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[headspace-hotel]

pennant winged nightjar

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[bunnywand-z]

"the best laid plans" "i'm hatching a plan" so a plan is a type of egg ? 🥚

[soup-mother]

Girls have a special gland called a preening gland that helps them keep their feathers oiled

[pennaraptor]

posted an observation of an american crow... moments later the ID was confirmed by inaturalist user "americancrow" life is beautiful

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[kafkasapartment]

Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis). They do this fairly often, straddle reeds as a spot and catch fish and insects without having to fly.

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[herpsandbirds]

Pennant-winged Nightjar (Caprimulgus vexillarius), male, family Caprimulgidae, order Caprimulgiformes, South Africa

photographs by Manfred Suter

[rifa]

A little princess

[rifa]

I took pictures of her outside in the sun

My little sun crow 💕 She's an art doll made of polymer clay and her wings are felt, crafr foam, and the pinion feathers are individually wired and attached to her armature so they can be opened and closed and posed.

She has a twin brother who is a black sun crow :))

[violetsandshrikes]

Really cool write up that links to the original paper that just came out this year (2025)!

This is a really cool example of foraging innovation.

[violetsandshrikes]

animal behaviour study can get a little confusing, because a lot of more specific or advanced behaviours tend to be anecdotal or a one off observation (so even if it seems obvious, like birds having preferences, there’s often a lack of actually repeatable data to back the claim up)

food preparation is a behaviour that’s considered more advanced, and it’s divided into a number of categories: soaking the food, cleaning the food, transporting water, etc. in this case, the novel behaviour is specifically flavouring the food, and showing preference for the noodles dunked in the blueberry soy yoghurt (as opposed to the potatoes, the water, the natural yoghurt, or any other combination)

it’s both “shows a preference” combined with “actively takes action (or prepares) the food in accordance with that preference”

[mudkipminky]

[ID: A picture of a chicken plushie sitting outdoors on a large piece of rotting wood. The plush is brown and fluffy, with a red face and red plastic eyes, yellow beak and feet, and blue wings and tail. It is wearing a green, blue, white, and red scarf. In front of the plush on the ground are some dead leaves. Behind the plush the rotting wood is covered with light green lichen and moss clumps. There are holly trees in the background. End ID]

A chicken that my friend gave to me 🐓

[linseedling]

Some of my favorite birds!

American Woodcock, Gambel's Quail, Nightjar (really any member of the Caprimulgidae family)

[holybeings]

an ornithologist pointed a microphone at a bird sitting alone on a wire and caught the sound of the bird singing a song at a decibel so low that it would be impossible for another bird to hear it, meaning the bird was singing quietly to itself I love life

[raspberryripley]

[therogueduchess]

blackbird singing in the dead of night

[cannibalchicken]

[cannibalchicken]

[anti-potato]

sources? a little birdie, et al. (2024)

[gorjee-art]

a raven father (i call him "pants") I've been feeding sometimes likes to sit outside my window and either wait for more food or just listen to the stuff I'm watching while I draw. Today's a colder day so he likes to fluff up a bit, and I kid you not :

this is an accurate representation of my view

[gorjee-art]

Pants sure is pantsing today