A small bird egg shell, possibly from a robin, lying on our track this morning.
#nature #ornithology
A small bird egg shell, possibly from a robin, lying on our track this morning.
#nature #ornithology
Perched Dark Eyed Junco in Winter by Debra Martz
Captured this image in February at the Great Salt Plains State Park in Oklahoma. These migratory birds will be heading north to their breeding grounds in a month or so.
https://debra-martz.pixels.com/featured/perched-dark-eyed-junco-in-winter-debra-martz.html
The cormorant is one of the most successful shallow-water predators, having the highest capture rates so far recorded in any diving bird.
Their secret of success? Dual-function feathers that absorb and repel water at the same time.
You can read more about this unique adaptation in the latest post of my newsletter Beaks & Bones:
Bald Eagle Perched and Searching by Debra Martz
Captured on a winter day at Great Salt Plains Lake in Oklahoma
https://debra-martz.pixels.com/featured/bald-eagle-perched-and-searching-debra-martz.html
Pet Flea Treatments Are Poisoning Wild Birds: Study out of University of Sussex, published by Science of the Total Environment
#ornithology #birds #Pets #FleaTreatments #Ecology #toxicology #pesticides #SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2025/03/10/pet-flea-treatments-are-poisoning-wild-birds-study/
Pet Flea Treatments Are Poisoning Wild Birds: Study out of University of Sussex, published by Science of the Total Environment
#ornithology #birds #Pets #FleaTreatments #Ecology #toxicology #pesticides #SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2025/03/10/pet-flea-treatments-are-poisoning-wild-birds-study/
Pet Flea Treatments Are Poisoning Wild Birds: Study out of University of Sussex, published by Science of the Total Environment
#ornithology #birds #Pets #FleaTreatments #Ecology #toxicology #pesticides #SciComm https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2025/03/10/pet-flea-treatments-are-poisoning-wild-birds-study/
It has been months and months of overcast, grey drizzle. At least, it has felt that way. When the sky cleared, it was usually while I was at work. This weekend, things finally fell in place. The forecast promised sun and spring warmth, and I didn't have to work.
I loaded up the car, and set off half past five in the morning, which is inhumanely early for a nightowl such as myself, but I wanted to catch the sunrise and I had a ways to go before reaching the Seven Year Lakes in Frederikshåb Plantage.
The Seven-Year Lakes got their name because they are not always there. The lakes appear and disappear with the height of the groundwater. The groundwater table has its own "hills and valleys", and therefore the Seven-Year Lakes are quite unpredictable.
Frederiks Hopeless Plantation was the name of the forest by the locals for many decades, because it took almost 100 years to turn a small piece of Randbøl Hede into a forest. The idea was to stop the sand drift. In the 1600s most of the forests in Denmark had been felled and the agricultural land was overused. Frederikshåb Plantation is an example of the fight against sand drift. Work started in 1804, when Scots pine and birch were sown. Dikes were built, which created a bit of shelter for the plants. Growing conditions were harsh with sand drift, frost, drought and pests. Today it's a beautiful and varied forest with a relatively rich wildlife.
Barn Owl this morning at Haycombe, near #Bath #Somerset #UK.
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A fluffy Peregrine Falcon on a church in #Bath #Somerset #UK today.
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Mute Swan today on the River Avon in #Bath #Somerset #UK.
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From a couple of summers ago: Me releasing a #hummingbird that somehow found its way into our barn. Granddaughters are assisting.