As a fellow Kiwi, the kereru is my favourite bird. They’re big birds that get drunk from eating fermented berries and fall out of trees. Truly incredible that they’re not extinct. I admire their tenacity.
I grew up in Florida and the American Robins would get drunk on our holly berries when they stopped by during their migration. It was during those days that we made sure to keep the cats inside!
Kea's are awesome. And to the becoming of people I will quote Doctor Who: "We are all different people, all through our lives. And that's okay, that's good. You gotta keep moving. So lang as you remember all the people that you used to be."
I grew up with parents that divorced before I was able to conjure memories. So my life was split in two. I ended up in an abusive household on one end, and was extremely introverted half of the week and very energetic and extroverted the other half. (Back of class burning tables vs hanging with the popular kids was a literal change between days) I choose to travel to NZ for a year after high school to take a good look at what parts of both "me's" I likedand forged myself a new person during my hiking and travelling. Came out pretty well. The Peregrine Falcon and the Firecrest are my two favourite birds.
I only learned I was autistic less than 2 years ago. I'm 25. The way a single discovery can recontextualize so much of your life is frightening. I don't really try to dwell on the past though, at least not regarding this. I'm too busy leveraging the knowledge to help me get through starting a career. My favorite bird is the Crow.
I feel you, I got diagnosed at 25. For me, everything just started to make sense since I'd been in this state of uncertainty my entire life. It's mostly a relief for me because it makes it easier to accept that I just simply function a bit differently and it makes me care less of what other people think
Zoologist here and I absolutely adored your breakdown and perception of identity as it’s something I’ve been increasingly grappling with now that I’m nearing 30. My favourite bird is the secretary bird they are beyond bizarre but have a manner of movement and silhouette that harkens back to the origins of birds as dinosaurs.
this is a wonderful, profound discussion of identity. ive been struggling with chronic fatigue over this year and trying to find the way to make peace with this new disability and what it does to me. from the other side of the planet, you've beautifully painted the struggle i have without ever meeting me. have a wonderful day, Tim, and thank you. edit: and my favourite bird is the crow. Humble, simple, but vividly and unapologetically alive.
11 years ago I met a very little boy, barely minutes out of the womb. His mother was in surgery and in danger, and I wanted to panic, to cry, to worry. But this little boy was there, and he only had me to care for him. And depending on what was happening a few rooms further, that could last a long while. So I held on, and I sword to care for that boy first and foremost. Which was so weird, because I was always so awkward being in the spotlight, especially around children. Now, his mother, me and him are having a relaxing weekend, and I know to the deepest of my core that helping young minds be happy and self-confident is who I am. It spread to other children, to my friends and colleagues. I help people find their own answers. Also, the owl. They're such a hoot.
Favourite bird? Definitely Penguins. For obvious reasons (Including the fact that my little brother once yelled "Look mom! A Penguin is driving that bus!" when it was just some guy in a suit but he had seen frozen planet one too many times). I also love how curious and unafraid of us the little buggers are. Clips them just waddling up to a bunch of researchers to see what's up light up my day every time.
Fun fact, penguins are extinct. The original penguin was the great awk which went extinct in the 1800’s, European explorers just called a bunch of other aquatic black and white birds penguins but they are only distantly related to the original penguin. It’s like how panda used to only refer to the red panda and then someone decided to name a bear the great panda despite them only being vaguely related.
Feral pigeons are just about the best creatures on the planet and nothing anyone says will stop me loving them. They're just so darn cute and lovely, and I get to see them pretty much everyday.
I like the Kakapo. Not only are they the heaviest parrot species in the world, but the only flightless parrot, too. Like the kiwi, they fill an ecological niche similar to rodents, but unlike the kiwi, they use their beaks to climb trees. That and i think their big dumb faces are adorable
I couldn’t think of a favourite bird, but my favourite bird song is the Willow Warbler. It’s sweet and melodic, and I’ve most often heard them in beautiful and clean countryside throughout the years of my travels in this life.
I grew up in a more rural part of Germany and was always kind of the odd one out amongst the other kids my age and even my family. I had interests that they found strange and for some reason I did not adopt the same dialect, so I even talked differently. When I was in school, I was rather quiet because I felt like no one was interested in the same things I was. When I got to university that changed and I found a lot of people that shared the same interests, which was really amazing to me. Sure, some things that are important parts of my life might have come into my life because of external circumstances, but I think that's also kind of beautiful. As long as it feels right and makes you happy, I think it is worth it. So, that was rather corny. For everyone how made it to the end of this comment, my favorite bird is the jackdaw. Love those little black feathered buggers. ❤
_A race against time on the search for the most authentic person of ourself._ Its something I'll never say myself (that's a far too complex sentence for me), nor will I ever be to quote it to express my feelings. But noy does it feel true. Especially with the feelings of having missed things when I was at school, at the time I didn't do things not because I didn't want to, but because I didn't feel brave enough to step out of my comfort zone to experience something new. I missed so many amazing oportunities and now I watch the time move on with me thinking about the past, with no possibility to choose the better choice. Thanks for finding the words I never was able to find to express my feelings. That and the Raven... there are a bunch near where I live and they always look at me like I am a puzzle to them. That and they can immitate peoples voices, are one of the smartest birds and overall just look cool...
This type of video is great before sleep, for now I am going to think of existential stuff with these remaining hours. As for my favourite bird, it's the rainbow lorikeet, a rainbow coloured parrot here in Australia. Not only is it beautiful, it captures everything I love about my country and, in many ways, myself. Seeing it reminds me of my childhood, since they are such a common sight while being unique to only here. It's a comforting bird for me. Both Aus and NZ have the funkiest of animals, and I love them both for that.
I know the rainbow lorikeet, they were introduced to NZ in the recent past and i see them around though not in flocks just a handful. Unfortunately we have no affection for them as we’re salty at the decline of our native species but we admire their colours and sociability
My favorite bird is the raven. I love how intelligent they are, and I love the vast variety of sounds they make. Hearing a raven call feels like the mountains to me.
My favorite bird is the cockatiel. Mine is 28 years old and it's looking more every day like we'll be saying goodbye soon. I've had her since I was ten, and she is very much part of my identity. I love her endlessly and forever.
As a biology student, the concept of whether who we are is based on nature vs. nurture comes up a lot. I mean, several times in several of my classes, we’ve had class period long discussions and debates on this topic, and we can never come up with anything beyond that the answer is likely a mixture between the two. We may be genetically predisposed to certain things and behaviors, but that does not determine our fate, we are also capable of making choices. I’ve also been reading a books series lately, the first book is The Queen’s Thief, by Megan Whaler Turner, and I highly recommend it if you have time. A quick thing from one of the later books (no spoiler), is that two characters talk about how when it comes to them making decisions related to prophecies relayed to them by their gods, it’s not a thing of the gods are making the decisions for them, it’s just that the gods know them so well they can determine what they will say and do. I’m not entirely sure if bringing this book up is actually related to what was said in the video, but it came to mind and I wanted to put it down. My favorite bird? I love penguins, b/c they will waddle up to researchers with no fear. I also love crows and ravens, b/c they are spooky and highly intelligent and they don’t get enough love. I also love owls, especially barn owls, they’ve just always have had a place in my heart.
I feel like identity is the outcome of circumstance and choice. You are the product of your circumstances, like evolutionary programming, culture, home life, being born rich or born poor, etc. But who you are changes based on what choices you made/make. However, the choices you make are heavily influenced by the circumstances you are currently in or have experienced in the past. That's why I think if you add up the circumstances and the choices you make, that's how you get who you are. Also, my favorite birds are crows because I like Itachi and because I once saw a crow instigate a fight between two cats and then sit and watch the chaos he created.
Probably the Potoo or Shoebill Stork. One looks like it only has two brainscells, and both are fighting for third place, and the other looks like a JRPG boss, but is actually quite friendly with humans, and shockingly big.
A race against time, i agree! When i was younger i felt more in control of who I wanted to be in a way. At least I thought I had that control. The older I get the more I realize how much my environment controls my life and consequentially the person I am, but it’s made me appreciate love, community, life as a whole and our planet much more. I do think we’re constantly evolving and we need new experiences for that, otherwise we become stagnant.
Im an aussie and when I went to New Zealand one of the first things I noticed was the different birds! The small finch birds that hung out near a bakery I went to, the birds of prey that would soar over the grasslands. It was so fascinating. Anyway my favorite bird is the Butcher Bird, I have some that I have befriended near my house and I feel like I'm protected by the Bird Mafia
I'm reminded of a bit of magic system I've been writing about. “Sure. I know me. Know me pretty damn well. But that’s the thing. 'Who you are' is a movin’ target, one sittin’ way on out on the horizon. Don’t matter how fast ya run; you’ll never get there. Oh, you’ll get close. Over and over again. And that’s the point. Goal’s not to get there, it’s to keep on strivin’, keep runnin’, keep listenin’ to that voice inside that says go.” Also, my favorite bird is the harpy eagle. It eats monkeys! Additionally, as a Dwarf Fortress player, keas are they bane of my existence and I love them. Stop taking the buckets out of my wells!
I like owls. I like pretty much all of them, from the barn owl to the snowy owl to the great horned owl, but I have to give a shout out to the morepork owl for having a call that sounds like it's demanding more pig meat.
My favorite bird changes frequently but right now it's the Red Crossbill! Really cool finch that lives in coniferous forests, and its crossed bill helps it pry seeds out of pine cones :)
My favorite bird is the azure jay ("gralha azul" where I live), probably for the same reasons you favor an Australian bird. It's the symbol of the state I live in Brazil, and local legends say the bird helps the araucaria forest to spread because it forgets where it hides its seeds (and araucarias are also my favorite tree).
We never really stop changing/growing/maturing. At any one point we are the most we have ever been of ourselves, but the scope of what makes up "you" grows as well. That is how I see it at least.
Thanks for sharing just a bit of your journey, Tim. Deconstruction is difficult, to be sure, but finding what's truly meaningful to ourselves, not just what we were raised to believe should be meaningful? That's powerful. ✌
I think that is one of the cool things about christianity. Obviously you’re identity grows continually forever shaped by as you said, your ancestors, the water you swim in and all that. But with Christianity there’s parts of your identity that you always have that you know you can always rely on no matter how much change. You are always an adopted child of God, you are always his servant, You are always his soldier. There are parts of your identity that are forever attached to you, that you can hold onto in the dark moments, where you don’t know who you are, it’s extremely comforting. I thank God every day that he gave me the identity of His.
Interesting fact about kea, while they are Alpine parrots, before humans arrived they weren’t strictly alpine, but also lived further down. Once humans arrived their ranges shrank back to less accessible areas.
I found this perspective to take away a bit of the burden I've been feeling. In the last 10 years I've gotten a divorce, left the religion I once held onto dearly, awoke to the fact that my family is not closely knit like I'd believed my whole life, and quit the job I'd moved two timezones for. With each loss I more and more realized that all of the decisions I'd made were either what someone else wanted of me, looking for a place where people seemed to want me, or a result of me not saying no since I never developed a sense of self. It was and is still painful trying to find who I was, am, and want to be.
I really like birds in general, though my favorite is the white-spectacled bulbul, there is a flock of them near my childhood home as well as my current one and I really always liked their understated coloring with the spot of yellow.😅
My favourite bird is the azure-winged magpie. Just like in your case, is a very particular bird that only exists in two areas of the world insanely separated from each other: the Iberian peninsula (my homeland), and East Asia (China, Japan and Korea). They aren't actually magpies, but they look similar and they are corvids like them. I've watched them since I was little.
My favorite is the red winged blackbird in Minnesota. They have some very pretty songs , and at least at are parks are not afraid of people so you can get pretty close to them and they will keep singing. For the idea of how much of our values and preferences come from our culture, you might check out Joseph Henrich's "The WEIRDest People in the World". I am re-reading it right now, and it is full of insights into the variation of human cultures and values and how they developed.
Aotearoa/New Zealand has so many cool birds, and used to have even more. Islands in general are often evolutionary treasure troves, since the isolation allows the species living there to get creative (but also makes them vulnerable, sadly).
IDK if they're my favorite birds as like. A species. But my favorite bird is the neighborhood Roadrunner. It's beautiful and pretty neat looking and likes to pop in sometimes just to say hi.
You know I've never thought about my favorite bird but if I had to pick it would probably the Golden Crow, a chinese mythological bird that represents the sun or is the sun or a sun.
My favourite bird(s) are pretty dull in the grand scheme of things - Pied Wagtails are just the cutest little fuckers with their skittering run, bobbing tail feathers (their namesake), and very "Flappy Bird" style of flying - drawing little bouncing arcs in the sky as they climb and fall My other favourite birds are jays - the black sheep of the british Corvid family with beautiful tan feathers and blue stripes on their wings. Deadly smart and surprisingly uncommonly spotted compared to their emo and goth cousins, I get a little giddy with excitement when I spot one being an absolute menace to the local wildlife
I came for a bird video, not the existencial philosophical thoughts, but I appreciate them nonetheless, especially since I am currently trying to figure out some things about myself. And if I had to choose a favourite bird it would probably have to be the tern/sea swallow. I grew up at the coast of the Baltic sea, and there is just something so enchanting about this white bird flying over the shallow blue water, sometimes just stopping midair and quickly diving into the waves before disappearing again further down the beach. It's just a very beautiful bird. Otherwise crows because they are so smart (and probably every other bird; okay, I can't really decide, they are all great)
I was a part of a religion until my mid-teens and during that time I was very lonely especially during Sundays even though I was surrounded by people. It turns out I have ADHD and dyslexia, which means people don't quite understand how to deal with me, I am still figuring out what ideals are mine and theirs. Also the harpy eagle and the red kite are both really cool birds
omg, new zealand has always been my favorite country with some of my favorite ecologies, ever since i found out you lived there i was hoping you'd talk about it.
just realized i said which regardless of how close to the truth it might be its an exaggeration none the less, regardless it has been my favorite country for at least 4 years.
my favorite bird is quite tame compared to my other favorite animals, its the violet backed starling, it may not have anything special biological functions to distinguish itself away from any other birds, but its coloring and feathers are truly stunning and have left me aw struck in the rare occasions I've seen it.
Living in America having the right kind of first name can boost you for sure. If you're not already born into money and have a good network, having a name that gives away your race and or nationality can add an unnecessary weight to your social status. In a perfect world this shouldn't be a factor but it is. I love owls of all kinds! Great Horns, Snowy, the cute Barnnies!
I think you and Dr. Alok Kanojia (HealthyGamerGG) could have a quite the interesting and insightful discussion about identity and sense of self, if you ever decide to reach out and do an interview stream with him.
I am not from New Zealand, but even I understand that keas are amazing! I don't have a single favorite bird, but a suite of favorites: Crows, ravens, Harris's hawks, African grey parrots, and keas. Also, it wasn't until a couple years ago, when I was 33, that I realized I'm bisexual.
Leaving a conservative town and controlling parents, I spent so much of my life trying to learn who I wanted to be and remake myself. It was a brutal thing and exhausting. It's been just over a decade since I started, and it feels like I'm finally, finally able to revisit some of the things from my childhood that I used to love and bring them back into my life in a healthy context.
According to psychological science, in part made by comparing identical twins who were adopted by different families after birth, we become more and more ourselves as we age. Environment is not unimportant, but the things in it that affect us the most in the long term say more about who we are at our core than anything else. Well, this is atleast what I they claimed in a very well made documentary I saw on the subject. The identical twin example they brought up, a pair of brothers who did not learn of each others existence until late adulthood, showed that they had made very similar life choices and shared the same interests. Both had been owners of a gym and both were into sports, if supporters of different teams.
Shocking how those ideas and thoughts remind me of no free will theory of Robert Sapolsky. Whoever reads this, I highly recommend his interviews (especially the one with Niel Tyson on Startalk)
Idk what bird i like the most, NZ has so many seabirds like toroa (albatross) and penguins and parrots and unique birds who don’t fly, the pīwakawaka has always been special however, maybe bcuz they’re one of few natives who didn’t decline due to colonisation so we maintained our relationship and following the passing of my great grandmother and then my koro we would see them in the fantails so pīwakawaka are regarded by my family as kaitiaki
I think what is important is the parts of us we keep, rather than where they come from - from someone who lives near Wellington Zealandia bird sanctuary and can hear every kind of damn bird they got here 🤣
My favorite bird is either the Peregrine Falcon or the Robin. I honestly love all birds, but yes, my account name does state that my favorite animal is indeed the Elk/Wapiti. On the subject of life's endless becoming, however, I have a lot to say but I'll choose my relationship with my religion to elaborate on: I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, (AKA LDS/Mormon). My relationship with my faith has been a very complicated one. On one hand, it protects me, guides me, humbles me, and helps me learn to love and serve others; but on the other hand, it's fueled a lot of my issues in the past, has definitely been used by some as an excuse to hurt others, and is full of misconceptions and diverse interpretations. While I've been sorting myself out to go on a mission, I've learned some very important lessons that really cleared somethings up about my faith, although I know they can be applied to life in general. One of the most important lessons is learning to accept that above all, God wants me (and every other person in the world) to be happy, and that that means being the best but also the truest version of myself (ourselves). Some religious people like to preach in a literal sense that you should "deny yourself," that you should put others before you at all costs, and that God isn't interested in your petty self-help, because that makes you selfish... so I tried to be as selfless as I possibly could, putting myself down to prop everyone up, and continued until I wanted to end it all because my life felt so meaningless to me. It took a while, but I eventually came to realize the truth about God's intentions, at least as taught in my religion: first off, He doesn't expect me to be perfect, otherwise Christ wouldn't have come down to suffer for my sins; He created me to be me... yes, to be like Him also, but not exactly Himself or anyone else; He wants me to succeed and simply isn't the one who sets me up for failure; and that He is reasonable, and doesn't expect me to kill myself for Him or anyone else. What I found is that in contrast to what a lot of people like to preach, me and my happiness may not be all that matters, but I do matter nonetheless. I shouldn't hate myself for simply wanting to reap happiness out of my own life, and I can't expect those I love to be happy while they watch me suffer trying to live up to the expectations of others. I also can't love my neighbor as myself if I treat myself like garbage all the time. I don't care what anyone says, things just don't work that way. Sorry if I got too preachy, but I really feel passionately about this because I feel it's something that really drives some people away from religion and I understand why. To be clear though, neither my faith or any other specific religion I know of actually teaches what I've singled out as problematic (although I'm sure they're out there), but it's more that these are common misconceptions that some religious people take to heart and others use to justify judging each other. Let it be known that I'm not an expert, and if you disagree with me that's valid, because we all experience life differently. If you're still reading this, I hope you got something out of my spill of words and if not, I'm sorry. I do hope this helps someone though like it helped me. Just remember that your life is yours and that you matter no less than anyone else :)
Three years ago I discovered I've been asexual this entire time! I'm SOOO glad I found it out!!!! And just last year I also realized I'm aromantic, and that's been fantastic because I don't have to force myself to like anyone! These revelations have clarified so much of my childhood-- "oh, that memory was me being ace without knowing!" etc. It's opened my eyes to how much meaningless sex is in movies, and why asexual representation in movies, books, and all media is vital! I LOVE being ace and aro!!!! It's filled me with pride! I'm a sex-repulsed ace,and proud of it!!! And Good Omens Season 2 solidified months of guessing that i was aro! My favorite bird is a mourning dove!! their call reminds me of peacefull childhood days!
I mean. Aotearoa did have predators before humans introduced mammals like rats and dogs and the like. It's just the native predators are birds of prey, like the Ruru (morepork owl), the Karearea (nz falcon) and the extinct Pouakai (haast's eagle). The best way to deal with aerial predators is to freeze and let your camouflage hide you from eyes in the sky, so most of Aotearoa's wildlife will freeze when threatened, and against a mammalian predator which hunts by scent this does not work so well. Also my favourite bird is Devincezia, a terror bird from Miocene Argentina. my favourite living bird is the Red Legged Seriema, if you think that extinct ones don't count. Ok thank you :)
Honestly, I'm not entirely sure what my favorite bird is. For me, trying to narrow it down is about as difficult as trying to narrow down what my favorite non-avian theropod dinosaur is.
Fun fact: if you’re adopted, you get to go through the deconstruction of identity process starting as a CHILD 😅 (I do not speak for all adoptees pls don’t come for me) But yeah, I was adopted at a very young age and into a family that was not of the same ethnicity as I was born into. So I literally was having these sorts of questions by the time I could even slightly comprehend the idea of adoption. How much of me was from my biological parents? How different would I be had I not been adopted, or been adopted into a different family? Classic “Nature vs Nurture” stuff at the ripe old age of five XD And it didn’t stop there, as I grew up and learned more about myself, it was just one identity crisis after another. I found out I’m autistic and have ADHD, I am also asexual- among a dozen other things I’m still kinda figuring out. Life never really stopped giving me identity stuff to chew on and there’ve been lots of ups and downs, but honestly I’m almost used to it by now. I’ve gotten some stuff figured out, others not as much, and I don’t think that ever really stops. Best of luck to everyone on their identity journeys, and my favorite bird is the red tailed hawk ☺️
Anything in the corvid family, including the blue jay, those bullies. Over time, I've found that I love hardcore music; See Knocked Loose and other various artists. If only this were disguised conceptual character writing advice. *wink*
The bowerbird - a small dark which build intricate and actually quite nice looking nests to attract their mate then preform a dance for them. It is a really intresting mating ritual in itself, and i also particularly like them because they have a diverse set of phenotypes which give them a very large variety of colours and patterns of their feathers. They are the performance artisits of the natural world. Who said art wasnt useful for survivial? David Attenbourough talks Bower Birds: ruclips.net/video/1XkPeN3AWIE/видео.html
This whole video has a very Deleuzian vibe to me, is that by any chance intentional? (Especially your talk of literally "becoming" but also humans as constellations of body and memory almost repeating his concept of the Event. However, you do illustrate it much more amiably and understandably :D)
now that you have said u like AOT music, it is now mandatory for you to make a video essay on Attack on Titan. Dedicate your hearts and give your subscribers attack on titan content. (Also it is a crime that you didn't include Eren as a case study in your on writing revenge video)
Identity doesn’t matter. The average person will never see or understand the deepest parts of you. What matters is sharing passions with those who will listen. What matters most is just being a good person. People don’t care who you are if you held a door open, they’re just grateful.
DID YOU JUST CLICKBAIT ME WITH COOL BIRD FACTS?!
I mean is it clickbait, if there are cool bird facts?
...just less then expected 😂
As a fellow Kiwi, the kereru is my favourite bird. They’re big birds that get drunk from eating fermented berries and fall out of trees. Truly incredible that they’re not extinct. I admire their tenacity.
"Truly incredible they're not extinct"
~ apt description of many of NZ's birds
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Across the Tasman, many Australians feel the same way about various Kiwi sports teams. 😯
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I would have thought that Kiwis loved the Great Eagles, subjects of King Gwaihir and friends to Gandalf
@@cmasjoan7333Unfortunately the Haast's Eagle went extinct many years ago
I grew up in Florida and the American Robins would get drunk on our holly berries when they stopped by during their migration. It was during those days that we made sure to keep the cats inside!
Kea's are awesome. And to the becoming of people I will quote Doctor Who: "We are all different people, all through our lives. And that's okay, that's good. You gotta keep moving. So lang as you remember all the people that you used to be."
New Zealand is known for it's birds so much the people from there are referred to as Kiwi's.
Or maybe they are actually a dozen Kiwis in a trenchcoat!
I grew up with parents that divorced before I was able to conjure memories. So my life was split in two. I ended up in an abusive household on one end, and was extremely introverted half of the week and very energetic and extroverted the other half. (Back of class burning tables vs hanging with the popular kids was a literal change between days)
I choose to travel to NZ for a year after high school to take a good look at what parts of both "me's" I likedand forged myself a new person during my hiking and travelling.
Came out pretty well. The Peregrine Falcon and the Firecrest are my two favourite birds.
I only learned I was autistic less than 2 years ago. I'm 25. The way a single discovery can recontextualize so much of your life is frightening. I don't really try to dwell on the past though, at least not regarding this. I'm too busy leveraging the knowledge to help me get through starting a career. My favorite bird is the Crow.
very cool
New Caledonian crow is especially cool
I feel you, I got diagnosed at 25. For me, everything just started to make sense since I'd been in this state of uncertainty my entire life. It's mostly a relief for me because it makes it easier to accept that I just simply function a bit differently and it makes me care less of what other people think
Zoologist here and I absolutely adored your breakdown and perception of identity as it’s something I’ve been increasingly grappling with now that I’m nearing 30.
My favourite bird is the secretary bird they are beyond bizarre but have a manner of movement and silhouette that harkens back to the origins of birds as dinosaurs.
Tawny owls are a gift to our world and i love them so much
Owls are so cool! I'm a lover of most birds but there's something about owls.....
this is a wonderful, profound discussion of identity. ive been struggling with chronic fatigue over this year and trying to find the way to make peace with this new disability and what it does to me. from the other side of the planet, you've beautifully painted the struggle i have without ever meeting me. have a wonderful day, Tim, and thank you.
edit: and my favourite bird is the crow. Humble, simple, but vividly and unapologetically alive.
11 years ago I met a very little boy, barely minutes out of the womb. His mother was in surgery and in danger, and I wanted to panic, to cry, to worry. But this little boy was there, and he only had me to care for him. And depending on what was happening a few rooms further, that could last a long while. So I held on, and I sword to care for that boy first and foremost. Which was so weird, because I was always so awkward being in the spotlight, especially around children.
Now, his mother, me and him are having a relaxing weekend, and I know to the deepest of my core that helping young minds be happy and self-confident is who I am. It spread to other children, to my friends and colleagues. I help people find their own answers.
Also, the owl. They're such a hoot.
I'm so glad you helped him when he was a baby!
Favourite bird? Definitely Penguins. For obvious reasons (Including the fact that my little brother once yelled "Look mom! A Penguin is driving that bus!" when it was just some guy in a suit but he had seen frozen planet one too many times). I also love how curious and unafraid of us the little buggers are. Clips them just waddling up to a bunch of researchers to see what's up light up my day every time.
Fun fact, penguins are extinct. The original penguin was the great awk which went extinct in the 1800’s, European explorers just called a bunch of other aquatic black and white birds penguins but they are only distantly related to the original penguin. It’s like how panda used to only refer to the red panda and then someone decided to name a bear the great panda despite them only being vaguely related.
@@fakjbf3129 That fact is not fun. Good sad fact though I guess.
that is SO cute!
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Feral pigeons are just about the best creatures on the planet and nothing anyone says will stop me loving them. They're just so darn cute and lovely, and I get to see them pretty much everyday.
I like the Kakapo. Not only are they the heaviest parrot species in the world, but the only flightless parrot, too. Like the kiwi, they fill an ecological niche similar to rodents, but unlike the kiwi, they use their beaks to climb trees. That and i think their big dumb faces are adorable
Favorite bird?
Crow. Elegante, beautiful, determined and smart.
I couldn’t think of a favourite bird, but my favourite bird song is the Willow Warbler. It’s sweet and melodic, and I’ve most often heard them in beautiful and clean countryside throughout the years of my travels in this life.
Hello Future KIWI!
In all seriousness, thank you for sharing, Tim. Tieing birds to a search for meaning and self-evolution was *chefs-kiss.
I grew up in a more rural part of Germany and was always kind of the odd one out amongst the other kids my age and even my family. I had interests that they found strange and for some reason I did not adopt the same dialect, so I even talked differently. When I was in school, I was rather quiet because I felt like no one was interested in the same things I was. When I got to university that changed and I found a lot of people that shared the same interests, which was really amazing to me. Sure, some things that are important parts of my life might have come into my life because of external circumstances, but I think that's also kind of beautiful. As long as it feels right and makes you happy, I think it is worth it.
So, that was rather corny. For everyone how made it to the end of this comment, my favorite bird is the jackdaw. Love those little black feathered buggers. ❤
_A race against time on the search for the most authentic person of ourself._
Its something I'll never say myself (that's a far too complex sentence for me), nor will I ever be to quote it to express my feelings.
But noy does it feel true. Especially with the feelings of having missed things when I was at school, at the time I didn't do things not because I didn't want to, but because I didn't feel brave enough to step out of my comfort zone to experience something new. I missed so many amazing oportunities and now I watch the time move on with me thinking about the past, with no possibility to choose the better choice.
Thanks for finding the words I never was able to find to express my feelings.
That and the Raven... there are a bunch near where I live and they always look at me like I am a puzzle to them. That and they can immitate peoples voices, are one of the smartest birds and overall just look cool...
This type of video is great before sleep, for now I am going to think of existential stuff with these remaining hours.
As for my favourite bird, it's the rainbow lorikeet, a rainbow coloured parrot here in Australia. Not only is it beautiful, it captures everything I love about my country and, in many ways, myself. Seeing it reminds me of my childhood, since they are such a common sight while being unique to only here. It's a comforting bird for me.
Both Aus and NZ have the funkiest of animals, and I love them both for that.
I know the rainbow lorikeet, they were introduced to NZ in the recent past and i see them around though not in flocks just a handful. Unfortunately we have no affection for them as we’re salty at the decline of our native species but we admire their colours and sociability
My favorite bird is the raven. I love how intelligent they are, and I love the vast variety of sounds they make. Hearing a raven call feels like the mountains to me.
My favorite bird is the cockatiel. Mine is 28 years old and it's looking more every day like we'll be saying goodbye soon. I've had her since I was ten, and she is very much part of my identity. I love her endlessly and forever.
Literally my daily conversation with myself. Minus the niche flightless birb
Kiwi lore video dropped
As a biology student, the concept of whether who we are is based on nature vs. nurture comes up a lot. I mean, several times in several of my classes, we’ve had class period long discussions and debates on this topic, and we can never come up with anything beyond that the answer is likely a mixture between the two. We may be genetically predisposed to certain things and behaviors, but that does not determine our fate, we are also capable of making choices.
I’ve also been reading a books series lately, the first book is The Queen’s Thief, by Megan Whaler Turner, and I highly recommend it if you have time. A quick thing from one of the later books (no spoiler), is that two characters talk about how when it comes to them making decisions related to prophecies relayed to them by their gods, it’s not a thing of the gods are making the decisions for them, it’s just that the gods know them so well they can determine what they will say and do. I’m not entirely sure if bringing this book up is actually related to what was said in the video, but it came to mind and I wanted to put it down.
My favorite bird? I love penguins, b/c they will waddle up to researchers with no fear. I also love crows and ravens, b/c they are spooky and highly intelligent and they don’t get enough love. I also love owls, especially barn owls, they’ve just always have had a place in my heart.
I feel like identity is the outcome of circumstance and choice. You are the product of your circumstances, like evolutionary programming, culture, home life, being born rich or born poor, etc. But who you are changes based on what choices you made/make. However, the choices you make are heavily influenced by the circumstances you are currently in or have experienced in the past.
That's why I think if you add up the circumstances and the choices you make, that's how you get who you are.
Also, my favorite birds are crows because I like Itachi and because I once saw a crow instigate a fight between two cats and then sit and watch the chaos he created.
Probably the Potoo or Shoebill Stork.
One looks like it only has two brainscells, and both are fighting for third place, and the other looks like a JRPG boss, but is actually quite friendly with humans, and shockingly big.
A race against time, i agree! When i was younger i felt more in control of who I wanted to be in a way. At least I thought I had that control. The older I get the more I realize how much my environment controls my life and consequentially the person I am, but it’s made me appreciate love, community, life as a whole and our planet much more. I do think we’re constantly evolving and we need new experiences for that, otherwise we become stagnant.
Im an aussie and when I went to New Zealand one of the first things I noticed was the different birds! The small finch birds that hung out near a bakery I went to, the birds of prey that would soar over the grasslands. It was so fascinating. Anyway my favorite bird is the Butcher Bird, I have some that I have befriended near my house and I feel like I'm protected by the Bird Mafia
I'm reminded of a bit of magic system I've been writing about.
“Sure. I know me. Know me pretty damn well. But that’s the thing. 'Who you are' is a movin’ target, one sittin’ way on out on the horizon. Don’t matter how fast ya run; you’ll never get there. Oh, you’ll get close. Over and over again. And that’s the point. Goal’s not to get there, it’s to keep on strivin’, keep runnin’, keep listenin’ to that voice inside that says go.”
Also, my favorite bird is the harpy eagle. It eats monkeys!
Additionally, as a Dwarf Fortress player, keas are they bane of my existence and I love them. Stop taking the buckets out of my wells!
Oh yeah, I was gonna say that's a big claim, but Keas, thats understandable
This could be a great topic for your next worldbuilding video how cultures value the natural world
I like owls. I like pretty much all of them, from the barn owl to the snowy owl to the great horned owl, but I have to give a shout out to the morepork owl for having a call that sounds like it's demanding more pig meat.
That bird stares right through your physical body
My favorite bird changes frequently but right now it's the Red Crossbill! Really cool finch that lives in coniferous forests, and its crossed bill helps it pry seeds out of pine cones :)
My favorite bird is the azure jay ("gralha azul" where I live), probably for the same reasons you favor an Australian bird. It's the symbol of the state I live in Brazil, and local legends say the bird helps the araucaria forest to spread because it forgets where it hides its seeds (and araucarias are also my favorite tree).
We never really stop changing/growing/maturing. At any one point we are the most we have ever been of ourselves, but the scope of what makes up "you" grows as well. That is how I see it at least.
Being "grown up" is the biggest lie we're ever told. You never are fully grown
Thanks for sharing just a bit of your journey, Tim. Deconstruction is difficult, to be sure, but finding what's truly meaningful to ourselves, not just what we were raised to believe should be meaningful? That's powerful. ✌
My favorite bird? The Bearded Vulture, of course. Its main diet consists of bones, and it looks AWESOME. It's basically a dragon.
I think that is one of the cool things about christianity. Obviously you’re identity grows continually forever shaped by as you said, your ancestors, the water you swim in and all that. But with Christianity there’s parts of your identity that you always have that you know you can always rely on no matter how much change. You are always an adopted child of God, you are always his servant, You are always his soldier. There are parts of your identity that are forever attached to you, that you can hold onto in the dark moments, where you don’t know who you are, it’s extremely comforting. I thank God every day that he gave me the identity of His.
I have a character who will one day name itself Everbecoming. He felt that.
I love Keas, but my favorite birds are a 4 way tie between the Kākāpō, Shoebill Stork, and the tawny frogmouth. ❤
Quoth the Raven:
"Thine favorite forever more."
In the Netherlands the bird is called Reiger. In english Heron.
I love the way the are calm and relaxed.
Interesting fact about kea, while they are Alpine parrots, before humans arrived they weren’t strictly alpine, but also lived further down. Once humans arrived their ranges shrank back to less accessible areas.
I found this perspective to take away a bit of the burden I've been feeling. In the last 10 years I've gotten a divorce, left the religion I once held onto dearly, awoke to the fact that my family is not closely knit like I'd believed my whole life, and quit the job I'd moved two timezones for. With each loss I more and more realized that all of the decisions I'd made were either what someone else wanted of me, looking for a place where people seemed to want me, or a result of me not saying no since I never developed a sense of self. It was and is still painful trying to find who I was, am, and want to be.
I really like birds in general, though my favorite is the white-spectacled bulbul, there is a flock of them near my childhood home as well as my current one and I really always liked their understated coloring with the spot of yellow.😅
My favourite bird is the azure-winged magpie. Just like in your case, is a very particular bird that only exists in two areas of the world insanely separated from each other: the Iberian peninsula (my homeland), and East Asia (China, Japan and Korea). They aren't actually magpies, but they look similar and they are corvids like them. I've watched them since I was little.
Cool birds I like: King of Saxony, Dracula's Parrot, and the Great Eared Nightjar
My favorite is the red winged blackbird in Minnesota. They have some very pretty songs , and at least at are parks are not afraid of people so you can get pretty close to them and they will keep singing.
For the idea of how much of our values and preferences come from our culture, you might check out Joseph Henrich's "The WEIRDest People in the World". I am re-reading it right now, and it is full of insights into the variation of human cultures and values and how they developed.
Aotearoa/New Zealand has so many cool birds, and used to have even more. Islands in general are often evolutionary treasure troves, since the isolation allows the species living there to get creative (but also makes them vulnerable, sadly).
and now I have another existential crisis
IDK if they're my favorite birds as like. A species. But my favorite bird is the neighborhood Roadrunner. It's beautiful and pretty neat looking and likes to pop in sometimes just to say hi.
You know I've never thought about my favorite bird but if I had to pick it would probably the Golden Crow, a chinese mythological bird that represents the sun or is the sun or a sun.
Favorite bird has gotta be owls. I love them all too much to narrow it down to a specific species though.
My favourite bird(s) are pretty dull in the grand scheme of things -
Pied Wagtails are just the cutest little fuckers with their skittering run, bobbing tail feathers (their namesake), and very "Flappy Bird" style of flying - drawing little bouncing arcs in the sky as they climb and fall
My other favourite birds are jays - the black sheep of the british Corvid family with beautiful tan feathers and blue stripes on their wings. Deadly smart and surprisingly uncommonly spotted compared to their emo and goth cousins, I get a little giddy with excitement when I spot one being an absolute menace to the local wildlife
I came for a bird video, not the existencial philosophical thoughts, but I appreciate them nonetheless, especially since I am currently trying to figure out some things about myself.
And if I had to choose a favourite bird it would probably have to be the tern/sea swallow. I grew up at the coast of the Baltic sea, and there is just something so enchanting about this white bird flying over the shallow blue water, sometimes just stopping midair and quickly diving into the waves before disappearing again further down the beach. It's just a very beautiful bird.
Otherwise crows because they are so smart (and probably every other bird; okay, I can't really decide, they are all great)
Galahs. Super cute little parrots.
Gotta love the local crows
I was a part of a religion until my mid-teens and during that time I was very lonely especially during Sundays even though I was surrounded by people. It turns out I have ADHD and dyslexia, which means people don't quite understand how to deal with me, I am still figuring out what ideals are mine and theirs. Also the harpy eagle and the red kite are both really cool birds
omg, new zealand has always been my favorite country with some of my favorite ecologies, ever since i found out you lived there i was hoping you'd talk about it.
just realized i said which regardless of how close to the truth it might be its an exaggeration none the less, regardless it has been my favorite country for at least 4 years.
my favorite bird is quite tame compared to my other favorite animals, its the violet backed starling, it may not have anything special biological functions to distinguish itself away from any other birds, but its coloring and feathers are truly stunning and have left me aw struck in the rare occasions I've seen it.
I'm torn between the pileated woodpecker and the elf owl. Both are my favorite I guess.
Living in America having the right kind of first name can boost you for sure. If you're not already born into money and have a good network, having a name that gives away your race and or nationality can add an unnecessary weight to your social status. In a perfect world this shouldn't be a factor but it is. I love owls of all kinds! Great Horns, Snowy, the cute Barnnies!
Well. Thar certainly is a fancy birb.
The Cassowary is awesome and I'm stuck between it and the Harpie Eagle
I think you and Dr. Alok Kanojia (HealthyGamerGG) could have a quite the interesting and insightful discussion about identity and sense of self, if you ever decide to reach out and do an interview stream with him.
I am not from New Zealand, but even I understand that keas are amazing! I don't have a single favorite bird, but a suite of favorites: Crows, ravens, Harris's hawks, African grey parrots, and keas. Also, it wasn't until a couple years ago, when I was 33, that I realized I'm bisexual.
Leaving a conservative town and controlling parents, I spent so much of my life trying to learn who I wanted to be and remake myself. It was a brutal thing and exhausting. It's been just over a decade since I started, and it feels like I'm finally, finally able to revisit some of the things from my childhood that I used to love and bring them back into my life in a healthy context.
My favorite birds are Emus. Love those derpy dinosoaurs
According to psychological science, in part made by comparing identical twins who were adopted by different families after birth, we become more and more ourselves as we age. Environment is not unimportant, but the things in it that affect us the most in the long term say more about who we are at our core than anything else.
Well, this is atleast what I they claimed in a very well made documentary I saw on the subject. The identical twin example they brought up, a pair of brothers who did not learn of each others existence until late adulthood, showed that they had made very similar life choices and shared the same interests. Both had been owners of a gym and both were into sports, if supporters of different teams.
Everyone drop your favourite NZ brids.
I gotta love the Kākāpõ but the tūturiwhatu (NZ dotterel) is an underrated fav of mine too.
My favorite bird has been the kiwi bird since I saw one in a Zoobook when I was 5 😂
Shocking how those ideas and thoughts remind me of no free will theory of Robert Sapolsky. Whoever reads this, I highly recommend his interviews (especially the one with Niel Tyson on Startalk)
Those parrots are menace. I saw one of them shreded crocodile. It was rubber toy and it took whole summer, but still...
Idk what bird i like the most, NZ has so many seabirds like toroa (albatross) and penguins and parrots and unique birds who don’t fly, the pīwakawaka has always been special however, maybe bcuz they’re one of few natives who didn’t decline due to colonisation so we maintained our relationship and following the passing of my great grandmother and then my koro we would see them in the fantails so pīwakawaka are regarded by my family as kaitiaki
Favorite bird is a crow but honorable mentions to owls and ravens
I think what is important is the parts of us we keep, rather than where they come from - from someone who lives near Wellington Zealandia bird sanctuary and can hear every kind of damn bird they got here 🤣
My favorite bird is either the Peregrine Falcon or the Robin. I honestly love all birds, but yes, my account name does state that my favorite animal is indeed the Elk/Wapiti. On the subject of life's endless becoming, however, I have a lot to say but I'll choose my relationship with my religion to elaborate on: I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, (AKA LDS/Mormon). My relationship with my faith has been a very complicated one. On one hand, it protects me, guides me, humbles me, and helps me learn to love and serve others; but on the other hand, it's fueled a lot of my issues in the past, has definitely been used by some as an excuse to hurt others, and is full of misconceptions and diverse interpretations. While I've been sorting myself out to go on a mission, I've learned some very important lessons that really cleared somethings up about my faith, although I know they can be applied to life in general. One of the most important lessons is learning to accept that above all, God wants me (and every other person in the world) to be happy, and that that means being the best but also the truest version of myself (ourselves). Some religious people like to preach in a literal sense that you should "deny yourself," that you should put others before you at all costs, and that God isn't interested in your petty self-help, because that makes you selfish... so I tried to be as selfless as I possibly could, putting myself down to prop everyone up, and continued until I wanted to end it all because my life felt so meaningless to me. It took a while, but I eventually came to realize the truth about God's intentions, at least as taught in my religion: first off, He doesn't expect me to be perfect, otherwise Christ wouldn't have come down to suffer for my sins; He created me to be me... yes, to be like Him also, but not exactly Himself or anyone else; He wants me to succeed and simply isn't the one who sets me up for failure; and that He is reasonable, and doesn't expect me to kill myself for Him or anyone else. What I found is that in contrast to what a lot of people like to preach, me and my happiness may not be all that matters, but I do matter nonetheless. I shouldn't hate myself for simply wanting to reap happiness out of my own life, and I can't expect those I love to be happy while they watch me suffer trying to live up to the expectations of others. I also can't love my neighbor as myself if I treat myself like garbage all the time. I don't care what anyone says, things just don't work that way.
Sorry if I got too preachy, but I really feel passionately about this because I feel it's something that really drives some people away from religion and I understand why. To be clear though, neither my faith or any other specific religion I know of actually teaches what I've singled out as problematic (although I'm sure they're out there), but it's more that these are common misconceptions that some religious people take to heart and others use to justify judging each other. Let it be known that I'm not an expert, and if you disagree with me that's valid, because we all experience life differently. If you're still reading this, I hope you got something out of my spill of words and if not, I'm sorry. I do hope this helps someone though like it helped me. Just remember that your life is yours and that you matter no less than anyone else :)
Three years ago I discovered I've been asexual this entire time! I'm SOOO glad I found it out!!!! And just last year I also realized I'm aromantic, and that's been fantastic because I don't have to force myself to like anyone! These revelations have clarified so much of my childhood-- "oh, that memory was me being ace without knowing!" etc. It's opened my eyes to how much meaningless sex is in movies, and why asexual representation in movies, books, and all media is vital! I LOVE being ace and aro!!!! It's filled me with pride! I'm a sex-repulsed ace,and proud of it!!! And Good Omens Season 2 solidified months of guessing that i was aro! My favorite bird is a mourning dove!! their call reminds me of peacefull childhood days!
I mean. Aotearoa did have predators before humans introduced mammals like rats and dogs and the like. It's just the native predators are birds of prey, like the Ruru (morepork owl), the Karearea (nz falcon) and the extinct Pouakai (haast's eagle). The best way to deal with aerial predators is to freeze and let your camouflage hide you from eyes in the sky, so most of Aotearoa's wildlife will freeze when threatened, and against a mammalian predator which hunts by scent this does not work so well.
Also my favourite bird is Devincezia, a terror bird from Miocene Argentina. my favourite living bird is the Red Legged Seriema, if you think that extinct ones don't count. Ok thank you :)
Honestly, I'm not entirely sure what my favorite bird is. For me, trying to narrow it down is about as difficult as trying to narrow down what my favorite non-avian theropod dinosaur is.
Fun fact: if you’re adopted, you get to go through the deconstruction of identity process starting as a CHILD 😅
(I do not speak for all adoptees pls don’t come for me)
But yeah, I was adopted at a very young age and into a family that was not of the same ethnicity as I was born into. So I literally was having these sorts of questions by the time I could even slightly comprehend the idea of adoption. How much of me was from my biological parents? How different would I be had I not been adopted, or been adopted into a different family? Classic “Nature vs Nurture” stuff at the ripe old age of five XD
And it didn’t stop there, as I grew up and learned more about myself, it was just one identity crisis after another. I found out I’m autistic and have ADHD, I am also asexual- among a dozen other things I’m still kinda figuring out. Life never really stopped giving me identity stuff to chew on and there’ve been lots of ups and downs, but honestly I’m almost used to it by now. I’ve gotten some stuff figured out, others not as much, and I don’t think that ever really stops.
Best of luck to everyone on their identity journeys, and my favorite bird is the red tailed hawk ☺️
It's time for you to look inward, and start asking yourself the big questions! Who are you? And what do you want?
Anything in the corvid family, including the blue jay, those bullies. Over time, I've found that I love hardcore music; See Knocked Loose and other various artists. If only this were disguised conceptual character writing advice. *wink*
Favorit bird: bearded vulture
I’m partial to the puteketeke myself
Cassowary bird! Great dads!
you really needed a video of a kea stripping a car ... I'm sure people won't believe that they strip cars lol. they are great birds
The bowerbird - a small dark which build intricate and actually quite nice looking nests to attract their mate then preform a dance for them. It is a really intresting mating ritual in itself, and i also particularly like them because they have a diverse set of phenotypes which give them a very large variety of colours and patterns of their feathers. They are the performance artisits of the natural world. Who said art wasnt useful for survivial?
David Attenbourough talks Bower Birds:
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The Eastern Whip-poor-will
This whole video has a very Deleuzian vibe to me, is that by any chance intentional?
(Especially your talk of literally "becoming" but also humans as constellations of body and memory almost repeating his concept of the Event. However, you do illustrate it much more amiably and understandably :D)
OMG Cool video!
So, when's your collab with Blue on a new philosophy book?
now that you have said u like AOT music, it is now mandatory for you to make a video essay on Attack on Titan. Dedicate your hearts and give your subscribers attack on titan content. (Also it is a crime that you didn't include Eren as a case study in your on writing revenge video)
A brazilian who loves cockatiel😂
KEA best birb
if i didn't say that they were gonna take my weather stripping t.t
tHEY'RE STILL TAKING IT
I though it was a Ze Frank video for a moment
Identity doesn’t matter. The average person will never see or understand the deepest parts of you. What matters is sharing passions with those who will listen. What matters most is just being a good person. People don’t care who you are if you held a door open, they’re just grateful.
Toco toucan!
Fast brother 80
Delivery was kinda overstimulating
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