Looking at a bird

Birds, About Birds, more birds.

[herpsandbirds]

Greater Sooty Owl (Tyto tenebricosa), family Tytonidae, order Strigiformes, Australia

Photographs by Ben Williams

[offspring]

[flock-talk]

[hope-for-the-planet]

70% Drop in Levels of Forever Chemicals Observed in Seabird Eggs Tracks Regulatory Success

These pescatarian birds are directly exposed to PFAS contamination due to the island's position near the St. Lawrence Seaway.

Over fifty years of data show a peak in PFAS (also known as "forever chemicals") content in seabird eggs in the 90s, followed by a decrease as regulations went into effect. The most recent findings show a 70% decrease of most common PFAS.

While continued vigilance a regulation is needed, this data indicates that regulations are working to reduce PFAS concentrations in marine ecosystems.

[sattarehi]

Yes!!!! I did a review of literature on PFASs in human drinking water about half a year ago, and there is a lot of really good progress! Please celebrate this, please don't let this solution be forgotten (at least so quickly) as the ozone layer or acid rain.

We are making genuine progress! Producers are dramatically altering how much they use PFAS and how much gets released in effluent, but also there's a lot better understanding of how to remove PFAS from the environment!

Environmental problems CAN BE SOLVED.

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Silver-eared tesia

Photo by Voon Wah Wong, Hong Kong

The 35 Photography Awards

[vintagewildlife]

Gull inspecting two fake eggs and deciding to incubate the larger one By: Thomas D. McAvoy From: Life Nature Library: Animal Behavior 1965

[abyssalcaptain]

[mellifexfarm]

not getting any less ugly

[riverwindphotography]

Harlequin ducks in fast water.

(c) gif by riverwindphotography, May 2026

[o-kurwa]

[reginaldqueribundus]

oh my god and it's a Canada Goose so this is the equivalent of befriending a small demon

[lttrsfrmlnrrgby]

OP you're wrong. Duck, duck is the most perfect name for a goose, ever.

[enbycrip]

This makes me so happy every time I read it. Especially the bit where Guy makes DuckDuck smoothies of all the good stuff he’s meant to eat.

This is the best buddy comedy-drama ever.

[official-ornithology-posts]

Official ornithology post

[crapbirdphotography]

we don't usually get seagulls where i live so i wanted a pic

[mrv3000]

[hometoursandotherstuff]

[great-and-small]

Conk-la-reeeeee amiright

[life-on-our-planet]

eepy mourning dove cupping its wings under its belly for cushion ©Ella

[tri-punisher]

hi. did you know australia has a fairywren species called the superb fairywren

and another species called the splendid fairywren

...and one called the lovely fairywren

[naamahdarling]

They just named these by showing pictures to some elderly woman and noting down her first delighted exclamation.

[parkchanwoohoo]

I loved this post just because all the comments flipped between sincere appreciation and mockery of the birds

[gotylocks]

Happy 10th birthday to the best tweet of all time.

[bird-gifs-collection-agency]

sleepy brok. grrrok. brrrrrok. so soft and beaky