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Black phoebe, Sayornis nigricans, surveying the cricket field at Woodley Park, Sepulveda Basin
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Mourning Dove. LA Arboretum, Arcadia, California, USA. June, 2025. OM System OM-1 M.Zuiko 300MM F4. #laarboretum #mourningdove #bird

"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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"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.

a better life
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Western Gull. Moonstone Beach, Cambria, California, USA. October, 2025. OM System OM-1 M.Zuiko 300mm F4 MC14. #moonstonebeach #seagull #bird

Tufted titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) has realized it's being watched.
Amigo Centre, outside Sturgis, Michigan
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Seriously #loud #bird
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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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"The bird that changed Ecuador: how a chance discovery of a rare species helped to save many more"
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The bird that changed Ecuador: how a chance discovery of a rare species helped to save many more
Thirty years after a US ornithologist first sighted a jocotoco antpitta, the foundation he set up to restore biodiversity is a model for conservation globally

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

"Researchers give warblers tiny backpacks to learn more about bird migration"
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Researchers give warblers tiny backpacks to learn more about bird migration
The devices are light enough to be carried by small migratory songbirds, which often weigh less than a spoonful of sugar.

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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California Towhee. LA Arboretum, Arcadia, California, USA. August, 2026. OM System OM-1 M.Zuiko 300mm F4 MC14. #laarboretum #bird #birdphotography

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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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

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

"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.

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 …

Seriously #loud #bird
#noise

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

"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 […]

Big Bird wabes "Hi!" at Clubfest
#photo #photography #muppet #cornell #portrait #bigbird #birds #artsquad #clubfest #ithaca