DawnSong

A male common redpoll on a frosty spruce tree branch with a warm yellow orange background. He is a small finch with brown stripes, a red stained chest and a bright red cap. He also has an adorable little yellow beak!

This winter, we had hoped to see the large flocks that an irruption can bring, but that hasn’t happened.
But I think the non stop chattering of all the pine siskins finally drew the attention of some redpolls!
This male Common Redpoll was busy foraging in the branches on a frosty morning!
#Birds 🪶

On Time From quantum physicist, New York Times bestselling author, and BBC host Jim Al-Khalili, essential insights into the meaning and fundamental nature of time

Less than six months to go till my new book comes out (On Time: The Physics That Makes the Universe Tick)
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A close-up of a Long-tailed Tit perched on a thin branch, facing the camera. Its round body is fluffed up with mostly white plumage, with subtle brown tones along the sides. The bird grips the branch with small dark feet against a softly blurred background. 細い枝にとまったシマエナガのクローズアップ。丸くふくらんだ体でカメラの方を向いており、全体は白い羽毛で、体の側面に淡い茶色が見える。小さな黒い足で枝をつかんでいる。背景は柔らかくぼけている。

Better enjoy spotting Long-tailed Tits now — it’ll get much harder once the leaves come in 😅 🪶
#土アップはシマエナガ。 #こっち見んな も入れときましょう😎
#DontLookAtMe #nature #photography #animals #wildlife #Long-tailedTit #シマエナガ #birds #野鳥

Photo of a Townsend's Solitaire perched at the top of a juniper by Charles Gates. Text on the photo says "Unsolicited Bird Fact: If Townsend's Solitaires drank cocktails, their drink of choice would probably be a gin and tonic. During the winter they eat almost exclusively juniper berries. During the breeding season, solitaires move into higher elevation (or latitude) coniferous forests where they feed primarily on insects. If we knew anything we'd make a gin and name it after these elegant birds.

Did you ask for a bird fact? No, but you're getting one whether you like it or not. 🪶

Three thousand sandhill cranes fly and strut in front of onlookers on a plain in Monte Vista.

If you’re not experiencing 3000 cranes at the Monte Vista Crane Festival, what are you even doing???

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Trump will surely TACO before it gets that high…right?

Announcing it?

That’s a lot of wakeups. Have you checked your breathing disturbances

States are bidding for new plants? That doesn’t sound imminent

Lol they don’t need an EO to do that

Wild-born birds recruited to teach critically endangered regent honeyeaters their lost songs Researchers hope restoring the original song will improve breeding prospects for birds released into the wild

Here's an #ornithology story to send you into the weekend: Wild-born Regent Honeyeaters are "tutoring" captive-bred birds in their songs, part of a plan release captive-bred birds into the wild in hopes of saving this critically endangered species.

Yup TACO

He’s going to TACO

My cheap gas

Needs to stall first 😱

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Rosy-faced lovebird. Here are a pair of small mainly green birds with sweet pink faces.. These are peeking out of a nesting cavity in a saguaro 🌵 cactus.

These charming birds are an invasive species to the Phoenix, AZ area...I lived in Mesa, AZ for many years and I thoroughly enjoyed seeing them. I always heard them first, and wow, they are fast! 💚🪶

Mesa, AZ ~ May 2024

#birdoftheday #ColourfulCaptures #birdphotography #photography #love

Oil futures going crazy

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A Blue Jay is caught mid stride, trotting toward us at a seemingly breakneck speed through the light covering of snow on a bright day in early January.

The Blue Jay opts for terrestrial locomotion.
#BlueJay #BirdOfTheDay #SteppingOut #nature #wildlife #photography 🪶

A Double-crested Cormorant walks along a wire, its wings spread for balance. It looks like a small dragon.

Today's #BirdOfTheDay prompt is #SteppingOut. This dragon -- I mean #DoubleCrestedCormorant --no, I mean dragon -- is going for a walk on a wire, for some reason.

#birds #photography #BirdPhotography #cormorant #wildlife #WildlifePhotography #nature #NaturePhotography

I just went around the country in gasbuddy and everything was in the twos except SoCal

“Super El Niño” for late summer /fall? That’s the latest European seasonal model forecast that came out today. It’s not holding back! The average forecast is for +2°C or higher sea surface temp anomalies over the Pacific El Niño region. In It could put the next El Niño in top 3 status on record 1/

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A sobering fact: We’ve lost around 3 billion #birds in North America since 1970 — a loss of nearly one in four birds.

And yet, this week a congressional panel is meeting to consider weakening the #MigratoryBirdTreatyAct.

We'll continue to fight for them.

Join us ➡️ bit.ly/4cu2DpR

Banner encouraging folks to apply to the ABS Allee Competition. Applications due March 23, 2206 (with your meeting abstract)

Are you a soon-to-be minted Dr. of Animal Behavior? Apply for the Allee Competition at the 2026 ABS meeting!

It's only the most prestigious prize for graduating animal behavior students (IMHO) and a super fun way to present your work to the world 🦜🐒🐟🪰

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Consensus is GHOW. Coops don’t nest this early anyway.

What’s the difference?