Why do some raptors have more than one plumage morph? In a new publication in Ornithology, we outline what is currently known, and the rich research potential provided by plumage polymorphism in this group.
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PARASITES! #nightjar, #nematode and #biology community, we need your opinion. Does anyone recognise these parasites on the inside of this nightjar skull? How can they get infected with it? Via insects? 🐞
Merci à Jordan Guéant, ce journaliste @f3Alpes qui fait honneur à notre service public, face à un personnage d’abord ignorant, puis menaçant, enfin ridicule et battu à plate couture.
Elles ont survécu à toutes les civilisations de l'Histoire, et même bien avant. Quand la grotte de Lascaux a été peinte, elles existaient déjà depuis 12.000 ans !
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This is a distant heavy crop bur thought it was worth posting as its the first time I've personally witnessed this. Watched this female Cuckoo go to ground then come up a minute or so later with a Pipit egg, obviously she had just laid hers to replace it!
Megabunus diaema with its bulging eye turret (ocularium), crowned with impressive spikes is a species of Opiliones that one would have trouble confusing with any other of the UKs Harvestmen. #TurnFear2Fascination
Petrel Station II is now complete, 148 Storm Petrel nest boxes alongside the small subcolony at the Farm. Mains power means lots of exciting possibilities ahead
White-tailed Eagle, G818, has recently become the second Isle of Wight bird to cross the English Channel, flying a remarkable 2062km through southern England and northern France in 22 days. Read more in our latest blog by @timmackrill: https://t.co/EHOzZF3IVV
Photo: Maude Bachet