Tag: birds
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Owl in flight [x-post from /r/pics]
AltOwl in flight
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Owl you need is love!
AltOwls in love
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[x-post] "The northen Hawk Owl is an explosive killer, and extremely hard to capture. 1/2000 of a second shutter speed and 5 hours in -22 Celsius got me the shot :)"
AltSuperb owl
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Owl spreading its wings [x-post from /r/pics]
AltOwl spreading its wings.
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Urban birds sing at higher pitch than rural ones to help song carry further, research shows.
Birds that sing their songs at a higher pitch help them travel further in built-up areas.
Previously it was thought that great tits and other common birds sung at a higher pitch in noisy areas to avoid the low pitch noise from traffic and industry.
Now, scientists from Aberystwyth University and the … -
Spring Is Here: The Gulls Say So
Well, Spring's finally coming around: the tell tale sign for me is that the black-headed gulls are back. One flew over my head as I crossed the bridge on the way to work this morning; for your reference, they're the ones that look like this:
Their reappearance is a good sign that the weather's taking a … -
The Starling
I have a hard time believing that this story is true: it's just too crazy - but the photos are good and hard to forge without more resources than your average internet prankster. So, here's the tale as it was told to me...
There's a company in the States that sells automatic car washers as a … -
Quacks Do Echo, Thank You Very Much
At long last, I feel justified! As a long-time arguer (as much out of reason as playing devil's advocate) that a duck's quack should make an echo just like any other sound, recent research reported by the BBC demonstrates the fallacy of the widely-accepted myth!
In other news, it looks like my suggestion to Paul to …