This feathered visitor recently stopped by the IRAM 30-m telescope to assist with EHT observations.

The bird had gotten lost in the fog and appeared at the control room door- more than 1,500 meters above its usual habitat.

After a brief "internship," it was safely released back into nature the next morning.

#M87MOVIE

@ehtelescope I haven't seen a hoepoe for AGES. Love these.

@GinevraCat @ehtelescope I only one time saw one in my whole lifespan, in La Palma Island.
Hypothesis: these crazy creatures are astro addicted too.

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@ehtelescope was that the source of the 'chirps'?
@ehtelescope Someone looks not very pleased. ๐Ÿ˜…
Someone looks ~caught~
@ehtelescope @blogdiva The bird kept reporting โ€œoop oop oopโ€ for all of its observations, which either shows it learned a lot in its internship or learned nothing at all.
@ehtelescope Better than the opossum we had dropping in at SLAC and trying to steal our garbage.

@doctroid @ehtelescope

ASTRO TRASH BABY โค๏ธ

@ehtelescope Es una abubilla!! ๐Ÿ–ค ๐Ÿค ๐Ÿงก They are very common in Southern Europe, they used to come from Africa for the summer but we spotted one last December!! They really are the symbol of summer for us... ๐Ÿ’š She got an internship at IRAM, on top of that...! ๐Ÿ“ก ๐ŸŒŒ
@ehtelescope They got so rare here in eastern France! Agriculture killed them ...
@ehtelescope it looks pretty smart with that wild mad scientist "hair". Was it able to make any significant headway on the black hole information paradox while it was there? Maybe give it a small fresh whiteboard marker?
@ehtelescope Good thing it was only visiting and not nesting inside the lab: hoopoe's nests really stink!
@ehtelescope guy looks like he wanted to discuss some ideas on modified Newtonian dynamics.
@ehtelescope a punk bird after a night of heavy drinking ?
@ehtelescope #Birb is like "Bafuq are hoomans doing here?"
@ehtelescope I particularly enjoy how you're showing it the computer ๐Ÿฅฐ
@ehtelescope
Just let it type at the keyboard. New discoveries await.
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@DenOfEarth Saw that ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ birbs and space ๐Ÿฅฐโค๏ธ @ehtelescope