This is for #Inktober day 5: "deer". #Inktober2025 #Sciart

A fish with barbels for #Inktober day 4: "murky". A barbel is a sensory organ near the mouth of some fish that helps them navigate in "murky" waters. #Inktober2025

A Secretary bird for #Inktober day 3: "crown". 🪶 #Inktober2025

A Village weaver for #Inktober day 2: "weave". #Inktober2025

OK, here we go! An Emperor tamarin for #Inktober day 1: "mustache". #Inktober2025

#inktober, anybody? I'm going for an animal-themed Inktober, following the official prompts. I've tried several times in previous years, and I hope that this year I'll finally make it to the end! Who else is planning to participate? #Inktober2025

Green woodpecker for #BirdWhisperer! 🪶

“What a beautiful reminder that cooperation and care are universal—a lot for us to learn from.” My latest newsletter for Beaks & Bones on how birds form 'friendships' to help each other raise their young! 🪶🧪 beaksandbones.substack.com/p/bird-frien... original study: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

It’s been seven months since I launched my Beaks & Bones newsletter. Thank you to everyone who already subscribed. You make all of this make sense. 🙏🏼 I’ve published 20 stories about fascinating bird research so far. 🪶🧪 All are available to read in the archive: beaksandbones.substack.com/archive

“Our lights, which we cast more or less mindlessly into the night, are having widespread and often subtle effects on the lives of animals all around us.” (B. Pease) 🪶🧪 www.sciencenews.org/article/bird...

They’re fierce. They’re endangered. They’re beautiful! Learn about the impressive secretary #bird and its hunting technique in my latest newsletter post for 'Beaks & Bones'. 🪶🧪 beaksandbones.substack.com/p/secretary-... This post was inspired by an episode from @strangebynaturepodcast.com!

Pompadour cotinga for #BirdWhisperer. Ballpoint pen and colored pencils in #Moleskine notebook. #Birdart #Sciart #NatureJournal #sketchbook

Calling all bird loving artists! This month's bird is the Pompadour Cotinga. ❤️ Draw! Paint! Sculpt! We hope you'll join us. Posting day is August 27th. Rules and Full Size Ref. Photo here: birdwhispererproject.com/participate/ #birds #BirdWhisperer #art

Sad news. 😧 The kākāpō population has dropped to 238. If you'd like to learn more about what experts and volunteers do to save this species from extinction and how we all can help, take a look at my original blog post: 🪶🧪 beaksandbones.substack.com/p/241-kakapo #kakapo #parrots #conservation

Meet Snowball, the dancing cockatoo! Take a look at my latest newsletter to see the video of Snowball dancing to 'Another One Bites the Dust' by Queen and learn about brand-new science on dance behavior in cockatoos: 🪶🧪 Click here: beaksandbones.substack.com/p/dancing-co... #scicomm #Beaks&Bones

In how many languages do you know the name of your favorite #birds? 🪶 I'm German. I live in Flanders. I write in English. I'm a scientist. Thus, I would love to know my birds in German, Dutch, English, and Latin. I have my field guides set up. But where and how to begin!? 😬

To strengthen my #art skills, I'm currently working on my pen and ink techniques by drawing lots of ... (surprise!) BIRDS! 😍 Here are some studies on a European stonechat (Saxicola rubicola). #birdart #moleskine #sketchbook #penandink #birds

Tauben sind sooo viel toller, als ihr alle denkt!

Kākāpō are charismatic, nocturnal, flightless #parrots endemic to New Zealand. And they're on the brink of extinction. Here's what we do to save the species. And how you can help too. 🧪🪶 beaksandbones.substack.com/p/241-kakapo #kakapo #conservation #biology #ornithology

Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo for #BirdWhisperer! 🪶

Birds are dinosaurs who shrugged off a couple apocalypses. Some eat bone marrow. Some drink nectar. They outswim fish in the sea. They smile politely at gravity’s demands. ‬ ‪I am grateful to see them. I am grateful to feed them. I am grateful to know them.‬

A call for kindness to Gulls ❤️ 💙 💚 "Sadly, gulls are one of the most victimised wild birds, and we receive a report about deliberate or extreme cruelty to them every three days." (RSPCA) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Scientists cracked hundreds of hen’s eggs to discover: Eggs are less likely to break when landing on their side! 🤯 Learn more in my recent newsletter Beaks & Bones: 🪶🧪 beaksandbones.substack.com/p/egg-drop Original study: www.nature.com/articles/s42... #birds #eggs #scicomm

Das geht unter die Haut.

Only 242 kākāpō are alive today. I'm so happy to read about the big and small achievements of the Kākāpō Recovery team, fighting to save this nocturnal flightless #parrot species. 🪶🧪 If you want to help, consider supporting the team by 'adopting' a kākāpō: www.doc.govt.nz/our-work/kak... #kakapo

Spotted munia (Lonchura punctulata) for #BirdWhisperer. Ballpoint pen in #Moleskine notebook. 🪶 #art #sciart #birds #sketchbook

Calling all bird loving artists! This month's bird is the Spotted Munia. 🤎 Draw! Paint! Sculpt! We hope you'll join us. Posting day is June 25th. Rules and Full Size Ref. Photo here: birdwhispererproject.com/participate/ #birds #BirdWhisperer #art

15 out of 22 #albatross species are threatened with #extinction. To raise awareness of this #conservation crisis, we celebrate #WorldAlbatrossDay on June, 19th. On that occasion, I share a great science fact about albatrosses in my latest newsletter. 🪶🧪 beaksandbones.substack.com/p/albatross-...

After years of seeing the faded plastic band on this puffin and being unable to re-sight it, we finally re-captured it and replaced its bands. This bird was first banded as chick in 1996 making it 29 years old (!) and among the oldest in our records. 🦑🪶🧪

The best thing about this time of year? Nightjarring of course. The hot weather over the weekend meant we were treated to amazing dusk views of churring males, wing claps, and females feeding right over our heads! ✏️ Coloured Pencil on watercolour paper #birding 🪶 #sciart

Page from my Bharatpur sketchbook. Great Cormorant feeding on carp. 1/2 Observing birds is the most natural human behavior. Birds are everywhere, outside #art #nature #birds #illustration #sciart #indianwildlifeartist #scientificillustration #birdart #ink #wildlifeart #traditionalart #sketchbook

#Birds taking over public drinking fountains. Love it! 😍🪶🧪

Yes, #birds do form same-sex relationships. No, this does not mean the end of the species. 🪶🧪🏳️‍🌈 New newsletter post for Beaks & Bones! Available here: beaksandbones.substack.com/p/same-sex-p... #ornithology #biology #scicomm

Talamanca hummingbird (Eugenes spectabilis) for #BirdWhisperer. 🪶 Ballpoint pen in #Moleskine notebook. #sciart #sketchbook

Almost forgot - I've got a starter pack for Black Birders and Naturalists! Let me know if you would like to be added - let's get the community growing for #blackbirdersweek go.bsky.app/5NcW6D3

Indian spotted creeper charcoal on paper Tal Chhapar,Churu, Rajasthan,India. I tested a Bristol board and reviewed it here- prasadnatarajan.com/2023/02/14/b... #art #nature #birds #illustration #sciart #indianwildlifeartist #scientificillustration #birdart #charcoal #wildlifeart #traditionalart

We need all the help we can get right now, alright? www.popsci.com/environment/...

😍 Thank you, Maja, for the wonderful summary of our research. I would like to add that this is not all—another batch of crazy bird scarecrows will be coming soon. Stay tuned 🤩🪶🦅🧪 @ckecz.bsky.social #BirdCognition #Ornithology

A kestrel with a pigeon beak? A pigeon with sparrowhawk talons? To study predator recognition, researchers prepare the most hilarious mixed-species #bird dummies. 🪶🧪 Want to see some photos & learn about the #science behind these experiments? Have a look: beaksandbones.substack.com/p/kestrel-re...

“It's a myth that parents will reject a lost chick because of a human scent.”

Here's my pied flycatcher pen and ink drawing - mainly microns with a bit of dip pen. #micronpen #dippen #drawing #inkdrawing #bird #birds #piedflycatcher #BirdArt #nature #wildlife #WildlifeArt #artyear #bskyart

🧠🦅 Facial configuration matters 🦅🧠 We tested if wild #GreatTits recognise predators not just by what facial elements are present (eyes, beak), but also how they’re arranged. 👁️🔄 Rotate the eyes 90° = more fear 👁️↩️ Rotate them 180° = same fear 👁️🚫 No eyes/beak = no fear #BirdCognition 🐦🪶🧪 #JCOMP

Wanted to draw my Merlin Bird of the Day today and realized that its color scheme perfectly fit my beloved Bic 4-color ballpoint pen 😄🪶 #sketchbook #moleskine #naturejournal #merlinbirdid #birds

Redstarts make smart decisions to keep cuckoos and their eggs outside their nest boxes. 🪶 New newsletter post about a brand-new study from March 2025! 🧪 Available here: beaksandbones.substack.com/p/no-cuckoos... Link to the original study: doi.org/10.1111/jav.... #birds #ornithology #scicomm

Lights Out for Birds ✨🐦‍⬛ Artificial light at night kills over a billion migratory birds each year. Light pollution is reversible and we can all make a difference now. Find out more in my article on light pollution and birds in this month’s Birdwatch @birdguides.bsky.social

HAWFINCH - Watercolour on Daler Rowney Prestige block, a few of these currently, locally, in Cheshire and Derbyshire. #ukbirding #birds #birdart

Calling all bird loving artists! This month's bird is the Talamanca Hummingbird. 💚 Draw! Paint! Sculpt! We hope you'll join us. Posting day is May 28th. Rules and Full Size Ref. Photo here: birdwhispererproject.com/participate/ #birds #BirdWhisperer #art

Giant kingfisher for #BirdWhisperer 🪶❤️ Ballpen in #Moleskine notebook.

Great tit chicks being raised by Blue tit parents? Uncommon, but it happens. However, research shows that being raised by foster-parents has life-changing consequences for Great tit chicks. 🧪🪶 Read more in my latest newsletter: beaksandbones.substack.com/p/cross-fost... #birds #ornithology

No, I’m not grumpy. I’m happy as a clam at high tide, and Mondays are WONDERFUL! 🪶