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"Deadly bird flu strain confirmed in Australia for first time"
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Deadly bird flu strain confirmed in Australia for first time
A deadly strain of avian influenza, H5N1, that has killed millions of wild and domestic birds and mammals across the globe, has for the first time reached Australia’s shores. Australian authorities confirmed that two migratory seabirds, a brown skua (Stercorarius antarcticus) and a northern giant petrel (Macronectes halli), have both tested positive for H5N1, a […]

Black phoebe, Sayornis nigricans, surveying the cricket field at Woodley Park, Sepulveda Basin
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Little Egret coming in to land in a pond.
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"New bird species identified on remote Indonesian island"
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New bird species identified on remote Indonesian island
A songbird species previously thought to occur across two Indonesian islands has turned out to be two distinct species, according to a recent study. For more than 120 years, many scientists believed that Indonesia’s Babar Islands in eastern Banda Sea, and Tanimbar Islands, roughly 135 kilometers (84 miles) east of the Babar Islands, were both […]

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A Dickcissel (who decided that was a good name for a bird?) and a Blue Grosbeak.

Mourning Dove. LA Arboretum, Arcadia, California, USA. June, 2025. OM System OM-1 M.Zuiko 300MM F4. #laarboretum #mourningdove #bird

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"Bird flu is here. Can we stop the spread?"
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Bird flu is here. Can we stop the spread?
An ecologist explains how Australia can curb the spread of the H5N1 strain.

Great black-backed gull in flight, at Farlington Marshes.
#photography #bird #birdphotography

"Australia is working to catch 5,000 of the world's smallest penguins to vaccinate them against bird flu"
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Australia working to catch 5,000 penguins, vaccinate them against bird flu
Capturing wildlife to vaccinate them is difficult, particularly because the bird flu vaccination requires they be caught twice, for two doses.

Marbled Godwit, wading in the estuary. Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, California, USA. February, 2026. OM System OM-1 M.Zuiko 300mm F4. #bolsachicaecologicalreserve #marbledgodwit

Tufted titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) has realized it's being watched.
Amigo Centre, outside Sturgis, Michigan
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Robin gets in the way of photographing squirrels in the oak grove in front of the A.D. White House
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a better life
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10 out of 10
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Seriously #loud #bird
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A peachick standing in front of three of its siblings. LA Arboretum, Arcadia, California, USA. May, 2026. OM System OM-1 M.Zuiko 300mm F4 MC14. #laarboretum #bird #birdphotography

We also need bird organizations to come out against bug zappers. Because when billions of insects are electrocuted there's less food available. And you could use an illustration of begging chicks in a nest near a glowing bug zapper surrounded by moths (make the parent birds emaciated and worried). That graphic would go viral. #birds #insects #birding

Lesser Scaup looking over its shoulder. Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, California, USA. February, 2026. OM System OM-1 M.Zuiko 300mm F4. #bolsachicaecologicalreserve #duck #bird

American robin, Turdus migratorius, in nice fresh plumage at Amigo Centre, outside Sturgis, Michigan
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"Long Lost African Bird Captured in Striking Photos"
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Long Lost African Bird Captured in Striking Photos

Hummingbird approaching Mexican Sage flowers. LA Arboretum, Arcadia, California, USA. May, 2026. OM System OM-1 M.Zuiko 300mm F4 MC14. #laarboretum #hummingbird #bird

A Spanish ecologist, Pedro Romero-Vidal, was looking at a 1611 painting by Jan Brueghel and noticed what is likely a greater noctule bat (Nyctalus lasiopterus) snacking on a bird while in flight. So cool. #ArtHistory #bats #art #brueghel #birds #biology #chiroptera https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2536525123

A Western bluebird, Sialia mexicana, in the morning light at Woodley Park, Sepulveda Basin
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Hummingbird. LA Arboretum, Arcadia, California, USA. May, 2026. OM System OM-1 M.Zuiko 300mm F4 MC14. #laarboretum #hummingbird #bird

bigger pond. bigger bird bath.
Mrs Robin has returned for another bath.
she must have been waiting for me to leave. Only a minute or two after I sat down for a break on the deck, she started.
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Seagull, standing on her favorite rock, looking at the ocean. Moonstone Beach, Cambria, California, USA. October, 2025. OM System OM-1 M.Zuiko 300mm F4. #moonstonebeach #seagull #bird …

"Nepal's young birdwatchers are becoming conservationists one sighting at a time"
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They used to hunt birds for fun. Now, they lead Nepal's birdwatching, conservation efforts
Nepal is home to more than 900 bird species, of which 40 are globally threatened and 172 are nationally threatened.

American Wigeon duck. Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, California, USA. February, 2026. OM System Om-1 M.Zuiko 300mm F4 MC14. #bolsachicaecologicalreserve #duck #bird

Fun bird fact: "Parent birds generally eat their nestlings' feces when the nestlings are young and carry the feces from the nest as the nestlings get older." #tmi #birds #cleaning #nesting #nests https://academic.oup.com/beheco/article-abstract/2/1/69/375701

Female house sparrow trying out the new bird bath. Perch in back is from the now-defunct Purington Paving Brick Company in East Galesburg, Illinois. #birds #birdbath #bricks #sparrow #purington #illinois #paving

Question for bird folks.
Are the gray catbirds that visit my birdbath every several minutes the same pair, or do they share yards and I have a lot? #birds #catbird #dumetella #birdbath #birding

"Nepal’s birdwatchers help monitor wildlife and promote tourism"
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Nepal's birdwatchers help monitor wildlife and promote tourism
KATHMANDU — As a child, Shankar Tiwari and his friends killed birds for fun around Chitwan National Park in central Nepal, where they grew up. Years later, a foreign guest at the hotel where Tiwari worked took him birdwatching and turned the hunter into a bird lover. The striking yellow and black plumage and red […]