#frugivory — Public Fediverse posts

It's that time again in Ōtautahi-Christchurch, NZ, when the fruit on the te kouka cabbage trees are at peak ripeness. That brings in the kererū to parts of the city.

Here are some of my photos of kererū eating te kouka fruit in the city from this long weekend. It includes what I think is the first time I've seen a kererū on Rose Street (that's on one of my fortnightly survey routes, which I've run since 2008).

https://www.inaturalist.nz/observations/347375376

#kererū #Ōtautahi #Christchurch #nz #birds #iNaturalistNZ #frugivory #UrbanEcology #nature

New data paper in Ecology reporting >10000 #frugivory interaction events between 59 vertebrate species (46 birds, 13 mammals) and 339 plant individuals from 13 different plant species in Doñana, Southern Spain, obtained with #CameraTraps:

https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4424 #ecopubs

#Paleontologists discover #fossil #birds with teeth had #seeds in their stomachs, indicating that they ate fruit
https://phys.org/news/2024-09-paleontologists-fossil-birds-teeth-seeds.html

Direct evidence of #frugivory in the #Mesozoic #bird Longipteryx contradicts morphological proxies for diet: Jingmai O’Connor et al. https://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822(24)01124-2

"Since #Longipteryx lived in a temperate #climate, it probably wasn't eating #fruits year-round... it had a mixed diet which included things like #insects when fruits weren't available."

Getting some good #frugivory observations on the #CameraTraps, like this #elephant here.

Elephants are thought to be one of the key dispersers of Opuntia seeds in the region - in heavily-invaded areas it's common to see piles of elephant dung which are stained purple by the fruit!

This image is from a new batch which will be making its way to #PricklyPearProjectKenya on #Zooniverse soon.

#Ecology #Conservation #Research #CameraTrap #TrailCam #Wildlife #Nature

Getting some good #frugivory observations on the #CameraTraps, like this #elephant here.

Elephants are thought to be one of the key dispersers of Opuntia seeds in the region - in heavily-invaded areas it's common to see piles of elephant dung which are stained purple by the fruit!

This image is from a new batch which will be making its way to #PricklyPearProjectKenya on #Zooniverse soon.

#Ecology #Conservation #Research #CameraTrap #TrailCam #Wildlife #Nature

Getting some good #frugivory observations on the #CameraTraps, like this #elephant here.

Elephants are thought to be one of the key dispersers of Opuntia seeds in the region - in heavily-invaded areas it's common to see piles of elephant dung which are stained purple by the fruit!

This image is from a new batch which will be making its way to #PricklyPearProjectKenya on #Zooniverse soon.

#Ecology #Conservation #Research #CameraTrap #TrailCam #Wildlife #Nature

Getting some good #frugivory observations on the #CameraTraps, like this #elephant here.

Elephants are thought to be one of the key dispersers of Opuntia seeds in the region - in heavily-invaded areas it's common to see piles of elephant dung which are stained purple by the fruit!

This image is from a new batch which will be making its way to #PricklyPearProjectKenya on #Zooniverse soon.

#Ecology #Conservation #Research #CameraTrap #TrailCam #Wildlife #Nature

Getting some good #frugivory observations on the #CameraTraps, like this #elephant here.

Elephants are thought to be one of the key dispersers of Opuntia seeds in the region - in heavily-invaded areas it's common to see piles of elephant dung which are stained purple by the fruit!

This image is from a new batch which will be making its way to #PricklyPearProjectKenya on #Zooniverse soon.

#Ecology #Conservation #Research #CameraTrap #TrailCam #Wildlife #Nature