Get a load of the eyebrows on this sweet little collared bush robin! This very special friend likes hanging out amongst the greenery in Taiwan, and is a very handsome fellow indeed.
I’m still making my way through my curated list of Robin Species I Would Like To Paint, so expect more robins where this lip guy came from (as in my studio, not geographical habitat distribution, because there are many different robins across a bunch of continents)
🪺 Nest-building birds help disperse cotton further than wind, study suggests
https://phys.org/news/2026-03-birds-disperse-cotton.html
#birds #cotton #ecology #environment #nests #plants #biology #research #ornithology
Birds play a larger role in the dispersal of wild cotton than previously assumed. This is shown by a study in the journal Oikos, carried out in southern Africa. Researchers discovered that birds actively collect wild cotton as nesting material and in doing so move seeds over distances of more than a kilometer. Cotton fibers were long seen as something that evolved to disperse seeds by wind, but birds also take them to their nests and in this way help disperse the seeds much further.
Today's fun discovery; the Merlin Bird ID app. Now, every time I hear some bird calls, I whip it out to take a recording.
It identifies well even against strong winds, loud wind chimes, and shouty kids.
Let's see if I can haul my arse out of bed to record the dawn chorus this weekend.
🐦⬛#BirdLife #Birding #Ornithology #Nature #Wildlife #MerlinBirdID
Parrots Reveal The Ancient Evolutionary Origin Of Birds
"Fossil evidence generally supports a Tertiary diversification, whereas estimates based on molecular dating favor an earlier avian diversification in the Cretaceous. So which is it?"
#Evolution #birds #ornithology https://grrlscientist.medium.com/parrots-reveal-the-ancient-evolutionary-origin-of-birds-bbcd19ed596e
Parrots Reveal The Ancient Evolutionary Origin Of Birds
"Fossil evidence generally supports a Tertiary diversification, whereas estimates based on molecular dating favor an earlier avian diversification in the Cretaceous. So which is it?"
#Evolution #birds #ornithology https://grrlscientist.medium.com/parrots-reveal-the-ancient-evolutionary-origin-of-birds-bbcd19ed596e
Parrots Reveal The Ancient Evolutionary Origin Of Birds
"Fossil evidence generally supports a Tertiary diversification, whereas estimates based on molecular dating favor an earlier avian diversification in the Cretaceous. So which is it?"
#Evolution #birds #ornithology https://grrlscientist.medium.com/parrots-reveal-the-ancient-evolutionary-origin-of-birds-bbcd19ed596e
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Paul Houle
Wilson Ornithological Society
Kate 
Devriese
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