#ornithologists — Public Fediverse posts

Quiz time for #birders #twitchers and #ornithologists

Can you guess the bird from this visual representation of their call?

Sweden's #MooseMigration Live Stream makes international news! 😄

"It became, in a strange way, gripping because nothing catastrophic is happening, nothing spectacular is happening," she said. "But something very beautiful is happening in that minute-by-minute moment."

https://apnews.com/article/sweden-great-moose-migration-slow-tv-7c13e3b13a6b5bec01dfc3bb7465506d

I have heard of #Birders (#ornithologists), but... #moose?... What do you call those watching moose, "Moosers," or simply Swedes? 🤷‍♂️

#APNews #SVTPlay #TheGreatElkTrek #SlowTV #CalmingNerves #Sweden

(SVT's Live Stream) https://www.svtplay.se/video/8PBnMxx/den-stora-algvandringen/idag-00-00?video=visa

The Magic of Bird Brains
https://www.newyorker.com/science/elements/the-magic-of-bird-brains
#ycombinator #crows #ornithologists #animal_behavior

Ever wonder how #ornithologists #capture and mark #birds from high in a #tropical #forest #canopy? The @WilsonOrnithSoc's Student and Early Professionals Committee has shared this fascinating window into the operation, courtesy of #NickRusso and colleagues at #UCLA and in the field in #Cameroon. The target? White-thighed #Hornbill! https://youtu.be/Yl040eykTPo?si=FAqQ-78CBTQi2-cD

#biodiversity #techniques

On my way this #TweetlessTuesday to #BirdsAsBridges to connect with #ornithologists from all over, see old friends, and learn more than my feeble brain will hold. #AOS-SCO #London, #Ontario

#Ornithologists Unveil Family Tree of Old World #Flycatchers, #Robins and #Chats https://www.sci.news/biology/muscicapidae-phylogeny-11425.html

A near-complete and time-calibrated #phylogeny of the Old World flycatchers, robins and chats (Aves, Muscicapidae) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790322002597

#Muscicapidae #birds, widely distributed in various habitats across the entire Old World and adjacent #Australasia and #Nearctic, are a great study group to address various questions on #evolution, #biodiversity and #biogeography.