# birding.blog

[![birding.blog homepage.jpg](https://birding.wiki/uploads/images/gallery/2023-03/scaled-1680-/birding-blog-homepage.jpg)](https://birding.wiki/uploads/images/gallery/2023-03/birding-blog-homepage.jpg)

<table border="1" id="bkmrk-the-current-2023-loo" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; border-width: 1px; background-color: #ecf0f1;"><colgroup><col style="width: 99.876543%;"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr><td class="align-center" style="border-width: 1px;">The current 2023 design of birding.blog</td></tr></tbody></table>

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### Description

[birding.blog](https://birding.blog) is a spinoff birdwatching WordPress blog launched in 2022. It is a place to share smaller birding experiences and random thoughts.

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### History

In December 2022, Birding Blog was launched to compliment my main efforts on [Because Birds](https://birding.wiki/books/web-projects/page/becausebirdscom "becausebirds.com"). I loved the domain name birding.blog so much I felt the need to grab it and see what it can turn into.

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### Focus

Birding Blog is a secondary place for me to share bird-related thoughts and experiences that come to mind. I plan to continue using it to write about ongoing bird recording trips, photography, and other fun things I may not want to post on directly on Because Birds.

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### Technical details

Birding Blog runs on a virtual private server (VPS) on [Digital Ocean](https://m.do.co/c/a518451f8061).

<table border="1" id="bkmrk-content-management-s" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 244px;"><colgroup><col style="width: 50%;"></col><col style="width: 50%;"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height: 29px;"><td style="height: 29px;">**Content management system**  
</td><td class="align-center" style="height: 29px;">[WordPress.org](https://wordpress.org)</td></tr><tr style="height: 29px;"><td style="height: 29px;">**Domain registrar**</td><td class="align-center" style="height: 29px;">[Porkbun](https://porkbun.com)</td></tr><tr style="height: 29px;"><td style="height: 29px;">**Server type**</td><td class="align-center" style="height: 29px;">[Virtual Private Server (VPS)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_private_server)</td></tr><tr style="height: 35px;"><td style="height: 35px;">**Server host**</td><td class="align-center" style="height: 35px;">[Digital Ocean droplet](https://m.do.co/c/a518451f8061)</td></tr><tr style="height: 29px;"><td style="height: 29px;">**Server details**</td><td class="align-center" style="height: 29px;">1GB memory / 25B disk</td></tr><tr style="height: 35px;"><td style="height: 35px;">**Server management**</td><td class="align-center" style="height: 35px;">[SpinupWP](https://spinupwp.com/?referral=JELqmGRL2x)</td></tr><tr><td>**Theme foundation**</td><td class="align-center">[GeneratePress](https://generatepress.com)</td></tr><tr><td>**Analytics**</td><td class="align-center">[Plausible Analytics](https://plausible.io)</td></tr></tbody></table>

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### Design

#### Current design

##### Homepage

Birding Blog currently leverages a [Full Site Editing](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/getting-started/full-site-editing/) (FSE), open source, block-based theme from [GeneratePress](https://generatepress.com). This lightweight theme allows for a focus on the content with extremely-high [PageSpeed](https://developers.google.com/speed) scores across mobile and desktop.

[![birding.blog homepage.jpg](https://birding.wiki/uploads/images/gallery/2023-03/scaled-1680-/birding-blog-homepage.jpg)](https://birding.wiki/uploads/images/gallery/2023-03/birding-blog-homepage.jpg)

#### Logo

The California Quail pixel art logo was designed by the talented pixel artist [*alurasheans*](https://www.tumblr.com/alurasheans).

[![birding_blog_logo.png](https://birding.wiki/uploads/images/gallery/2023-03/scaled-1680-/birding-blog-logo.png)](https://birding.wiki/uploads/images/gallery/2023-03/birding-blog-logo.png)