BEYOND THE FENCE: It’s for the birds! | Environment
The sun’s rays reached out from the horizon through a vibrant turquoise sky as if wanting to embrace…
#Europe #Environment #animals #bird #birds #birdsofprey #birdsoftheamericas #euornitheans #feathereddinosaurs #holarcticbirds #holarcticfauna #ornithology #vertebratezoology #zoology
https://www.europesays.com/2239054/
Aww, the old fella (33!) looks, well, old. Still cute, though.
Your Friday #ornithology read: A huge colony of nesting cormorants in urban Toronto is showing how people and birds can live alongside each other.
A Wild Home on the Bones of th...
Five Sandhill Cranes Morning Departure Framed Print by Debra Martz
From Dec 2024 at the Salt Plains NWR, Okla
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/five-sandhill-cranes-morning-departure-debra-martz.html?product=framed-print
##birds #aves #avian #BirdLovers #featheredFriends #ornithology #giftideas #DebraMartz @DebraMartz #photography #PhotographyIsArt #BuyIntoArt
Online early in the WJO: Migratory connectivity and potential nonbreeding sexual segregation in Gray Vireos. #ornithology www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Golden eagles were reintroduced to Ireland, but without prey they're now struggling to thrive. Via @physorg.news #Conservation #WildLife #Zoology #Nature #Ornithology
Golden eagles were reintroduce...
Online early in the WJO: Eastern Screech-Owl response to tree cover and climate in an understudied portion of its range. #ornithology www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
These little ones are barn swallow chicks (Hirundo rustica), tucked safely into their signature mud nest.
Barn swallows build their nests with hundreds of mud pellets, reinforced with straw and often reused year after year.
Soon, these wide-eyed fluffballs will take to the skies!
#Nature #Birds #Swallows #Ornithology #Wildlife #NestEngineering #birdsofmastodon
Congratulations to the recipients of this year's publication awards from the WOS! The Edwards Prize recognizes the best major article published in the prior volume of The Wilson Journal of #Ornithology, and the Olson Prize recognizes the best book review.
2025 Publication Award Winners
In case you missed it: Flocks have taken flight! Flocks, a joint project of the WOS, @fieldornith.bsky.social, & @amornith.bsky.social, are affinity groups where people within the #ornithology community can connect, share advice, & build community.
Ornithological Members Launch ...
Online early in the WJO: Bird nesting habitat in knotweed in North America and beyond. #ornithology www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
BlueGreen Labs features in Pairi Daiza's yearly conservation report (p57). Good work by Lyndon and myself on bio-logging swifts within the context of conservation both at breeding and non-breeding locations.
https://pairi-daiza.paperturn-view.com/rapportfondation-2025-v02-en-light?pid=ODg8891341&p=57
@mooseallain.bsky.social
As I understand it, 'seagull' was invented by working class Victorians when they experienced 'going on holiday to the seaside' for the first time, presumably shortly after 'mills' and 'railways' were invented.
#SeaBirds #ornithology #TroubleAtMill #TheSunHasGotHisHatOn #seagull #birds #pedantry
THE GENIUS OF CROWS AND RAVENS - Possessing large brains for their body size, a knack for social networking that requires no internet connection, and keen powers of observation, crows and ravens are among the big personalities of the bird word.
Source: A Way To Garden https://share.google/BxnrrsUIMQPgNTj47 #Corvus #birds #Crows #ravens #ornithology
Online early in the WJO - A small remnant of Atlantic Forest does not support a high bird richness: a case study based on community-level occupancy models. #ornithology www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Super Enzyme Regulates Testosterone Levels In Male Ruffs
"A single gene in the shorebird species known as ruffs controls the blood concentrations of testosterone in males, and this in turn affects their appearances and behavior."
#birds #testosterone #androgens #enzyme #ornithology #morphology #behavior https://grrlscientist.substack.com/p/super-enzyme-regulates-testosterone
Dieser Flussregenpfeifer hat mit seinem Partnervogel weit weg von einem Fluss und trotz Fuchs, Waschbär und Krähen auf einer Baustelle drei Küken großgezogen. Die Kleinen sind jetzt flügge. Schade, dass die Baustelle irgendwann keine mehr ist und dass dann kein Lebensraum mehr für den Vogel besteht.
There's a new guest post on the WOS blog! Liam Corcoran relates the story behind his new paper in the WJO documenting the lives of Eastern Whip-poor-will parents and chicks. #ornithology wilsonsociety.org/2025/07/07/g...
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