birding.blog

The current 2023 design of birding.blog

Description

birding.blog is a spinoff birdwatching WordPress blog launched in 2022. It is a place to share smaller birding experiences and random thoughts.

History

In December 2022, Birding Blog was launched to compliment my main efforts on Because Birds. I loved the domain name birding.blog so much I felt the need to grab it and see what it can turn into.

Focus

Birding Blog has become 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.

Technical details

Birding Blog runs on a virtual private server (VPS) on Digital Ocean.

Content management system	WordPress.org
Domain registrar	Porkbun
Server type	Virtual Private Server (VPS)
Server host	Digital Ocean droplet
Server details	1GB memory / 25B disk
Server management	SpinupWP
Theme foundation	GeneratePress
Analytics	Plausible Analytics

Design

Current design

Homepage

Birding Blog currently leverages a Full Site Editing (FSE), open source, block-based theme from GeneratePress. This lightweight theme allows for a focus on the content with extremely-high PageSpeed scores across mobile and desktop.