Cool news of the day 🤩
A #biologist is teaching #endangered #birds new #migration paths from #Austria to #Italy - by flying there with them in a 3-wheeled car with a propeller & parachute-like canopy
The #NorthernBaldIbis (#Waldrapp) were extinct in the wild 50yrs ago, but thru careful reintroduction, #JohannesFritz has rewilded 277 #Ibises & since 2004 has been teaching migration paths (changed over the years b/c of #ClimateChange) to help them get through the winter
https://mymodernmet.com/johannes-fritz-teaches-northern-bald-ibis-new-migration-pattern/
#biologist #endangered #birds #migration #austria #italy #northernbaldibis #waldrapp #johannesfritz #ibises #climatechange
Iconic #Ibises
"We destroyed their #habitat, so they adapted to our habitat."
Car crashes, bad diets and tree falls are killing Sydney's #ibises and WIRES wants your help."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-19/wires-recruiting-more-ibis-carers/102232080
In Australia the Ibis is relegated to feed from #garbage bins, due to #HabitatDestruction.
Elsewhere the #Ibis was sacred to and associated with Thoth the God of wisdom and #Writing.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/sLmf3VJmSRqBF6FmKju1HQ
#Birds #Insects #Freshwater #Wetlands #Cars #Dogs
Image: Public art, #Bellingen
#ibises #habitat #garbage #habitatdestruction #ibis #writing #birds #insects #freshwater #wetlands #cars #dogs #bellingen
A #photograph of a large group of #birds at Wells Park in #Melbourne, #Florida, which features a large pond where #ducks, #ibises, #doves, and #corvids.
Wells Park is behind a library in central Melbourne.
#photography, #WellsPark
https://heronfox.pixels.com/featured/crowd-at-duck-pond-heron-and-fox.html
#photograph #birds #melbourne #florida #ducks #ibises #doves #corvids #photography #wellspark