#kakapo breeding season finally started! 🪶🥳 Only 236 kākāpō are alive today, and these birds breed only every 2-4 years. So this is really great news. So excited!

I did it! 💪 My 12th drawing for the #BirdWhisperer project this year. 🪶 This is the European crested tit for December. #birdart #sciart #sketchbook #moleskine #natureart

Calling all bird loving artists! This month's bird is the European Crested Tit. 🤎 Draw! Paint! Sculpt! We hope you'll join us. Posting day is Dec 31st. Rules and Full Size Ref. Photo here: birdwhispererproject.com/participate/ #birds #BirdWhisperer #art

Less than two weeks until New Year's Eve. Would you like to join me starting the new year in a bird-friendly way? beaksandbones.substack.com/p/fireworks-nl #birds #science #conservation #fireworks #newyear

Bach for the birds! 🎵 🪶 These birds have the same taste in music as I do. 😍 Read more about Java sparrows' love for classical music in my latest blog post for 'Beaks & Bones': beaksandbones.substack.com/p/classical-... #birds #science 🧪 #scicomm #biology #Bach #classicalmusic #music

A Spotted owlet for #BirdWhisperer. Ballpoint pen and colored pencil in #Moleskine notebook. 🪶 #SciArt #Birdart #sketchbook #naturejournal

Calling all bird loving artists! This month's bird is the Spotted Owlet. 🤎 Draw! Paint! Sculpt! We hope you'll join us. Posting day is Nov 26th. Rules and Full Size Ref. Photo here: birdwhispererproject.com/participate/ #birds #BirdWhisperer #art #owl

Chopin or Muse? Researchers tested the reactions of zoo birds to classical and rock music. With surprising results! 🧪🪶 Read more in my latest newsletter here: beaksandbones.substack.com/p/chirping-w... #scicomm #birds #beaksandbones #biology #science #ornithology

This is for #Inktober day 31: "award". #Inktober2025 #Inktober31 #Inktoberday31 #InktoberAward #SciArt 🪶

This is for #Inktober day 30: "vacant". #Inktober2025 #Inktober30 #Inktoberday30 #InktoberVacant #SciArt

A Turkey vulture for #BirdWhisperer! 🪶 #Moleskine #Sketchbook #NatureJournal #SciArt

This is for #Inktober day 29: "lesson". #Inktober2025 #Inktober29 #Inktoberday29 #InktoberLesson #SciArt

This is for #Inktober day 28: "skeletal". #Inktober2025 #Inktober28 #Inktoberday28 #InktoberSkeletal #SciArt

An 'Anna's eighty-eight' butterfly for #Inktober day 27: "onion". The pattern on the wings reminds me of the pattern of a sliced onion. #Inktober2025 #Inktober27 #InktoberOnion #InktoberDay27 #sciart

A Gray mouse lemur for #Inktober day 26: "puzzling". This lemur is a 'cryptic species', which is a species that is morphologically indistinguishable from other species of the same group, although they are genetically distinct. #Inktober2025 #Inktober26 #InktoberPuzzling #InktoberDay26 #sciart

A fire chaser beetle for #Inktober day 25: "inferno". These beetles lay their eggs in freshly burnt wood. They can detect a fire from dozens of miles away via infrared receptors on their thorax. #Inktober2025 #Inktober25 #InktoberInferno #InktoberDay25 #sciart

This is for #Inktober day 24: "rowdy". #Inktober2025 #Inktober24 #Inktoberday24 #InktoberRowdy #SciArt

This is for #Inktober day 23: "firefly". #Inktober2025 #Inktober23 #Inktoberday23 #InktoberFirefly #SciArt

I made this #illustration of a vampire finch for my most recent 'Beaks & Bones' newsletter: beaksandbones.substack.com/p/vampire-fi... #sciart #birdart

It's #Halloween season! Time to introduce you to the #vampire finch. 🪶 Read more in my latest newsletter here: beaksandbones.substack.com/p/vampire-fi... #BeaksAndBones #scicomm #birds #birdsofmastodon #ornithology #science

A button nose for #Inktober day 22: "button". 😊 #Inktober2025 #Inktober22 #InktoberButton #InktoberDay22 #SciArt

Open Letter by scientists to the Council: "Climate Neutrality Is Europe’s Greatest Economic Opportunity”. Ahead of the European Council meeting on 23.10.2025, 2,178 scientists urge EU Heads of States & Governments to take ambitious decisions for the 2040 targets. zenodo.org/records/1739...

#kakapo breeding starts with the feeding. For the last month we've been putting out food on Whenua Hou to get the adults into breeding condition. We need the males fat enough to boom and the females heavy enough to produce eggs (although not too hefty or their chicks will all be males). #parrots

This is for #Inktober day 21: "blast". By the way, #whales don't expel water from their blowholes. What we see is the condensating warm air from their lungs. #Inktober2025 #Inktober21 #inktoberday21 #InktoberBlast

This is for #Inktober day 20: "rivals". #Inktober2025 #Inktober20 #Inktoberday20 #InktoberRivals

Thick-knee's population is down to 20 pairs in Hungary! I took the opportunity to check a flock of 35 birds on Friday. I could test a travelling brushset by the Spanish Escoda company. They were fantastic! Thank you for the gift: 'Úristen! Festek!" (My God! I'm painting!) (muveszellato-bolt.hu)!

A white fox for #Inktober day 19: "arctic". #Inktober2025 #Inktober19 #InktoberArctic #InktoberDay19

An African buffalo with an oxpecker for #Inktober day 18: "deal". #Inktober2025 #Inktober18 #InktoberDeal #InktoberDay18

My rook drawing, done in micron pen. #inktober #micron #birdart #birds

A harlequin beetle for #Inktober day 17: "ornate". #Inktober2025 #Inktober17 #InktoberOrnate #InktoberDay17 #SciArt

This is for #Inktober day 16: "blunder". #Inktober2025 #Inktober16 #Inktoberday16 #InktoberBlunder

This is for #Inktober day 15: "ragged". #Inktober2025 #Inktober15 #Inktoberday15 #InktoberRagged

This is for #Inktober day 14: "trunk". #Inktober2025 #Inktober14 #Inktoberday14 #InktoberTrunk

This is for #Inktober day 13: "drink". #Inktober2025 #Inktober13 #Inktoberday13 #InktoberDrink

This is for #Inktober day 12: "shredded". #Inktober2025 #Inktober12 #Inktoberday12 #InktoberShredded

🎵 "Time tooooo say goodbyyyyy..." 🎵 #sketching

This is for #Inktober day 11: "sting". #Inktober2025 #Inktober11 #Inktoberday11 #InktoberSting #SciArt

This is for #Inktober day 10: "sweep". #Inktober2025 #squirrel #autumn

This is for #Inktober day 9: "heavy". #Inktober2025

New Beaks & Bones newsletter published! 🥳 Why do fairywrens sing to their eggs? 🪶🧪 beaksandbones.substack.com/p/singing-to...

A gibbon for #Inktober day 8: "reckless". #Inktober2025

This is for #Inktober day 7: "starfish". #Inktober2025

A sea urchin for #Inktober day 6: "pierce". #Inktober2025 #iInktober6 #InktoberPierce #SciArt

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! 🪶