In this stunning series by Brad Wilson, the photographer captures up-close portraits of different owl species.
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Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge lies in northern Utah, where the Bear River flows into the northeast arm of the Great Salt Lake. The Refuge protects the marshes found at the mouth of the Bear River, providing a critical habitat for migrating birds. More than 250 species move through this area annually by the millions to rest and feed, including ground of burrowing owls pictured here. Photo by Katie McVey, USFWS.
When a super old favorite song comes on the radio.
Tumblr when new gifs roll in
I can hear this photo.
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#owl #adorable
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Violet Starling (Cinnyricinclus leucogaster) with feather detail. Iridescence in bird feathers is due to microstructures of the feather refracting light like a prism. Fossil evidence has shown that birds have had these structures in their feathers for at least 40 million years.
fashion icon
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Damn, bird.
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#bird #pretty things
happy new year, folks!
Now this is a bird alert.
Possibly even a birb alerb.
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#bird #Australia
Purple-throated Carib (Eulampis jugularis)
…a brilliant species of hummingbird (Trochilidae) which is known to breed on the islands of Antigua, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Saba, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and Sint Eustatius. E. jugularis typically inhabit subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest and heavily degraded former forest.
Classification
Animalia-Chordata-Aves-Apodiformes-Trochilidae-Eulampis-E. jugularis
Image: Charlesjsharp
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This bird might look like a holiday ornament, but it is actually a rare half-female, half-male northern cardinal
“Researchers have long known such split-sex “gynandromorphs” exist in insects, crustaceans, and birds. But scientists rarely get to extensively study a gynandromorph in the wild; most published observations cover just a day or so. Observers got to follow this bird, however, for more than 40 days between December 2008 and March 2010.”
Learn more at Science.
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#bird #biology #neat #didn’t know birds could do that #I think previously I’ve only seen pictures of gynandromorphic butterflies and dragonflies
Northern saw-whet owl (Fred Kellerman)
Pretty sure Saw-whet Owls are made of marshmallows and happiness.
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The Gouldian finch are small, brightly colored birds with green backs, yellow bellies, and purple breasts with a light blue uppertail and a cream undertail. Sometimes called lady gouldians, their facial color can vary, but black is the most common. Gouldian finch chicks are equipped with blue phosphorescent beads along their mouths, making it easy for the parents to feed them in the darkness of the nest cavity.
Photo credit: Greg Grall/National Aquarium
WHAT.
WHAT indeed.
Jurassic Park, you got a lot of livin’ up to do.
perspicaciousembroiderist? Knew I’d seen those finches before.
I shouldn’t be as surprised as I am to learn that this is an Australian bird.
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#bird #the more you know
have you ever noticed how in ‘twelve days of christmas’ so many of the gifts are various birds? who has access to these many birds? why is this person receiving so many birds? can i receive this many birds? i want answers
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#Christmas #I actually *have* noticed
I’m laughing and waking everyone up for this. I don’t care if it’s 6am, fuck ‘em.
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#Star Trek #TOS #anything that makes me laugh this much deserves a reblog #juxtaposition
Brinens and Things 
