Help us study bird-building collisions in NYC by becoming a Project Safe Flight Volunteer this spring! Online information sessions take place March 10 and March 17, 7pm.
@Williams_Kelly2 They are really neat. My first experience with on was in Japan when I found one in the bathroom. Freaked me for a moment though. Before smartphones and iNat otherwise I would have been taking lots of pics!
This curious beauty is a pink-headed fruit dove. Endemic to the mountain forests of Indonesia, this species spends most of its time in the upper canopy, feeding on figs, small fruit, and berries as it moves from tree to tree.
Last fall, Feather Friendly® collaborated with our friends @BirdingByBus to wrap @EvergladesNPS headquarters #forthebirds! We couldn't be happier with how this project came together. Learn more about our commercial applications here https://t.co/yWuNYMBotC
Torpor is an incredible strategy that continues to blow my mind🤯. Animals in torpor allow their body temperature to drop, slowing their metabolism and saving energy. In this composite thermal image of a blue-throated mountain-gem: left- asleep, right- torpor. 1/5
If you’re interested in how birds find the breeding site after migration, or how cool #CitizenScience data is, this could be worth a read! “Magnetic stop signs signal a European songbird’s arrival at the breeding site after migration”, https://t.co/OeS0LeeQ9n (1/7)