Capsicum is pretty sweet and mild. The seeds could be hot though.
As for things like chillies. You’d think it was bad for them but I’ve seen info saying birds either can’t taste the spiciness of capsaicin or have some level of resistance to it. So they could probably have chili peppers. Large amounts would probably upset their stomachs though.
I don’t know, keep seeing contradictory information and haven’t tested it.
I love King Parrots! They are such cheerful (and well-mannered) little guys.
I don't have a smartphone so on my laptop it's not a mess at all.
I put up the food for wildlife post up first because right now we are in the midst of major events (fires, floods, droughts, heatwaves) all happening at the same time.
When it comes to wildlife, we can ALL take action (or not - this is really important too) to protect and increase (particularly our smallest pollinators and soil organisms without which we can not have a healthy world).
I'm new to these alternative social media sites and had never heard of the solarpunk one. Would you have a link?
Don't get me wrong, not super peppery, but I recognise a hint to its chilli plant cousins.
I didn't, re my other comment. But its bloody good that its here!
Nice to see you've had a look at the sidebar :) I know it can look a mess on apps that don't have markdown enabled on sidebars.
Theres a subsection there called 'conservation' with links to a number of sites that could help you find more wildlife based news. Most of the links come from the first two moderators of this community, who have since moved on, u/treevan is still knockin about lemmy somewhere, i think they're on .solarpunk now. I geberally update the lists with a few links once or twice a year.
One of the things i love about wildlife posts is, while the overall extinction and biodiversity crisis is overwhelming, there are always small wins and hopeful projects being pushed through.
Don't despair! Repair!
I also should have said thank you for putting up a page for the environment. There's a lot we can do.
BTW, are capsicums in your neck of the woods peppery? I've never found a peppery one, ever. Good for everyone.
Nice. That's much more positive than my own motto: Don't make it worse.
(My thinking is that it can sometimes be overwhelming to think of all the things that one could be doing to save the world - but no one has to do everything, just as long as we're pulling in the right direction.)
There's a few chubby King parrots up in my neck of the woods that expect ThreeduckEats, and they're on their finest behaviour to get it.
Thank you. I intend to put up posts on actions we can take to help counter the challenges faced by our wildlife (plant and animal) as a result of what we're doing to the planet. Your trigger warning clarified it for me. I will include posts in the future on not only what we can do in our own patch but also on more 'political' actions we can take such as the signing of petitions if it's ok with the moderators. I've even come up with a motto 😆. Don't despair, REPAIR! 🦘
Finely chopped vegetables (including squash, capsicum, eggplant, pumpkin, cucumber, zucchini, green)
They should produce a premade small native animal finely chopped veges mix with these ingredients. This list was in three or four of the groups listed. Surprised to see capsicum in there, i'd have thought that was too peppery.
Also, congratulations on your account's first post! Good first post to make as well! Welcome to AZ 😄
They seem such lovely creatures, its so sad when ypu see them on the side of the road like this. We get a lot of roadkill where I live as well, found a dead mother and pup possum on the road a year or so ago.
No, they don't. They only suffer if you're a shit owner who has failed to care for their needs
Having a free roaming cat is ecological genocide in Australia.
They cause massive fauna loss, not only from predation but also toxoplasmosis and that's before we even touch on the ferals. It's been proven to be a massive national problem, not a "culture war". It dramatically reduces your cats lifespan, leaving them open to disease, injury, car accidents, fights and your local psycho.
Keep your fucking cat indoors or contained in a run.
Interesting that they mention a decrease in sparrow numbers because that is something I've noticed too. Go back 20 years to my childhood and sparrows seemed to be all over the place, now they're a more occasional street bird.
lol first they'd want to make a profit and not have 27% of their state budget rely on federal funding :P
In the 2025-26 Tasmanian state budget, federal funding accounted for $2.545 billion out of a total projected revenue of $9.452 billion. This means approximately 27% of Tasmania's state budget revenue was dependent on federal funding.
https://www.pwc.com.au/tax/tax-alerts/2025-26-tasmanian-budget.html
The warmer winters with crazy cold snaps is what’s happening in the northern hemisphere too.
The winds around the Arctic north are destabilizing and spreading farther from the pole than they used to.
So it’ll be mild to warm for much of the winter, but then the polar vortex will drop down and freez the fuck out of even the southern US.
Simultaneously the Arctic will be warmer than normal because it stocked warm air up from the eastern hemisphere when the vortex dipped in the western side.
They look boney and loads more work/less meat than chicken. I wouldn't be against st trying it, but I can't see them becoming a mainstay.
Tasmania to secede from Australia?
It's all pretty localised, but, eg in my case, Wikipedia says: " Sydney was experiencing longer summers and shorter winters in recent decades, compared to those in the 1950s and 1960s."
Also an ABC article speaks more broadly about winter trends. 2025 winter was cooler than previous couple of years, but seems the overall trend for winter temps is increasing.
Plus, I think you can still have more extreme weather events one way while the averages are going the other way. Eg, though the longer term winter average is increasing, you might get the odd cold snaps where the temp is even lower than normal.
IANACS
This dead baby spotted quoll in Tasmania I cycked past: ( fucking devastated!
Fuck cars
I know that cat! Its a con-cat, reels you in with fake purrs to get you hooked; next you know, you're at the grocery store buying another of bag of kitty litter.
That cats workin you!
Yeah but you failed to consider that there’s this really cute outdoor cat that I see on the way to work almost every day and he purrs really loudly when I pet him and he’s just a little guy
Also the ongoing insect apocalypse can't be good for bird populations.
Could build yourself a dovecot and have fresh meat all year round it seems. Unless your neighbours burn your house down for building a dovecot.