@holly @jackiethedunn I had a blind cat, not kitten, but def. these: (1) predictable landing spots off heights (like counters); (2) no items on the floor that are not always there; (3) they can learn to echolocate if you tap on things as they move; (4) always approach with sounds
Phenomenal. Bar-tailed Godwit has broken its own record: a first-year bird (five months old!) has flown 13,560 km—just shy of the direct flight limit of a Boeing 787—from Alaska to Tasmania, seemingly non-stop, in just 11 days (avg. speed: c.51 km/hr).
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2022 State of the World's Birds is out @BirdLife_News
Bad news:
1 in 8 birds is threatened with extinction.
Good news:
We know the conservation solutions, including protection & restoration of Key Biodiversity Areas.
@KbaCanada@WCS_Canada@BirdsCanada
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BREAKING: White House issues new policy that will require, by 2026, all federally-funded research results to be freely available to public without delay, ending longstanding ability of journals to paywall results for up to 1 year. Coverage coming on @ScienceInsider.
As July ends we look back on a month full of migratory #Bird action !
Skies full of White Storks, Black Kites, Swifts, European Bee-eaters and unexpected finds like a juvenile Lanner Falcon !
#August - what you got?
More #FlywayBirding!
#Tarifa#Migration2022
Exodus continues! Puffins making their way to pelagic winter quarters from Northumbrian breeding grounds! @SteelySeabirder @NTBirdClub @NEE_Naturalist @WildlifeMag
Job advert! We're looking for a Marine Science Officer to join our team in Cambridge, mainly using #seabird tracking data to identify marine flyways:
https://t.co/rrlR2AV8gr #BirdLifeScience#Ornithology#Seabirds