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Still playing with the colors and doing monochromatic studies. This one separates really nicely when painting.
I also did some mixes too, to see how it reacts.

But honestly most fun was to paint this fun "hair" on the bird, which I painted without using white or masking fluid.
And I'm super happy how it turned out. Everything else comes just second.

#art #artist #watercolor #TraditionalArt #colorstudy #animalart #sketchbook #birds #painting

Scan of a sketchbook page with swatches on the right and a bird painting on the left. It's an egret with his head feathers blowing in the wind giving it some funky hair. It's painted in a purple, that separates on paper into magenta and blue.
#art #birds #painting #watercolor #sketchbook #TraditionalArt #artist #animalart #colorstudy

A bird eats blossom during warm spring weather in Richmond, west London, #Britain. REUTERS/Toby Melville

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#BloomScrolling

A green parrot is eating white blossoms.
#birds #britain #bloomscrolling #blossoms @photography group

House #sparrows, once one of the most common #bird species, are becoming increasingly rare in #Europe. Several studies have already shown a direct link between the decline in species and industrialised #agriculture ( #herbicides, #insecticides, #glyphosat).
A new #study shows chronic exposure to #tebuconazole, a widely used #fungicide impairing offspring growth and survival in farmland birds

Study: sciencedirect.com/science/arti…

via @cnrs ▶️ cnrs.fr/fr/presse/un-des-fongi…

#birds #decline #biodiversityLoss


Un des fongicides les plus utilisés en agriculture nuit à la reproduction des oiseaux

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#Europe #birds #study #Bird #sparrows #agriculture #herbicides #insecticides #Glyphosat #tebuconazole #fungicide #decline #biodiversityloss @CNRS 🌍

Songbirds heavily depend on vocal communication for mate choice and territory defense. But what happens if the level of traffic noise renders their song ineffective?

Find out in my new article for Beaks & Bones:

beaksandbones.substack.com/p/t…

#birds #birdsofmastodon #science #scicomm #ornithology #biology

Photo of a yellow bird sitting on the side mirror of a car. White text on top of the photo: Traffic noise increases aggressive behavior in territorial songbirds Background traffic noise impairs vocal communication and increases aggressive behavior in songbirds on the Galápagos Islands.

Traffic noise increases aggressive behavior in territorial songbirds

Background traffic noise impairs vocal communication and increases aggressive behavior in yellow warblers on the Galápagos Islands.
Beaks & Bones
#science #birds #Biology #scicomm #birdsofmastodon #ornithology

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A great egret chick in its nest at Wakodahatchee wetlands, Delray Beach, #Florida

Photograph: Ronen Tivony/ZUMA Press Wire/REX/Shutterstock

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A white great egret chick in its nest.
#birds #florida @photography group

Birdhouse question for #birds #birding folks. I've been growing "birdhouse gourds" for a couple years. Last year I was worrying about a short growing season and let some gourds get much (much, much) too large for ditty birds; the one pictured is 16 inches tall and 11 inches wide in the "bulb". I could put in a larger hole nearer the top and hope for larger cavity nesters, but the shape doesn't seem like it would be attractive to such birds. Any ideas/opinions?
#gardening
A pear shaped brown gourd and a white counter next to a pint glass in an attempt to show scale
#birds #gardening #birding

I accidentally set my camera to "iso 100" and then went to take bird pics for four hours without noticing. As you can guess, I came back with about 500 blurry shots. I did get lucky with this shot though! #robin #europeanrobin #birds #birdwatching #wildlife #wildlifephotography #birdphotography
European robin on a branch
Head close up
#birds #wildlife #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #robin #birdwatching #europeanrobin

Karpaten-Uhu (Bubo bubo)Heißt UHU, klebt aber nicht!!! 😉
#fotografie #photography #birds #birdsoffediverse
Ein Karpaten-Uhu aus der Familie der Eulen sitzt auf einem dicken Ast und schaut aus erhöhter Position in die Kamera. Der Hintergrund ist nahezu schwarz und kaum erkennbar. Der Raubvogel hat eine Flügelspannweite von bis zu 1,70 m und eine Körpergröße von 61-71 cm.
#photography #birds #fotografie #birdsoffediverse

A male common kestrel perches on a tree in Nice, southern #France

Photograph: Valéry Hache/AFP/Getty Images

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A male common kestrel perches on a tree.
#birds #France @photography group

An African bush elephant walks behind a flock of red-billed queleas in this wonderful photo by Bence Mate, which won second prize in the “single nature and environment” category in the 2025 Istanbul Photo Awards. It was taken in #Kenya

Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

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#elephants
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An African bush elephant walks behind a flock of red-billed queleas.
#birds #Kenya #elephants @photography group

A rescued double-crested cormorant chick being examined at International Bird Rescue’s Los Angeles Wildlife Center in San Pedro, California, US. When a wind-damaged eucalyptus tree threatened to fall, staff scrambled to extract the 47 eggs and 12 chicks housed in its branches. The chicks must be fed every hour from 8am to 8pm.

Photograph: Ariana Gastelum/AP

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#AnimalRescue
#cormorants

A black chick between two hands in blue surgical gloves. When staff interact with them, they wear a black suit and disguise their faces, while using decoys and puppets to keep the birds from forming an attachment with them.
#birds #animalrescue #cormorants @photography group

A hummingbird in Funilândia, #Brazil

Photograph: Rodney Costa/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock

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A hummingbird feeding on a red flower.
#birds #brazil #hummingbird @photography group

A beautiful crow.
#NaturePhotography #Forests #Spring #Birds #Crows #Wildlife
In the photo, you can see a beautiful and elegant crow perched on a tree branch. Its black plumage shimmers in the rays of light, contrasting with the blurred background of the green forest of moss-covered trees.
#birds #naturephotography #wildlife #spring #forests #crows

Bohemian waxings looking for apples in the snow
#photo #photography #foto #fotografie #birds #wildlife #nature
#photo #photography #nature #foto #birds #fotografie #wildlife

A couple of weeks ago I had a beautiful foggy morning to shoot waterfowl and I am very happy with the way this shot turned out! I hope you like it as much as I do.

#birdsofmastodon #ducks #duck #waterfowl #birding #birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotograph

Vertical format. The water line is about 1/5 from the top. On the water line is a lone silhouetted duck on the left and facing right. There is a lot of fog on the water and above it is pitch black. Below the duck is more fog blending into a reflection of the trees in the background with the golden glow of sunrise extending to the bottom.
#photography #birds #wildlife #duck #birdphotography #ducks #birdsofmastodon #birding #birdwatching #waterfowl #wildlifephotograph

Silver-throated Tanager (Tangara icterocephala), family Thraupidae, Costa Rica

photograph by Jeffrey P Karnes photography

via herpsandbirds

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Tog en skogspromenad som ”rehab” i dag. Hade endast ett objektiv med mig, 200-800 (FF ekv) med bra närgräns. Väldigt varierande bilder det går att ta då. Allt handhållet.
#Photography #Darktable #olympus #mft #MicroFourThirds #OM1 #Birds #Nature
En bild på grå, lurvig lav eller mossa. Ett par blåbärskvistar står bakom, några kvistar ligger framför.
En stig på lite uppväxt kalhygge. På vänster sida av stigen är gruset/leran ljusbrun. Till vänster om stigen står en stor sten. I bakgrunden träd och buskar ur fokus.
En ensam trana flyger bort över mitt i bilden. Vingarna bildar ett V. Himmelen skiftar i olika nyanser av grått och blått.
En talgoxe sitter på en tallgren med näbben öppen. Det finns mycket lav på grenarna.
#photography #nature #birds #darktable #om1 #MicroFourThirds #mft #olympus

Storks at the Knepp estate, West Sussex, UK. Storks went extinct in the UK in the early 15th century, but are now making a comeback on rewilded land. The town of Storrington (named after the birds) and the nearby Knepp estate have been designated a “European stork village”

Photograph: Knepp Estate

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#birds
#conservation
#storks

Two storks at a nest.
#birds #conservation #storks @photography group

A hummingbird moves in to feed on a Grevillea plant in the Australian garden at the Huntington Library and Gardens, San Marino, CA, US

Photograph: Bruce Chambers/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock

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#birds
#hummingbirds
#flowers
#Grevillea

A hummingbird feeds on a Grevillea.
#birds #Flowers #hummingbirds #grevillea @photography group

A cardinal perches on a branch in High Park, Toronto, Canada

Photograph: Carlos Osorio/Reuters

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A red cardinal is enjoying sunshine on a bare branch.
#birds @photography group

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#NieZuVieleRotkehlchen
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Singendes Rotkehlchen
#birds #NieZuVieleRotkehlchen

💫🕊️💙 #SpringEquinox definitely on its way tomorrow.. Love this geometry of early #Spring late-afternoon light 📐🏙️🌇🌞

#Equinox time & date varies. In 2025, (in Universal Time) it is 20 March at 09:01 (UTC) 🔜🙌🏽💐🥳🙏🏽

Soft #music : Hideyuki Hashimoto

#Architecture info in #AltText

#SpringIsComing #printemps #Glasgow #Scotland #ArchitecturePhotography #photo #photography #photographie #Nature #NaturePhotography #bird #birds #birding #birdwatching @photo @photography @scotland

#photo #photography #nature #Music #birds #architecture #Scotland #naturephotography #AltText #spring #photographie #glasgow #Bird #birding #architecturephotography #birdwatching #Equinox #springiscoming #printemps #springequinox @photography group @photo group @scotland group

This one is curve-billed thrasher. I am rather happy with how this picture turned out.

#drawing #art #MastoArt #CreativeToots #krita #ArtWithOpenSource #bird #birds

Realistic drawing of a bird sitting on a top of wooden pole. It is brown on back side, beige on belly, with darker brown spots. It has orange eyes and curved beak with tip pointing down. The bird is depicted from side view, turned to right side of the drawing.
#art #mastoart #birds #krita #drawing #artWithOpenSource #CreativeToots #Bird

Beauty and nature’s resilience are at the core of Vasilisa Romanenko’s lush paintings. 🍊 🌼

thisiscolossal.com/2025/03/vas…

#painting #flowers #birds #pattern #portraits

a heron perches between oranges and orange flowers
a gray bird perches between pink and purple flowers

Vasilisa Romanenko's Lush Portraits Wrap Common Birds in Decadent Patterns — Colossal

Vasilisa Romanenko paints common birds amid clusters of fruits and flowers, exploring the power of opulence in times of upheaval.
Grace Ebert (Colossal)
#pattern #birds #painting #Flowers #portraits

The Last Golden Rays of Sunlight © Kurt De Meulemeester

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via pangeen

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#owls

An owl is flying at sunset with wings fully outstretched and pointing downwards.
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Perched Owls © Anupam Thombre

instagram.com/anupam_thombre/

via pangeen

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Two owls perched on a stump.
#birds #owls @photography group

TIL about an incredible bird called the Arctic Tern, every year it flies from one side of the planet to the other and back again:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_t…

"Recent studies have shown average annual round-trip lengths of about 70,900 km (44,100 mi)"

A bird species that migrates 70,000 kilometres every year! 🤯

#TIL #TodayILearnt #TodayILearned #Birds #Birbs

Screenshot of distribution of the Arctic Tern, showing it spending half the year at the top of the planet in northern Europe, Canada and Asia (in red) and the other half at the bottom of the planet in Antarctica (in blue). The migration routes are shown in green and they follow the coastlines of Europe, Africa and the Americas.

species of seabird

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#birds #til #todayilearned #birbs #todayilearnt

An aerial view of flamingos on a reservoir, which is home to many bird species, Gölbaşı district, #Turkey

Photograph: Rasit Aydogan/Anadolu/Getty Images

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#flamingos

An aerial view of flamingos on a reservoir.
#birds #turkey #flamingos @photography group

A hummingbird seeks nectar on blooming cherry blossoms at the Huntington Library and Gardens in #California

Photograph: Bruce Chambers/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock

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#birds
#hummingbirds

A green-back hummingbird with red patches on the side of its head seeks nectar on blooming cherry blossoms.
#birds #California #hummingbirds @photography group

Screenshot from top of linked article. Headline says: "A sweeping new report shows US birds declining sharply across a range of habitats." Below this is a photo of a Western Meadowlark, one of many species in sharp decline.

A Sweeping New Report Shows U.S. Birds Declining Sharply Across a Range of Habitats

Scientists checked in on species all over the country for the latest State of the Birds report. Nearly everywhere they looked, birds were struggling—including some that have been resilient in the...
Maddie Burakoff (Audubon)
#Environment #science #birds #biodiversity

#SilentSunday #birds #naturephotography
It's nesting time for the great blue herons who return to a little white pine woods every year not far from the lake that is my favorite photo hunting grounds. In this photo, two herons occupy a nest of branches they have already completed near the top of a pine. One is siting while the other stands next to it. There is a clear blue sky above.
#birds #naturephotography #silentsunday

A Short Eared Owl flies right towards me. I had been in this spot for a couple of hours when they decided to fly close to me. A bit of light snow made for a nice morning out in the marsh. #birds #photography
A short eared owl flying towards the camera, bright yellow eyes fixed on the lens. Some light snow falling in the background and some patches of snow on the ground. The owl is flying low to the marsh grasses.
#photography #birds


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A burrowing owl looks disgruntled in Cape Coral, Florida, US. This is one of the few owl species that nest underground; they often take over disused burrows made by badgers, foxes or ground squirrels.

Photograph: Ronen Tivony/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock

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#birds
#owls

A burrowing owl, brown with white specks, looks disgruntled.
#birds #owls @photography group

Researchers around the world discover fascinating things about #birds every day, but most of their findings remain unnoticed in the community of #bird enthusiasts.

Are you a bird enthusiast who doesn't want to miss out on what they discover? Then my bird #science newsletter might be something for you.

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Pencil drawing of a bird skull in side view. Below the skull the text "Beaks & Bones", drawn in bold letters.

Beaks & Bones | Maja Mielke | Substack

A newsletter about the science, nature, and wonders of the avian world. Click to read Beaks & Bones, by Maja Mielke, a Substack publication. Launched a day ago.
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