Where and when do bird go? Read in our new paper:
Broad-scale patterns of the Afro-Palaearctic landbird migration https://t.co/ZOtmomutI5
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This is so cool; biomechanical study of how adjacent feathers maintain integrity in flight: a must-add for ornithology lectures. Contains the unforgettable phrase "a feathered biohybrid aerial robot" and also shows how owls can fly silently

https://t.co/G5LyO1kixg

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I do a wide range of work in Scientific Illustration! Editorial, Poster, specimen (mostly paleo and ornithology so far), reconstruction, en plein air, and recently some mural work!

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We are absolutely thrilled to announce as the winner of our logo contest!!! 🥳🎉

Congratulations Jess and thank you for your contribution to LGBTQIA+ Ornithology!!! 😁 🏳️‍🌈🦜

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Golden-crowned Kinglet
Regulus satrapa

Even though this North American songbird is small, only about 4-8 grams, it is very cold hardy and can survive -40 degree nights.

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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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Pigeon while I listened to the ornithology episode of !

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Finally managed so scan some of my from my recent trip to Southern Some common species: Anthus richardi, Dicrurus leucophaeus, Lanius cristatus and Todiramphus chloris.

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Global distribution of eggshell colours suggests thermoregulatory role for pigmentation in cold environments - birds living at higher latitudes have darker eggshells that warm more quickly in sunlight:

❄️+🥚+☀️=🌡️👍🐣?

https://t.co/cW6z5zLhQ9

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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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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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Foraging strategy impacts plastic ingestion risk in https://t.co/xO5ZxQY0fb | Limnology and Oceanography |

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