#sea birds

[frippp]

I made a poster with a random selection of seabird courtship rituals!

how the heck did this post do so well?!? anyways as i said if it got popular i would slap it on redbubble i did that, thank you all for all the notes and comments! https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/154720777?asc=u

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[luminarystimboards]

Some Beautiful Brandt Cormorants during breeding season. I love these blue patches they get! Their eyes are so magical. Free to use, just link back to this post when you do!

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Jamie Wyeth

Envy -The Seven Deadly Sins

2005

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Great northern diver

[cypherdecypher]

Animal of the Day!

Great Auk (Pinguinus impennis)

(Photo from the Cincinnati Museum Center)

Extinction Date- 1844

Habitat- Northern Atlantic Ocean

Size (Weight/Length)- 75 cm

Diet- Fish; Crustaceans

Cool Facts- The great auk, while looking like a penguin, is nowhere close to being related to them. These seafaring birds were the only auk species to survive to the modern era, numbering in the millions during the Pleistocene. They were extremely powerful swimmers and the abundance of fish in the Northern Atlantic provided greatly. The great auk was held in high importance to Neolithic peoples due to their depiction in cave art and jewelry made of their bones. Unfortunately, great auks were easy to hunt and resulted in their extinction. Their feathers were used in pillows and their eggs were seen as a delicacy. The last pair of great auks were strangled to death and their egg was smashed in 1844. Today, the great auk’s closest relative is the razorbill. Luckily, the razorbill is of least concern with an increasing population due to protections placed on their fishing grounds.

Rating- 12/10 (In the genus Pinguinus, which penguins were later named after.)

[lindamarieansonsnaps]

Baltic Sea, Latvia

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Laurie Rudling - See...Birds! Collagraph.

[ourstaturestouchtheskies]

Stormy Sea – Peder Balke // King – The Amazing Devil

[elliottnotyet]

The actic tern has the longest migration of any animal. It goes from the Arctic circle to the Antarctic circle, always chasing summer.

[Image ID: drawing of an arctic tern flying. It's a white bird with a black patch on the top of its head. End ID]

[julianplum]

🪽 🕊️ 🐟 🦭 🌊 ✨ // the air was white with wings // gouache on paper

a painting from a book I'm working on about a boy who is scared of the sea and a selkie who loves him

[frippp]

A cormorant inspired by one i saw diving in some rock pools at the beach!

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

Where does the Arctic skua live? If you guessed the South Pole, you're right! Although these birds breed within the Arctic circle, they spend their winter months searching for food in the Southern Ocean, particularly around the southern coasts of Africa, South America, and Australia.

(Image: An Arctic skua (Stercorarius parasiticus) by Eric Gofreed)

If you send me proof that you’ve made a donation to UNRWA or another fund benefiting Palestinians– including esim donations and verified gofundmes– I’ll make art of any animal of your choosing.

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Paleovember 2023, Hesperornis!

Dating back to the Late Cretaceous (and possibly right up to the end of the period), Hesperornis was a flightless, cormorant-like bird that measured up to 6 feet long. It was a marine creature, swimming in the Western Interior Seaway that stretched from Canada, through Kansas, and into Mexico, and had to deal with all of the other marine horrors that swam through there as well. Being on the small side in this nightmare aquarium, Hesperornis survived by being agile in the water, while keeping itself sustained with a beak lined with needle-sharp teeth. Unlike penguins, it wouldn't have been able to walk on it's hind legs, and probably hauled itself on it's belly onto shore like a seal.

[na-bird-of-the-day]

BOTD: Magnificent Frigatebird

Photo: Peter Swaine

"Massive seabird of warm tropical oceans and coastlines. Overall black with extremely long, deeply forked tail and angular wings. Male completely black with inflatable red pouch on throat (not seen away from breeding colonies) and bluish eyering. Adult female has white chest and golden bar on shoulder. Young birds have white head and breast. Often soars for long periods and flies with slow wingbeats. Steals food from other seabirds. Surprisingly acrobatic during aerial chases despite its large size."

- eBird