{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"bits & birbs","home_page_url":"https://bitsandbirbs.com","description":"bits & birbs","author":{"name":"bits & birbs"},"items":[{"id":"kiwikiu-aka-maui-parrotbill","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/55033694-9e84-4b6a-adf8-d2f8e38a5885/5327.jpg\"/><p>The Kiwikiu, also known as the Maui Parrotbill, use their parrot-like beak to carve into branches to extract yummy grubs. They're IUCN listed as critically endangered and their population of less than 200 individuals inh...</p>","url":"https://bitsandbirbs.com/blog/f/kiwikiu-aka-maui-parrotbill","title":"Kiwikiu aka Maui Parrotbill","date_modified":"2026-04-10T19:08:05Z"},{"id":"tufted-puffin-breeding-season-has-started","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/55033694-9e84-4b6a-adf8-d2f8e38a5885/5208.png\"/><p>In honor of the first Tufted Puffin of the breeding season being spotted at Haystack Rock (Goonies!) in Cannon Beach in Oregon, I'm sharing Tufted Puffin facts! They're one of 4 puffin species and are IUCN listed as leas...</p>","url":"https://bitsandbirbs.com/blog/f/tufted-puffin-breeding-season-has-started","title":"Tufted Puffin breeding season has started!","date_modified":"2026-04-01T18:27:33Z"},{"id":"titmouse-titmice","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/55033694-9e84-4b6a-adf8-d2f8e38a5885/5031.png\"/><p>Titmouses?  Titmice? Titmeese?!  We have a pair of Oak Titmouses (...) nesting in a box in our backyard and my brain keeps stumbling over what to call them.  What would you call them?</p>","url":"https://bitsandbirbs.com/blog/f/titmouse-titmice","title":"Titmouse?  Titmice?","date_modified":"2026-03-27T19:33:37Z"},{"id":"yellow-headed-amazon-parrot","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/55033694-9e84-4b6a-adf8-d2f8e38a5885/il_fullxfull.7525957075_9byg.jpg\"/><p>It's time for a Yellow-headed Amazon Parrot post for Belize Bird Rescue's (www.belizebirdrescue.com) Little x Little Global Giving campaign.. donations can currently be matched by 50%! globalgiving.org/projects/saving-be...</p>","url":"https://bitsandbirbs.com/blog/f/yellow-headed-amazon-parrot","title":"Yellow-headed Amazon Parrot","date_modified":"2026-03-17T17:24:45Z"},{"id":"social-media-posts","html_content":"<p>Posts from bits & birbs social media will now be available on the blog... check out the Blog link in the menu!</p>","url":"https://bitsandbirbs.com/blog/f/social-media-posts","title":"Social media posts","date_modified":"2026-03-08T18:58:48Z"},{"id":"alae-keokeo","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/55033694-9e84-4b6a-adf8-d2f8e38a5885/4084.png\"/><p>'Alae ke'oke'o (Hawaiian Coot) chicks are considerably more colorful than their parents with their red bills and colorful fluffs of feathers.  These guys are IUCN listed as near threatened, but they're federally and Hawa...</p>","url":"https://bitsandbirbs.com/blog/f/alae-keokeo","title":"'Alae ke'oke'o","date_modified":"2026-03-08T18:50:04Z"},{"id":"turkey-vultures","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/55033694-9e84-4b6a-adf8-d2f8e38a5885/4085.png\"/><p>The Turkey Vultures are starting to make their way back to Oregon after overwintering in warmer climes. The first ones we spotted at our house were on February 20th, a day earlier than last year; I half expected them to ...</p>","url":"https://bitsandbirbs.com/blog/f/turkey-vultures","title":"Turkey Vultures","date_modified":"2026-03-08T18:45:16Z"},{"id":"donation-day","html_content":"<p>It's donation day 🎉 and you guys have helped raise over $820 since bits & birbs started in 2023.  Thank you for supporting conservation and a small business!</p>","url":"https://bitsandbirbs.com/blog/f/donation-day","title":"Donation Day!","date_modified":"2025-12-30T18:29:56Z"},{"id":"birbs-update","html_content":"<p>Birbs is officially in the black! 🥳  This means that I will be increasing the donation amount from each purchase again.  Thanks for all of the support!</p>","url":"https://bitsandbirbs.com/blog/f/birbs-update","title":"Birbs update","date_modified":"2025-11-04T02:23:09Z"}]}