A pair of green herons! Sadly, I'd left my mirrorless camera on and it had no more battery, but the point and shoot did something. #birds #BirdsQC @BeazLouise

Eisvogel auf der Aufhängevorrichtung der Kanuslalomstangen.

Kanuslalomstangenaufhängevorrichtungsansitzfischjäger

Whimbrels that I shot over the weekend...

Can anyone identify this bird that was hanging out near my pond? My gut says red tailed hawk, but I want to be sure. I’m trying to figure out if my fish (4-6” or smaller; very snackable for a bird of that size) are at risk, or if he’s just looking for a drink. #birds #sandiego

#DailyBird
Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius), 8th May 2024
es: Turpial Castaño, fr: Oriole Des Vergers
Prime Hook NWR, Broadkill Hundred, Delaware
Lenapehoking (Lenni-Lenape) traditional territory
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 + 1.4x teleconverter @ 1120mm, 60% crop, 1/400s, f/14, ISO 4000
#Birds #OrchardOriole #OROR #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers #DescribeYourImages

10 August 1963

A £260,000 reward is waiting for the person who “turns in” the gang who got away with £2,500,000 in Thursday’s mail train raid. And it will be tax free. The reward is as big as the biggest football polls prize ever won - £260,000.

#YesterdaysYardBirds (NE MA):

1 American Goldfinch
2 Northern Cardinal
3 House Finch
4 Carolina Wren
5 Common Grackle
6 Tufted Titmouse
7 Black-capped Chickadee
8 Downy Woodpecker
9 Mourning Dove
10 White-breasted Nuthatch
11 Blue Jay
12 Hairy Woodpecker
13 Chipping Sparrow
14 Song Sparrow
15 House Sparrow
16 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
17 American Crow

#YesterdaysYardBirds (NE MA):

1 American Goldfinch
2 Northern Cardinal
3 House Finch
4 Carolina Wren
5 Common Grackle
6 Tufted Titmouse
7 Black-capped Chickadee
8 Downy Woodpecker
9 Mourning Dove
10 White-breasted Nuthatch
11 Blue Jay
12 Hairy Woodpecker
13 Chipping Sparrow
14 Song Sparrow
15 House Sparrow
16 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
17 American Crow

#YesterdaysYardBirds (NE MA):

1 American Goldfinch
2 Northern Cardinal
3 House Finch
4 Carolina Wren
5 Common Grackle
6 Tufted Titmouse
7 Black-capped Chickadee
8 Downy Woodpecker
9 Mourning Dove
10 White-breasted Nuthatch
11 Blue Jay
12 Hairy Woodpecker
13 Chipping Sparrow
14 Song Sparrow
15 House Sparrow
16 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
17 American Crow

The house finches appear to be elsewhere #today so the bird feeder is quite busy with all kinds of birds I rarely see. Those finches are assholes. And also, I always giggle whenever I say, or even think about the #titmouse
#birds #giggity

Ring-Neck Pheasant, watercolor.

ART - https://deborah-league.pixels.com/featured/ring-neck-pheasant-in-the-snow-watercolor-deborah-league.html

Bird of the Day — Swainson's Hawk, Kansas 2018

Rise And Shine In Tuscany, happy Monday!
Available here...https://tina-lecour.pixels.com/featured/rise-and-shine-in-tuscany-tina-lecour.html

Vince preferred the all-you-can-eat buffet to a formal sit down dinner.

#photography #fotografía #fotografie #birds #birdsofmastodon #birdphotography #bloomscrolling #Nature #naturephotography #gooddeal #hummingbird
#LauraCochranPhotography

Aussie and Kiwi bird nerds: the Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds is now available for free online. It contains absurd amounts of detail about all our birds.
https://hanzab.birdlife.org.au/
#birds #birding

Here are some birds I saw today in Ōtautahi-Christchurch city, New Zealand.

A Kawau Tūi–little black shag flew by along Riverlaw Terrace. This native species spread into the city from the north by about 2009. https://inaturalist.nz/observations/305483687

A yellowhammer was on the gravel lot by Sydenham Park. This species was introduced to the city by English settlers (236 birds were released from England in 1873): https://inaturalist.nz/observations/305483692

A couple of kererū were in the native forest in the Christchurch Botanic Gardens, where kererū have been breeding recently. The birds today were feeding on kōwhai leaves. It's great to see their numbers building in the city. https://inaturalist.nz/observations/305483690

There's also the fluffy back end of a Tīrairaka–South Island fantail: https://inaturalist.nz/observations/305483685

Female Southern Pied Babblers Get Stupider As They Produce More Offspring

"Having lots of children isn’t all it’s cracked up to be"

#SciComm by @grrlscientist

#birds #ornithology #reproduction #cognition # https://medium.com/grrlscientist/female-southern-pied-babblers-get-stupider-as-they-produce-more-offspring-eaef702e50f7