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A Tawny Owl 😁
Palawan Peacock-Pheasant (Polyplectron napoleonis), family Phasianidae, Palawan, Philippines
photograph by Ugin Bxu
BUSINESS IDEA: HORNITHOLGIST (DO NOT STEAL: PATENT PENDING)
one in the hand, two in the bush
wand vibrator where the handle is shaped like one bird and the head is shaped like two birds
each vibration setting corresponds to a different bird call
new bird calls are unlocked by logging the bird in eBird/Merlin (brand partnership)
you in the bush
discreet wearable bluetooth vibrator
connects directly with eBird/Merlin Sound ID and vibrates when it hears a bird call
ornithologists are basically on the edge of orgasm when they hear a good bird. let's get them the rest of the way
birds of a feather
hookup app
when you sign up for the app they send you a set of bird band anklets/bracelets with different colours, hanky code style
app has location information (like grindr) so you know when you're close to a fellow hornithologist and then spot their bird band
would you like to invest (early bird supporter)
yes i will get the worm
no i hunt endangered birds for sport
The Real James Bond and his Connection to CMNH
Bondi. Tyto alba bondi.
Did you know a subspecies of barn owl (Tyto alba bondi) is named after James Bond? James Bond the ornithologist that is.
The holotype specimen of Tyto alba bondi was collected by past Carnegie Museum of Natural History curator Arthur C. Twomey on April 7, 1947 at French Harbor, Isla Roatan, Honduras and later described by Kenneth C. Parkes, another curator at CMNH, together with Allan R. Phillips.
A soon-to-be-released book The Real James Bond: A True Story of Identity Theft, Avian Intrigue and Ian Fleming tells the story of the ornithologist and author of Birds of the West Indies, and how his name became the name of Fleming’s incredibly popular epic thriller series. Fleming, an avid birder himself, admits to lifting the name directly from Birds of the West Indies and acknowledges that the real James Bond’s actions outshine anything the fictional James Bond has done.
Photo credit: Kaylin Martin
The new book includes an image of museum specimen CM P131548, Tyto alba bondi, a subspecies first described in the Annals of the Carnegie Museum. It is endemic to Roatán and Guanaja in the Bay Islands off the coast of Honduras.
Tyto alba bondi is not the only nod to birds that Ian Fleming made in his James Bond stories. Goldeneye is a species of duck, the name of Ian Fleming’s estate in Jamaica, and a 1995 James Bond movie. Not only that, in Die Another Day, 007 goes undercover in Cuba as an ornithologist, a nice little “Easter egg” for those who know the real story of James Bond.
Want to learn more about the James Bond Barn Owl? Consult the December 1978 issue of Annals of the Carnegie Museum, available online here.
Holotype of Tyto alba bondi. Parkes, Kenneth C., and Allan R. Phillips. 1978. Two new Caribbean subspecies of Barn Owl (Tyto alba) with remarks on variation in other populations. Annals Carnegie Museum, 479-492. Page 486, Published 1 December 1978.
Did you know that Brown-Headed Cowbirds are brood parasites? They lay their eggs in the nests of other bird species, this doesn’t make them bad they are native birds.
Day 3: baby blue is strong enough to hop around and spread their wings a bit. They made it to the base of the tree. If only I wasn’t going to Portland soon…
Day 2 and still here. Make shift umbrella because you don’t want to drown them too bad. Mom or dad has been flying about feeding them here and there. I’m surprised the neighborhood cats haven’t found them yet.
Baby Jay telling me off #bluejay #orinithology
