Oriole

#birds #wildlife #nature #photography

I'm ready for my closeup, Mr. DeMille.

Female Northern Cardinal in the backyard today, near Manhattan KS

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April 27 is #InternationalCrowAndRavenAppreciationDay

Highly intelligent, ravens can use tools and solve problems. They have a wide and complex range of vocal and non-vocal sounds. These two ravens exchanged a piece of wood and also some kelp on the shoreline of Vancouver Island. Photo and text from my book: Wild Vancouver Island.

#raven #birds #BirdPhotography #wildlife #photography #WildlifePhotography #VancouverIslandWildlife #BritishColumbia

New today: More than 1,000 captive trophy-hunting ranches operate in the United States, most of them in Texas. Some routinely offer hunts of endangered or threatened exotic species. This should not be allowed.

An OpEd from Amber Gobell ... https://www.texasobserver.org/exotics-hunting-endangeredspecies-wildlife-environment/

#wildlife #hunting #nature #politics #news #USpol #endangered

Texas Exotic Hunts Are Dangerously Unregulated

Some hunting ranches in Texas routinely offer hunts of endangered or threatened exotic species. This should not be allowed.

^{Amber Gobell (The Texas Observer)}

Only eight out of almost 21,000 bee species in the world die when they sting. Another subset can’t sting at all, and the majority of bees can sting as often as they want. But there’s even more to it than that...
#Bees #Wildlife #Environment

https://theconversation.com/most-bees-dont-die-after-stinging-and-other-surprising-bee-facts-227162

Most bees don’t die after stinging – and other surprising bee facts

99.96% of bee species do not die after stinging. So why does everyone think they do?

^{The Conversation}

A kuaka (bar-tailed godwit) fleeing a wave this morning. I’m not so agile, got soaked getting this shot!

#birds #bird #BirdPhotography #BirdPhoto #BirdsOfMastodon #wildlife #photography

Something soft for a cosy nest

Bluetit with a feather in its beak

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Suprise visit by a fox and 4 kits this morning ,playing around in the garden

#WildLife #fox

Mama still patiently awaiting goslings
🐣

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After the bear came traipsing through my front yard, word must have gotten out to all the local forest creatures, that this is where the wild things go.

This porcupine owned it.

#nature #wildlife #NewEngland #porcupine

Round boi with angry eyebrows #newzealand

#fantail #birding #borb #birb #birds #nature #wildlife #photography #wildlifephotography #yellow #pigeon #pigeons #cute #forest #BirdsOfMastodon #birdwatching #featherverse

More photos of the always beautiful borb that is the Long-tailed tit

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🐢 ¡Tortuga! 🐢

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🇦🇹 Letztens hatte ich ja die Ziesel besucht. Heute war ein anderer Nager dran: ein Feldhamster am Friedhof Meidling 🙂

🇬🇧 Recently I visited the ground squirrels. Today it was the turn of a different rodent: an european Hamster that lived at the Cemetery in Meidling/Vienna 🙂

#cute #cute_animals #hamster #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature

The dogs and I see tens of kangaroos around our property when on our morning walks. Most of the 'roos are quite used to us and just stand and watch us as we pass by.

#wildlife #photography #wildlifePhotography #rural #newSouthWales #autumn #armidale

Saturday morning was wet and blustery. I almost stayed in bed but really glad I dragged myself out instead!

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#goodnews #Science #wildlife #gorillas #Rwanda

Gorillas Use Chest Beating to Prevent Conflict, Not Provoke it, a New Study Finds

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/gorillas-use-chest-beating-to-prevent-conflict-not-provoke-it-a-new-study-finds/

Gorillas Use Chest Beating to Prevent Conflict, Not Provoke it, a New Study Finds

It's believed that each thump may act as a calling card, with members of a dominant male's group being able to identify the silverback.

^{Andy Corbley (Good News Network)}