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"My friend has been training a Peregrine Falcon, she sent me this photo today." source

#hello this is bord #they're so pretty #man......

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bearded vulture(s) by James McCallum

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I love these birds.

#hello this is dergen #is that how I tagged that?#I don't remember #gosh this website is difficult #:|(>#whatever #cool bearded vulture #like?#seriously #some of the best quality bearded vulture pics I've seen!#including the really blurry ones I have of Mean-Look buried somewhere in my sylladex #so nice.......#gosh....

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Last fall, Ornithology Collections Manager Paul Sweet was one of a team of Museum researchers who travelled to the island nation of Papua New Guinea on an Explore21 Expedition. Sweet and his colleagues Brett Benz and Chris Raxworthy will be discussing their fieldwork at the next SciCafe on Wednesday, March 4. (If you want to learn more before the talk, you can also read the team’s reports from the field here.) Sweet answered a few questions about his time in the field:

You were in the field for seven weeks on this expedition. How do you prepare for a trip like that?

I’ve led and participated in many expeditions, so I have a packing list ready. You have to be prepared with camping gear like your tent and sleeping bag, as well as equipment to capture and prepare specimens. There’s a visit to the doctor to get inoculations up to date, as well as prescriptions for malaria prophilaxis and antibiotics. But every trip is different. For instance, we knew this was going to be a very wet trip, so gear like a wet bag—a waterproof backpack that rolls closed—was key. And then there’s the research prep, like studying field guides and loading the vocalizations of birds we hope to encounter onto an iPod.

Was there anything you wish you had packed once you were there?

A better pair of hiking boots. I decided not to buy a new pair for this trip, because hiking boots take some time to break in. But the moisture in Papua New Guinea was such that the soles detached from my boots within the first day. So I was stuck hiking in “muck boots,” which are like heavy-duty rain boots. They’re not meant for the heavy hiking we were doing, and they cut my legs up pretty badly.

Read more on the Museum blog.

#hello this is bord #it's literally #it's an actual blue hummingbird #holy shit #holy fuck #it exists #wow #stop the presses #WE'VE FOUND IT #THE ELUSIVE BLUE HUMMINGBIRD #NOT A BLUEJAY #NOT A REGULAR HUMMINGBIRD #A BLUE #HUMMINGBIRD #INCREDIBLE

wait is it actually a thing?

#green paint???#that just #it seems so messy #carpet isn't usually green

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Tried to take a picture of my cat today

#dicks #amazing

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THE MOST IMPORTANT FOUR HOURS OF MY LIFE

#incredble #you don't have to feed pokemon #you truly can do anything you put your mind to #MRINCREDIBLE & KILLER #idols for us all

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#please put this on my tombstone #or like #emblazen it on my quest bed #however we're doing this now #have it done #because it's me

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#is #is this a thing #what

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This is my favourite baroque painting

#he's using the baby as a shield #oh my god

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#cosmic brownies #I #I would like this #very much #maybe not the chicken tenders #but #all else #...man #please

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#dicks #cats with money #they're all you #maybr #not this one #not that there's anything wrong with this one!!!!#it just #it looks a bit #I guess #gremlin-ish #...not that there's anything wrong with gremlins!!!#or that #you look particularly like a gremlin!!!!!!!!!#SERIOUSLY #very little gremlin!!#like #maybe less like a gremlin than anyone else I know!!!#only 6%#tops

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#dicks #it looks so strong #its hair is so pretty?#like #hay #but pretty hay #uh.#hey isn't ever very pretty is it #the answer is no #so #...not hay

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Atheris hispida is a venomous viper species endemic to Central Africa. It is known for its extremely keeled dorsal scales that give it a bristly appearance.

#Beki #it's you!