Richard Dashnau · @rickubis
61 followers · 148 posts · Server ecoevo.social

On 06/04/2023 this Green Heron was using bait at Brazos Bend State Park. More luck with video here, as it gently placed an insect in the water & watched it, moving it if it drifted. This one was successful! Pics are frames from my video: rickubis.com/rick/grn_heron060 more herons on my page: rickubis.com/rick/brazbird6.ht

#birds #heron #archosaurs #birdbehavior

Last updated 1 year ago

Alex (They/Them) · @alexrudy
56 followers · 80 posts · Server hachyderm.io

Eagles of the day: (Our best guess) Mama eagle gets annoyed by one of the kids. She has been sitting on this branch almost all morning, but whenever a teen comes by, they both start yelling and the teen swoops by. As far as I can tell, its just a kid annoying mom, but its pretty neat to watch.

#birdphotography #birdbehavior #baldeagle

Last updated 1 year ago

Angelique Sophia · @angeliquesophia
652 followers · 1087 posts · Server mastodon.art
Angelique Sophia · @angeliquesophia
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Angelique Sophia · @angeliquesophia
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Angelique Sophia · @angeliquesophia
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After a long delay in leaving the house, I finally head to the bird sanctuary and was rewarded with 2 Long-eared Owls. Two!

🦉🦉

Also, got to witness this little gem of a moment.
[CW: owl pellet regurgitation]

#birdphotography #birdbehavior #naturevideos #nature #birdwatching #pellet #birdvideos #birdnerd #birds #owl #longearedowl

Last updated 2 years ago

MPI for Biol. Intelligence · @MPIforBI
516 followers · 26 posts · Server wisskomm.social

Female sex-role reversal of two coucal bird species is apparently linked to elevated testosterone levels. Male sex-role reversal, however, doesn't require low testosterone levels, as a new study by Wolfgang Goymann shows:

royalsocietypublishing.org/doi

#maxplanck #maxplanckinstitute #researchnews #birds #birdresearch #ornithology #animalbehavior #sexroles #birdbehavior #genderinnature

Last updated 2 years ago

Angelique Sophia · @angeliquesophia
558 followers · 725 posts · Server mastodon.art

This Yellow-breasted Chat made a lot of birders really happy by bouncing around the bird sanctuary for days near the path, unconcerned by onlookers. Lots of character.

#photography #birdbehavior #birdphotography #nature #birdwatching #birdnerd #birds #yellowbreastedchat

Last updated 2 years ago

Angelique Sophia · @angeliquesophia
448 followers · 286 posts · Server mastodon.art

A compilation of a couple of cool things I've seen from Northern Flickers.

The first is an elaborate dance/conversation where I imagine important matters are being discussed. 😉

Next is a Flicker "falling" off a tree and a slow-motion version of the dive. So cool!

Song: "Wild Heart" by Bleachers

#birdvideos #wildlifevideos #naturevideos #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #birdbehavior #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdnerd #birds #NorthernFlicker #bleachers

Last updated 2 years ago

Richard Dashnau · @rickubis
18 followers · 99 posts · Server ecoevo.social

Here are 2 of many at Brazos Bend State Park. One in Feb, one in July. Anhingas spear with vigor, but it's harder to get fish off the beak than it was to get it beak into the fish. Why? An array of toothlike barbs on the beak. Video: rickubis.com/rick/anhinga_beak and more anhingas on my page here: rickubis.com/rick/brazbird3a.h @tetzoo

#anhingas #birds #archosaurs #birdbehavior #wetlands #birdsofmastodon

Last updated 2 years ago

chickweed · @earthchild
127 followers · 861 posts · Server mastodon.social

Hehe it was probably a Rufous-sided Towhee, scratch foraging :) They hop forward and then jump back while dragging their feet, to clear leaves and debris and get at insects and seeds.

Foraging behavior (at 0:34):
youtube.com/watch?v=s0GFVaD2Ag

aka the Drink-your-tea bird (at 0:19):
youtube.com/watch?v=EaqUAPgp2F

#birdbehavior

Last updated 2 years ago

chickweed · @earthchild
127 followers · 861 posts · Server mastodon.social

Hehe it was probably a Rufous-sided Towhee, scratch foraging :) They hop forward and then jump back while dragging their feet, to clear leaves and debris and get at insects and seeds.

Foraging behavior (at 0:34):
youtube.com/watch?v=s0GFVaD2Ag

aka the Drink-your-tea bird (at 0:19):
youtube.com/watch?v=EaqUAPgp2F

#birdbehavior

Last updated 2 years ago

chickweed · @earthchild
127 followers · 862 posts · Server mastodon.social

Hehe it was probably a Rufous-sided Towhee, scratch foraging :) They hop forward and then jump back while dragging their feet, to clear leaves and debris and get at insects and seeds.

Foraging behavior (at 0:34):
youtube.com/watch?v=s0GFVaD2Ag

aka the Drink-your-tea bird (at 0:19):
youtube.com/watch?v=EaqUAPgp2F

#birdbehavior

Last updated 2 years ago

chickweed · @earthchild
127 followers · 853 posts · Server mastodon.social

Hehe it was probably a Rufous-sided Towhee, scratch foraging :) They hop forward and then jump back while dragging their feet, to clear leaves and debris and get at insects and seeds.

Foraging behavior (at 0:34):
youtube.com/watch?v=s0GFVaD2Ag

aka the Drink-your-tea bird (at 0:19):
youtube.com/watch?v=EaqUAPgp2F

#birdbehavior

Last updated 2 years ago

Richard Dashnau · @rickubis
8 followers · 37 posts · Server qoto.org

I guess I'll try another thread(made by replying to the first one) and see how it works: 11/07/2021 (that's 2021!)* Part 1* At Brazos Bend State Park, Crested Caracara flew in from the North, and landed in a tree on the 40-Acre Lake Trail. 5 minutes later, it took off and flew North. I noticed another Red-Shouldered Hawk perched at the top of a small, bare tree. The images are taken from photos and video clips I shot at the time. The wonderful yellow flowers are probably Swamp Sunflowers. The Caracara returned from the North, so I started shooting video. The Caracara got closer ,then turned while it was overhead, circled back out, turned again. And swerved and flew right at the hawk! It didn't hit the hawk, but passed so close that it could have. This was the start....
This 7-minute video collects my capture of these events. rickubis.com/rick/caracaras110 and more pictures of this event and
others on my carcara page: rickubis.com/rick/brazbird8b.h

#raptors #birdbehavior #archosaurs #hawks #caracara

Last updated 2 years ago

Coral S-H · @coral
274 followers · 623 posts · Server code4lib.social

I'm so happy to see so many bird people* migrating to this platform! Hello, welcome!

*No, I mean that more literally than I think you might first have read it. I mean people into and / and and and and and and and ... OK, you get the idea :D

#ornithology #birdwatching #birding #birdbehavior #nativeplants #birdphotography #parrots #kakapo #penguins #owls

Last updated 2 years ago