#arcticredpoll — Public Fediverse posts
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Tundraurpiainen • snösiska • Arctic Redpoll
(Carduelis hornemanni)#Tundraurpiainen • #snösiska • #ArcticRedpoll
#Carduelis.hornemanni#BirdsOfMastodon #linnut #birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography
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#Woodcock has the brightest #feathers ever measured https://www.birdguides.com/articles/woodcock-has-the-brightest-feathers-ever-measured/
How #woodcocks produce the most brilliant white #plumage patches among the #birds https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.12.09.519795v2The reverse surface of the white #EurasianWoodcock fail feather tips reflected around 55% of light, as measured using #spectrophotometry. This is around five times brighter than #SnowyOwl and 10 times brighter than the feathers of #ArcticRedpoll, both known for their startling white plumage.