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Warzone Grebewatching

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Somewhat recently1, a dear friend of ours and friend of the website Catherine Whitequark alongside some associates has finished a project of its own, a static webpage host by the name of Grebedoc. Though it’s name is based on a pun wrt its architecture (“grebedoc” is “codeberg” backwards, grebedocs architecture is the inverse of the old codeberg pages architecture), the website prominently features a photograph of a Great Crested Grebe. The Great Crested Grebe is a small, interesting looking waterfowl endemic to most of Eurasia, quite commonly found inhabiting the reeds around lakes and other bodies of water. In April of Current Year, the drudgery of undergrad, unpaid unappreciated chemistry research and staying indoors due to awful spring cold snaps has started driving us up the fucking wall. Most of our time was spent staring at iNaturalist and eBird in search of interesting looking birds to check out when the weather won’t actively try to kill us. And then, on a fateful spring thurs

26 May 2026 - Birder S. Thompson Somewhat recently1, a dear friend of ours and friend of the website Catherine Whitequark alongside some associates has finished a project of its own, a static webpage host by the name of Grebedoc. Though it’s name is based on a pun wrt its architecture (“grebedoc” is “codeberg” backwards, grebedocs architecture is the inverse of the old codeberg pages architecture), the website prominently features a photograph of a Great Crested Grebe. The Great Crested Grebe is a small, interesting looking waterfowl endemic to most of Eurasia, quite commonly found…

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