Peregrinator refers to one of two things, both of which I had in mind while selecting the name. I had initially wanted to go with Lammergeier (the German name for the Bearded Vulture) but then it was taken on most platforms. Peregrinator is the subspecies name for the Shaheen Falcon (Falco peregrinus peregrinator — you might have to scroll down here.) It is a beautiful falcon with a dark back and upper-wings, a white throat, and vivid rufous underparts. It has a typical dark "helmet" as seen in the photo. Juveniles have incomplete hemlets and are a paler shade of rufous. Shaheen Bagh also happens to be the name of the place chosen by the people protesting the unjust implementation of the CAA and NRC in 2019. The word peregrinator itself comes from Latin and is synonymous with traveller or wanderer. You can see read my blog at peregrinator.site

I'm a 29 year old, neurodivergent, cat person who sometimes cosplays as an ecologist. I'm big on F(L)OSS and currently run a Void Linux installation with a manually compiled version of Emacs 29. I also play the guitar, listen to typically a lot of metal and try to make my own music occasionally. I currently use Ardour 7.0 for audio production, which I'm very new to, and hope to get started with the Sonic Pi as both a standalone instrument as well as a synth for instruments I don't play myself. I also travel a lot for work and end up visiting a lot of new places while I'm working. I will be starting working on maintaining a log of that too sometime soon on this blog. Especially the birding reports with links to eBird checklists since I'm in the habit of maintaining them.

I have a cat at home and she's called Goose V. Goose the Fifth since there have been four "Geese" before her. She's predominantly a stray that just comes and hangs out at our place, but I hope to adopt her soon. She loves to be indoors, especially in the winters since it gets cold and she needs additional warmth. She doesn't mind jumping up next to me on the chair or on the bed even. At night sometimes, she even likes to sleep next to me. She's a talkative cat and often gets very aggressive with the head bumps and the purring. She does get quite loud too at times, especially when I per her on her lower back, which she loves, incidentally. Occasionally, shes so calm that she lets me scratch her belly too, and this is rare apparently.

I can be emailed at contact [at] peregrinator.site or through Bluesky [at] peregrinator.site. Support me at buymeacoffee.