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As a longtime nerd and also a longtime fan, there's one particular mystery that has bugged me since I was 11 years old.

Specifically: what the heck is the deal with Zapdos beak?!?

(A thread)

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2019-12-27

Pigeon while I listened to the ornithology episode of !

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2019-12-26

For day 3 of here's a little robin from Eleazer Albin's 'A Natural History of (1738-40). This was the first British work of to feature hand-coloured plates, with over 300 by Albin & his daughter Elizabeth.

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2019-12-03

is the final hashtag of the week! Here we have a Journal of Field Ornithology containing lists of the birds observed in Shropshire by an unnamed birdwatcher during the period 1888-1911(MI9430/2) We also hold the County Bird Reports from 1971 onwards!

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2019-12-01

As a part of ongoing research with a variety of North American migrants, birds breeding in interior AK, like this long-tailed jaeger, are being fitted with GPS tags to collect data on their migration ecology.

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2019-11-06

it’s a good time to share this illustration I did of a dipper dipping. 😄

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2019-10-27

Drop everything and Google willow ptarmigan call. It is the goofiest thing you will hear all day!
Thanks to climate change, AK's state bird is projected to lose 46% of its current habitat (w/ 3 deg C warming)😔

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2019-10-17

The European Vulture Conference is almost here!

will be summarizing the fantastic presentations during the conference through scribing.

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2019-09-29

Ida Applebroog feels like we're living in a world where we all feel angry. She has managed to mix ornithology, American politics and drawing with her book 'Ida Applebroog: Angry Birds of America' published for her show https://t.co/SOattHq0pf

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2019-09-15

The most common bird in Switzerland is a really pretty one. 😊 I didn't know chaffinches were so frequent here until i once took an ornithology course.

Watercolor and ink on mixed media paper (A5 size).

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2019-09-15

Non-stop from to the by one of our whimbrels marked in Guiné-Bissau, where it landed upon arrival. Extreme individual site-fidelity for a with massive distribution range!

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2019-08-12

Exciting new paper! How do ingested plastics affect the blood chemistry of seabirds? Many appear healthy, but sublethal effects may lurk undetected https://t.co/YBGpHSOaSe

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2019-07-30

Today’s award for ‘most unexpected location for a European Robin nest’ in the archives of the is ‘Nest built in old handbag pushed in mixed hedge’ in 1975. Just proves that if we give birds somewhere suitable to nest in the right location they’ll use it!

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2019-07-27