A young Cooper's hawk from New Jersey learned to use queuing cars as a cover for surprise attacks on other birds. 🪶🦅 Read my latest blog post on this remarkable behavior here 👇 beaksandbones.substack.com/p/smart-hawk #science #scicomm #ornithology #birds

Following the #kakapo breeding season and want more detail? Don't forget to check out the "Kākāpō Files" #podcast from Radio NZ with the wonderful Alison Ballance. #kakapo2026 #conservation #parrots #birds www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/kaka...

The #kakapo chicks are coming thick and fast! We're now up to 10 hatched. Here are Tiwhiri-A1 and Tiwhiri-A2 receiving a health check at Yasmine's nest on Pukenui/Anchor Island. 📸: Lydia Uddstrom #kakapo2026 #conservation #birds #parrots

#kakapo breeding "fridge" update. Good news: 9 chicks hatched, and 123 fertile eggs in total - including all three 4 year old females having fertile clutches! Bad news: a few egg deaths in the last couple of days. Kākāpō breeding seasons are a roller-coaster! #kakapo2026 📸: Lydia Uddstrom

I took these photos today to remind myself that even in the most gloomy season of the year, there’s still warmth and beauty to be found in nature. 💚💛🧡 #winter #nature #photography #naturephotography

The second #kakapo chick of the #kakapo2026 breeding season hatched this morning: Hine Taumai-A1-2026 on Ako's nest on Te Kākahu. We transferred the egg from Anchor two nights ago. This is Ako's first-ever chick, which is just a few hours old in this video. #conservation #birds #parrots

They're hatching!!! 💚😍💚

Let’s spread a nice bird fact in the Bluesky universe! 🪶 Illustration by Maja Mielke. Ballpoint pen on paper, colorized digitally in #Krita. #sciart #birdart #digitalillustration #illustration #natureart

Girls don’t want flowers for Valentine’s Day. They want you to book them a shark research experience that raises money for science outreach! I can help. Let’s chat.

Schau dir diese Petition an, um Europas Naturschutzgesetze zu schützen. Starke Lobbygruppen wollen sie schwächen. Unterschreiben dauert nur eine Minute. Es wäre toll, wenn du sie auch teilst! #HandsOffNature www.nabu.de/natur-und-la...

Jasmin, du sprichst mir aus der Seele. 🙏

A not-completely-exhaustive illustration of our winter shorebirds, but these are the species that you’re most likely to see during winter around Teesmouth (northeast England). 🐡🪶 #birdingNortheast

The flightless #kakapo usually nest underground. Yesterday we found the coolest nest I’ve ever seen: Whetu was 3m above ground in a hollow rata tree. #kakapo2026 #conservation #birds

A bird whose existence still amazes me: the hanging #parrot that sleeps upside-down like a bat. 🪶🦇🦜🤯 Ballpoint pen on paper, colorized digitally in #Krita. #sciart #illustration #birdart

Yesterday we found juvenile female #kakapo Ongaonga on a nest on Pukenui/Anchor Island. At just under 4 years old (her hatch day is 12th Feb), she's the youngest female ever recorded nesting. Today we also found Matilda nesting - she's just 2 days older. #kakapo2026 #conservation #birds

Three more #kakapo nests found on Pukenui/Anchor Island yesterday. Here's Konini with her two eggs. We have found nests for 26 out of the 36 adult females on the island, with more to come in the next few days. It's a big year! #conservation #kakapo2026 A

Did you know that cormorants have feathers that both absorb and repel water? This improves their maneuverability while keeping them insulated in cold waters. 🪶 Read more here: beaksandbones.substack.com/p/cormorant-...

It’s been a looong time since I’d taken out my camera for bird photography. But last weekend we had beautiful weather, and I decided to give it a go again. This cormorant was so kind to pose for me. #photography #naturephotography #birdphotography #birds #wildlife

Female #kakapo Kohengi on her three eggs on Pukenui/Anchor Island today. We don't yet know if they're fertile, but will investigate soon. So far fertility on Anchor is very high: only 8 infertile out of 33 checked. We expect many more infertile eggs though. #kakapo2026 #conservation #birds

Rakiura's laid her third egg! Doing so well #kakapo www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrwd...

The first picture of the next generation of #kakapo! 💚 #birds

Meet the 'bat parrot' that is sleeping upside down! 🦜🙃💚🪶 ... another beautiful, fascinating bird threatened by habitat loss. 😥 beaksandbones.substack.com/p/hanging-pa... #bird #parrot

Last week no living person had seen a #kakapo lay an egg. Now you can watch it on our webcam: Rakiura laid her second today (15:01 on 25/1/2025). She'll probably lay another in 3 days' time. #conservation #kakapo2026 #birds www.doc.govt.nz/our-work/kak...

We've got a new #kakapo webcam! It's on Rakiura's nest on Whenua Hou. She laid an egg yesterday (we caught that on camera), but isn't incubating it yet. Follow to (hopefully) watch her lay more! #conservation #birds www.doc.govt.nz/our-work/kak...

Three #kakapo nests found on Anchor Island today! Here’s Waikawa, on two eggs. #conservation #birds #parrots

Want to adopt a kākāpō as well to support the great work of the Kākāpō Recovery Program? 👇 www.doc.govt.nz/our-work/kak... #kakapo #conservation 🪶

Nora has mated!!! She's the kākāpō we adopted, and I'm so excited to hear that she might have chicks once more. Let's hope she'll lay fertile eggs. 🪺🪶 #kakapo 💚 GO, NORA, GO! 💚

#Hummingbirds are more than just the fairy-like, fragile beauties they're often portrayed as. 🧚‍♂️🪶 They're also aggressive fighters. ⚔️ Read about the "dark side" of hummingbirds in my latest newsletter! 👇 beaksandbones.substack.com/p/dagger-bills #scicomm #beaksandbones #biology #birds #science

#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...