#Bird life

[ravensvalley]

#TheDayAfter

At dawn after a snowstorm, a Raven is about to take off with his breakfast; a chicken leg.

@BenAdrienProulx January 10th, 2024

[girlactionfigure]

The Israel Electric Company replaced an electric pole.

When they found out there was a bird's nest in the old one, they connected the old one to the new one.

Well done.

Jewish Projects

[clarissefcd]

Huppe fasciée au 150-600mm

Alpes-Maritimes, France 🇫🇷

[tekkoman]

Our wood nuthatch

[awearyelf]

Beautiful turkey vulture

[bonfires-n-hares]

dee nickerson

[natureshirt]

Cute bird 🐦🎁😍

[beautiful-things-things]

The mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) is a perching duck species native to the East Palearctic. It is sexually dimorphic; males showing a dramatic difference from the females.[3] It is medium-sized, at 41–49 cm (16–19 in) long with a 65–75 cm (26–30 in) wingspan. It is closely related to the North American wood duck, the only other member of the genus Aix. 'Aix' is an Ancient Greek word which was used by Aristotle to refer to an unknown diving bird, and 'galericulata' is the Latin for a wig, derived from galerum, a cap or bonnet. Outside of its native range, the mandarin duck has a large introduced population in the British Isles and Western Europe, with additional smaller introductions in North America

[avtomat-kalashnikova47]

Bird Up. nyc staple.

[bird-of-the-day]

BOTD: Parasitic Jaeger

^Image credit: Jinesh PS

Parasitic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus)

Also called the Arctic Skua, Parasitic Skua, or Arctic Jaeger, the Parasitic Jaeger's major form of food is robbing food from other birds, primarily gulls and terns, the act of which is called kleptomparasitism. The word "Jaeger" is from the German "Jäger", meaning 'hunter'.

[ravensvalley]

#TheGreatBlueHeron

The Great Blue Herons, after catching a fish, typically do not wait before beginning to digest their meal. And once they've swallowed their prey whole, they start the process of digestion immediately while taking a comfortably nap on a rock, enjoying the sun.

@BenAdrienProulx October 24th, 2023

[bullshit-thoughts]

On my way to my new job in the coal mines! So cool that they started hiring canaries! Bit nervous lol, wish me luck! :)

[fogwitchoftheevermore]

i am still thinking about bird life…. you guys would’ve love the mountaineers i swear to god we were so bad at the game and we were perfect and now half of us are dead

[robryebeach]

BIRD WATCHING.

[birdphotographybyanjeanette]

[uwmspeccoll]

A Mimidae Feathursday

In the U.S., the family Mimidae includes the Northern Mockingbird, Gray Catbird, and Brown Thrasher. All are notable for the range of their vocalization and their remarkable ability to mimic a wide variety of birds and other sounds heard outdoors, hence the family name which is Latin for mimic. While southern Wisconsin is within the range of distribution for the Mockingbird and Thrasher, the Mockingbird is a rare summer resident here and the population of Brown Thrashers in Wisconsin is thought to be low, and in any event they are especially noted for being elusive, so very few people we know have ever seen one here. The Catbird, however, is quite common in our neighborhood, but unfortunately the book we chose to highlight does not include an image of one.

The images shown here are color lithographs from our 1907 edition of Bird-Life, A Guide to the Study of our Common Birds, by American ornithologist Frank M. Chapman, with illustrations by the English-Canadian-American wildlife artist Ernest Thompson Seton, published in New York by D. Appleton and Company.

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