Bird-Watching and Ornithology

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Mainly birdwatching pix and ID help; please post approximate location (country/region/at least give us a continent!) - moderators needed (eventually?)

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Regarding birds (slrpnk.net)
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birds are the canaries in the coal-mine of life. amirite? My wife takes all our bird pictures and posts them on iNaturalist and eBird, but sometimes I obtain a copy of a nice shot and will post it here. We've been birding since about 1985 - off and on; not that we go to the ends of the Earth just to add a life-lister, but if we're AT the end of the Earth, then we'll look around a little while we're there.

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If You Think You Can Hold a Grudge, Consider the Crow | The brainy birds carry big chips on their shoulders, scientists say. Some people who become subjects of their ire may be victims of mistaken ID (www.nytimes.com)
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What Flying in a Wind Tunnel Reveals About Birds | Some birds migrate thousands of miles every autumn. How exactly do they manage it? Scientists built a flight chamber to find out. (www.nytimes.com)
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In the Tropics, a Troubling Echo of North America's Bird Declines (www.allaboutbirds.org)
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Get to Know the Misunderstood Canada Goose (www.nytimes.com)
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The Big City Is Vibrant. Birds There Might Be Getting Less So. Recent studies show some feather pigments can help neutralize toxic pollution. Means darker, duller birds could have survival advantage (www.nytimes.com)
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These Architects Embrace Local Styles. And They Fly to Work, Too. (www.nytimes.com)
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Bald Eagle (slrpnk.net)
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Bald Eagle (slrpnk.net)
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Bald Eagles (slrpnk.net)
submitted 3 months ago by Midnight@slrpnk.net to c/birding@slrpnk.net
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Let me preempt the comments saying these are golden eagles. They are not. These are juvenile bald eagles. Golden eagles are much cooler.

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Bald Eagles (slrpnk.net)
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The eagle posting will continue until everyone is as sick of these birds as I am.

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Bald Eagle (slrpnk.net)
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Bald Eagle (slrpnk.net)
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whoBIRD: Identify bird sounds in real time with this Android version of BirdNET. (github.com)
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Bald Eagle on Dead Whale (slrpnk.net)
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How a Crisis for Vultures Led to a Human Disaster: Half a Million Deaths | The birds were accidentally poisoned in India. New research on what happened next shows how wildlife collapse can be deadly (www.nytimes.com)
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Barred Owls Blur Lines Between Invasive Species and Refugees (atmos.earth)
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Most birds avoid hurricanes. This species chases them, scientists say. (wapo.st)
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Archived copy

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Most birds avoid hurricanes. This species chases them, scientists say. (wapo.st)
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Are bird based cartoons welcome here? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 4 months ago by theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/birding@slrpnk.net
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Community about says mainly bird pictures so not sure if this is welcome or not but I don't have a more appropriate community saved and relevant content whilst the communities are still small I would imagine is welcome?

If not please remove or suggest somewhere it would be better posted :)

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Snow Fairy - Hokkaido, Japan (slrpnk.net)
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Japanese Snow Fairy from Hokkaido

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Blue heron with a fresh catch (lemmy.world)
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How Florida is getting its pink back (wapo.st)
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Uncovering What Audubon Missed, and What He Made Up | In “The Birds That Audubon Missed,” Kenn Kaufman delves into the fierce, at times unethical, competition among early American ornithologists. (www.nytimes.com)
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Came home to find these 2 on the ground directly below where I caught the other yesterday... (slrpnk.net)
submitted 5 months ago by DreadneckRoberts@slrpnk.net to c/birding@slrpnk.net
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So.... Back up to the roof I went.

I first gave them a quick inspection, since it's kind of a far drop and they had to have landed on these rocks...

Both of their wings and legs seemed to be moving just fine, and there were no other obvious signs of injury. They were both clearly hungry tho. As soon as I got close to scoop them up, they opened up their beaks and stretched their necks out towards me.

Not long after returning them to the nest, I saw what I assume to be momma flying out. She was some type of sparrow - we have several types common here. I'd hazard a guess (after perusing thru my state's wildlife website) that they are either Brewer's Sparrows or House Sparrows

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