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#fledging — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #fledging, aggregated by home.social.

  1. How Do Young Birds Know When To Leave The Nest?

    “The age when young birds leave their nest is the evolutionary compromise between parents, who want their chicks to leave as early as possible, and offspring, who want to leave as late as possible.”

    by @GrrlScientist via #Substack 

    #birds #ornithology #fledging #evolution #SciComm grrlscientist.substack.com/p/h

  2. How Do Young Birds Know When To Leave The Nest?

    “The age when young birds leave their nest is the evolutionary compromise between parents, who want their chicks to leave as early as possible, and offspring, who want to leave as late as possible.”

    by @grrlscientist via #Substack 

    #birds #ornithology #fledging #evolution #SciComm grrlscientist.substack.com/p/h

  3. #journal Day 1852
    Monday, 14 April 2025
    Ukraine War: Day 1157
    Hamas-Israel War: Day 554
    Mass shootings in the USA in 2025: 79
    Days of OSG in office: 84
    Days until Midterm Elections: 568

    #babydoves #fledging #nature #plants #monstera #earthquake #elephants

  4. "Is the bad man gone, Mommy?"
    "Yes, hon, he can't see us down here."
    "I'm not sure, Mommy. I'm scared."
    "You're faking for attention, he's gone already."
    "Mommy isn't supposed to say about faking!"

    Red-bellied Woodpecker recent fledge and mother

    that was yesterday, right now I just have the male out there chowing down...

    #bird #birds #birding #woodpeckers #cute #fledging #BirdPhotography #Photograph #Nikon #nature #outdoors #GardenBirds