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Climate Change Addressed Through Street Art (16 Powerful Images)

Content warning: Climate change is one of the most pressing issues facing our planet, and artists are using graffiti and street art as a powerful means to address this global crisis. In today's blog post, we'll explore 16 awe-inspiring images that not only capture the urg

#streetart #nature #graffiti #ClimateChange #birds #globalwarming #Urbanart #biodiversity #conservation #murals #publicArt #ArtAndEnvironment #birdInspiredArt

Zilpzalp oder Fitis auf Zweig / Chiffchaff or Willow Warbler on Branch


am Schwafheimer Meer, einem Naturschutzgebiet an der Stadtgrenze zwischen Rumeln (Duisburg) und Schwafheim (Moers), Februar 2019

Zilpzalp
Zilpzalp oder Fitis auf Zweig

Zilpzalp oder Fitis auf Zweig

Zilpzalp oder Fitis auf Zweig

#Vögel #Tiere #Zilpzalp #Niederrhein #SchwafheimerMeer #foto #photo #fotografie #photography #animals #birds #songbirds #chiffchaff

Zilpzalp

in Harrys Fotoalbum
Harrys Fotoalbum
#photography #photo #foto #Fotografie #birds #animals #Vögel #Tiere #Niederrhein #songbirds #SchwafheimerMeer #Zilpzalp #chiffchaff

A common murre in uncommon times. I cut my foot on a rock trying to see it. #photography #birds
Common murre sits against gray rocks
#photography #birds

An interesting #android app appeared in F-Droid: whoBIRD, that tries to recognize #bird species by sound. It uses well-known #birdNET model, but contrary to official birdNET app, whoBIRD works offline – a very welcome feature, as internet access in the woods or among bogs usually leaves much to be desired.

I have yet to test it on real #birds, but so far it has properly recognized “human whistle” and ”machinery sounds” ;)

#birding

#Android #Bird #birds #birding #birdnet

Some hummingbird shots from this cloudy afternoon, Rufous on the left and Anna's on the right.

#Birds #Birding #Hummingbirds
A Rufous Hummingbird is shown with its tail feathers flared and wings drawn back. A Rufous Hummingbird is shown with wings drawn back approaching a feeder.
An Anna's Hummingbird is shown in profile approaching a feeder. A molting Anna's Hummingbird is shown with its body in focus and wings blurred approaching a feeder.
#birds #birding #hummingbirds

Blue Melody
By Ivailo Nikolov ©

#art #nature #trees #birds
Rather abstract painting of a tree branch in many colours, full with abstract mainly orange coloured leaves, and two bright blue birds on it. On the right you see some bright blue background with touches of red, green and purple in it.
#art #nature #trees #birds

Wings of Gold
By Catherine Ingleby ©

IG @Inglebyart

#art #birds #nature
Bright painting of two yellow and blue coloured parrots, sitting on a purple tree in a forest scenery. There is a lot of foliage in various shades of green around them. The background of the painting is coloured in shades of bright blue and purple.
#art #nature #birds

Be ungovernable, like birds who make nests OUT OF ANTI-BIRD SPIKES. A new study describes resourceful Dutch & Belgian corvids besting evil architecture by stealing metal anti-bird strips and using them like thorny twigs, to construct their homes.

Like thorns, the spikes may protect their nests from predators.

Lead author Auke-Florian Hiemstra wrote an epic 🧵 about his research that's worth a read: https://twitter.com/AukeFlorian/status/1678703433900064773

Paper: https://www.hetnatuurhistorisch.nl/organisatie/publicaties/deinsea/deinsea-21/

#science #SciComm #birds #netherlands
A bird's nest made of metal anti-bird spikes, against a white background.
A bird's nest in a tree in Antwerp. The nest is made of metal anti-bird spikes.

Deinsea 21

www.hetnatuurhistorisch.nl
#Netherlands #science #birds #SciComm

An older digital painting that I still quite like, of a great blue heron.

#illustration #art #birds
Painting of a portrait of a great blue heron in soft, warm light on a dark background. The neck is twisted into a loose figure eight with the bird looking towards the viewer.
#art #birds #illustration

Why did the Meadowlark cross the road?

This is one of two eastern meadowlarks (Sturnella magna) that I found a couple weeks ago near a road intersection. I posted a photo of one on a road sign then. I'm not sure if this is the same bird. This bird walked across the road. It's sort of like the Beatles Abby Road moment.

"The sweet, lazy whistles of Eastern Meadowlarks waft over summer grasslands and farms in eastern North America. The birds themselves sing from fenceposts and telephone lines or stalk through the grasses, probing the ground for insects with their long, sharp bills. On the ground, their brown-and-black dappled upperparts camouflage the birds among dirt clods and dry grasses. But up on perches, they reveal bright-yellow underparts and a striking black chevron across the chest." - allaboutbirds.org

#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #birds #birdsofmastodon #birdwatching #EasternMeadowlark
This meadowlark is seen here running across the road's gravel shoulder. I initially wanted to use a photo of the bird crossing the yellow lines, but it wasn't quite as sharp as this one. In the frame the bird is running to the right and its right side faces the camera. It is a slender bird; black and white camouflage mark its head wings back and upper legs. Its eye is black, and it has its longish narrow gray and black beak open as if singing while running. Just behind the beak above the eye is a yellow marking. The throat below the beak is also bright yellow as is the breast. There is a black chevron that separates the yellow throat from the yellow breast. It has a rather short gray tail. Its lower legs and feet are pinkish; the right foot is forward while the left is thrown to the rear with only the front talons touching the ground. "Eastern Meadowlarks are chunky, medium-sized songbirds with short tails and long, spear-shaped bills. In flight, their rounded wings, short tails, and long bills help set them apart from other grassland songbirds. Eastern Meadowlarks are pale brown marked with black, with bright-yellow underparts and a bold black V across the chest. Though most of the tail is brown with blackish barring, the outer feathers are white and conspicuous during flight." - allaboutbrids.org
#photography #photo #birds #Photographer #birdwatching #photographylovers #birdsofmastodon #easternmeadowlark

A little bit of bird watching this #Caturday. It turns out there's a nest out in the corner of the overhang, which explains the bird activity. George is an indoor cat, so he was observing only and not participating in the local ecosystem.

#cat #GrayCats #birds #BirdsNest #IndoorCat
A gray cat standing and leaning against a wooden-framed screen door, looking out at a porch. A small bird can be seen perched on the back of a piece of outdoor furniture.
A bird's nest in the corner where a wooden rough meets a wall. The beak of a baby bird is sticking out as if waiting for its mother to return with food.
#cat #Caturday #birds #indoorcat #birdsnest #GrayCats

A Tree Swallow checked out a nest box in our garden

#birds #birdwatching #swallows
A blue and white Tree swallow sits on the roof of a nest box
#birds #swallows #birdwatching

In the month of May,
The BulBul had a nest above our house.
When the chicks took off
One landed in our place
I helped it flied out of the window..
Hmm....
And now the parents have
Made nest in our balcony.
Two chicks have just hatched... Waiting...
For them to grow strong and leave the nest soon....
As I am banned from entering the balcony!!!
#BulBul #Birds #Nature #NikonD5600
#nature #NikonD5600 #birds #Bulbul

#music #birds

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