round looking robin standing on a snow-covered twig

a Eurasian Jay standing on a sand path

Some #FeederFriends for #BirdOfTheDay

A male House Finch, a bird with bright red head feathers, clings to a twig, a red berry held in its beak.

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #FeederFriends, birds you might see at your feeder (not necessarily AT the feeder). I don't have a feeder, but a #HouseFinch is a bird I see at other people's. This one is proud of his berry.

#birds #photography #BirdPhotography #finch #finches #WildlifePhotography

I’ve got an annual subscription for Disney, but for all others your way of streaming is my usual system as well, book a service and change to another one after a month.
I think I might stick with HBO for at least another one for now.

“Competence porn”? Love that 😄
And he’s not wrong, it feels good to see people who know what they’re doing.
Since I’ve got HBO max anyway this month I’ve started watching The West Wing. (Mostly) sane people in the White House. Those were the days…

The Edge Hotel in Whitehaven, Cumbria

If anyone is in the Whitehaven area, could you pop over to the Jawas and ask if they have any secondhand droids for sale, thanks.

Thank you.

A Song Thrush in an Ivy bush in the strong sunshine. The bird is to the left of frame, facing the camera and is visible on the head, chest and part of the underbelly. Its head is turned so that it’s looking at the camera with its right side. The sunshine is shining directly on the bird and lighting up the glossy Ivy leaves. There is a bunch of Ivy berries in front of the bird. In the background, some blue sky can be seen through the Ivy

🪶 @alan678.bsky.social has chosen #LeafAndLight for today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme.
Alternative is #CourtshiporConflict

I’ve gone with a Song Thrush in the Ivy in the sunshine.

#birds #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #ECK #irishbirding #naturephotography #thrush #songthrush #sunlight

Thank you. That was auch a lucky one, both were far too preoccupied to notice that I was well inside their usual flight distance

teo house sparrows mid air, facing each other. The one on the left has its wings spread wide and is a little higher than the second one, which seems to be turning upwards, changing direction towards its opponent

Two squabbling house sparrows mid-air. #BirdOfTheDay #Birds #CourtshiporConflict

A line of Black-necked stilts arranged diagonally on a log in a creek. Their reflections form a perfect "V"

@alan678.bsky.social and @robcrank68.bsky.social alternate
each day's #BirdOfTheDay theme. Check their accounts for the (usually) pinned post at the top.

Today's theme is #Reflections. I'm partial to this line-up of Black-necked Stilts on Corte Madera Creek #Marin #California #BradyBunchVibes 🪶