The Lost Birds is a soaring elegy for the loss of bird species due to human activity. 🐦‍⬛ 🕊️ Christopher Tin’s requiem is a celebration of #birds -as symbols of beauty, hope, #peace, and #renewal -but it also mourns their absence. 🌏 🎼Listen here: youtube.com/playlist?lis... #biodiversity #birdsong

Another Tasmanian endemic.. the Green Rosella (Platycercus caledonicus) #BirdingTasmania #BirdingAustralia #rosellas #parrots

One more striated birdy from Tasmania... the Striated Fieldwren (Calamanthus fuliginosus) #BirdingAustralia #BirdingTasmania #fieldwrens #wrens

Found only in Australia, #Pardalotes are a tough photo subject because (a) they are tiny, (b) they never stop moving and (c) they spend most of their time high in the leafy canopy. This Striated Pardalote (Pardalotus striatus) was more obliging than most. #BirdingAustralia #BirdingTasmania

Another image of Striated Pardalote (Pardalotus striatus). During my trip I was lucky enough to see 3 of the 4 pardalote species including the endangered Forty-spotted Pardalote. But of all that I saw, this was the only one where a photo was possible. 😀 #BirdingAustralia #BirdingTasmania

Gray Goshawk (Tachyspiza novaehollandiae) comes in two colour morphs... gray and pure white. Only the white form occurs in Tasmania. Must be hard to sneak up on prey when you are dazzling white. #BirdingAustralia #BirdingTasmania #goshawks #accipiters #birdsofprey #hawks

Dusky Woodswallow (Artamus cyanopterus) on the nest. #BirdingAustralia #BirdingTasmania #woodswallows

"I can fly! I know I can fly!" Meanwhile, his buddy in the back is like "Yeah, right." 😂 It was fun watching the Australian Fur Seals on Bruny Island. #WildTasmania #seals #pinnipeds

More sulphur-crested hijinks #FlyDay #photography #birds #cockatoos #humour #gift #EastCoastKin

A festive dragonfly Painted grasshawk, Neurothemis stigmatizans #photography #macro #insects #Odonata #dragonfly #gift #EastCoastKin

Hello #FlyDay

Think mistletoe is just for holiday kisses? Scientists are taking it to new heights with airborne mapping. 🌿 Read the research in Botany ▶️ https://ow.ly/aX8i50XJHlu 📸 cjb-2023-0049_f3 #CSPHolidayScience

Discussing the spiritual side of nature, why Holly, Ivy and Mistletoe are significant, and how meaning is going being lost. Happy Christmas! youtu.be/hkn_r4DZrxY?...

Good news story: Advena campbelli (a relative chonk of a microcystid), endemic to Norfolk Island, hopefully saved from extinction. Features work by @jkfni.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Scientists on 'high alert' as bird flu threat looms over Australian Antarctic Territory Scientists are racing to record crucial "baseline" population data on wildlife before the deadly H5 strain of bird flu arrives, so that any impacts can be measured. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

My Frog Rupee wishes everyone a very safe and Happy Holidays! ✨️🐸🎄✨️🎶✨️ #greytreefrog

Collaborative artwork, 2019 by the senior Indigenous women artists of Amata in the APY Lands of Australia #WomensArt

Japanese photographer Miyoko Ihara documented the bond between her grandmother, Misao and her beloved cat Fukumaru in a series of many images #WomensArt

Contemporary Ukrainian painter Maria Chepeleva #WomensArt #ArtAdvent

My partner made this torn paper collage of a ruby-throated hummingbird as a present for another family member. #Birds #ArtAdventCalendar #EastCoastKin

The always spectacular Snowcap #hummingbird at @tapirvalley.bsky.social #CostaRica #birds #nature #hummingbirds

One of the World’s Rarest #Hummingbirds Makes a Dazzling Appearance in Colombia - The Santa Marta Sabrewring is micro-endemic, living in a very limited range. #birds Link for more info and #photos: www.thisiscolossal.com/2024/04/sant...

I love the variety of colors from the various angles the light reflects ☀️🐦 🪶 🎨 📍 #Oregon #BirdPhotography #Hummingbird #NaturePhotography #Wildlife #FeatheredFriends #BirdsOfBsky

Pretty good hummingbird-eye scene #birds

Winter roses and redwoods. #bloomscrolling #roses #trees #nature #photography

Oenothera cespitosa, our Tufted Evening Primrose, blooming on a shale slope at Dillon Reservoir #nativeplants #FallBackFlowers #FallBack to June 25 🌿 🎄Christmas colors: red + green + white 🎅🏼

Sun orchids (Thelymitra) growing together in open grassland west of Mallacoota, E. Gippsland, VIC. Sun orchids with spots (T. ixioides / T. juncifolia) growing near T. carnea + species in the T. pauciflora group can lead to some beautiful hybrids - including T. x irregularis (top right) #orchids

It's been another poor year for the hyacinth orchids (Dipodium) at home in Corunna, NSW with most of the small patch of Dipodium variegatum not flowering at all after a dry spring. However in recent weeks several new flower spikes have emerged later than usual - but with only 2 or 3 flowers #orchids

🤯 This is an angle I never imagined getting! I wish it was a bit sharper ‘cause I’ll likely never get this shot again. Hard to see it as a hummingbird when frozen in time like this. 🪶 🥶 #BirdPhotography #Hummingbird #naturephotography #wildlife #FeatheredFriends #BirdsOfBsky

I found a Screaming Tree Frog in the garden tonight.

Buff-banded rails have incredible colour and patterns. 🤩🎨 Those deep red eyes are the perfect accent to their high-end design feathers. 🔴✨ #birds #BirdOfTheDay #birdphotography #birding #birdwatching #birdwatchers #nature #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #Canon #R5 #Australia

Peck the halls with boughs of holly...🎄🎶 MERRY CHRISTMAS from the land down under. 🇦🇺🎄🎁 May your days be lorikeet and bright! 🦜✨ #BirdOfTheDay #birds #birdphotography #birding #birdwatching #nature #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #Canon #R5 #MerryChristmas #happyholidays

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #Contrast with the alternative as #FaceOff. This one fits the bill for both themes. I certainly felt like I was being challenged! #EastCoastKin #birds #birdphotography #nature #AustralianBirds.

Powerful Owl in suburban Brisbane this morning. #brisbane #birds #wildoz

The beautiful Forest Red-tailed Black Cockatoos (Calyptorhynchus banksii naso) of southwest Western Australia. A bird known to the local Noongar people as Karrak. #ausbirds #wildoz #birds #nature

Good morning.

If you liked the Wilton Diptych that I posted, you should view this fantastic video about this remarkable set of panel paintings. #arthistory

"THE AVENGERS: The Spirits of Christmas" c/o "TV COMIC ANNUAL" (1971). #fantasy #1970s #TheAvengers #Avengers #TV #cult

"THE AVENGERS: The Spirits of Christmas" c/o "TV COMIC ANNUAL" (1971). #fantasy #1970s #TheAvengers #Avengers #TV #cult

Artist Dean Ellis sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/ellis_... was born on this day, so here's some of his 1974 cover art.

Artist: El Gato Gomez

Which actor always delivers, no matter the movie?

Which actor always delivers, no matter the movie? IMO… the late, always great, Alan Rickman 🖤

We didn’t start the fire, but @writerjimbeard.bsky.social may be ready to put it out as we come to the penultimate Peter Davison story, “Planet of Fire” on the podcast. Take a listen. www.thedoctorsbeardpodcast.com/from-carnage...

We come to Peter Davison's penultimate adventure with the covers for the various media releases of "Planet of Fire". We'll discuss in just 40 minutes time on the podcast. #PeterDavison #DoctorWho #PlanetofFire #podcast #media #scifi #covers #adventure

February 23, 1984 - The newspapers were alive with pictures of Nicola Bryant as "Planet of Fire" premieres. We'll discuss later today on the podcast. #NicolaBryant #PlanetofFire #DoctorWho #PodcastDiscussion #80sFlashback #TVPremiere #ThrowbackThursday

26th December, 1964: "Doctor Who: The Dalek Invasion of Earth - Flashpoint". #DoctorWho