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splphoto.bsky.social
Hooded Crow dropping shellfish onto the rocks to break them open. #splphoto #birds #birdbehaviour
March 24, 2026 at 7:55 PM
chrisdunnwildlife.bsky.social
Great Crested Grebes are pretty good parents, even feeding their chicks while they hitch a ride on mum or dad's back.
#GreatCrestedGrebe #BritishBirds #BirdBehaviour #WildlifePhotography #NatureLovers #GrebeChick
#UKWildlife #BirdingUK #WildlifeDaily #birdphotography #birds
July 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
linda2.bsky.social
A heron greeting her partner with an outstretched neck displaying her plume of neck feathers. Mating behaviour. Had not seen this before so naturally researched. See link below.

#UKWildlife #BirdOfTheDay #Birds #Longnecks #Heron #birdbehaviour #ECK #photography

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The outstretched neck of a heron upon greeting her partner on his return to the nest.
April 26, 2026 at 9:14 AM
chrisdunnwildlife.bsky.social
"I don't share food... even if you've got a bag of chips to go with it."
#Kingfisher #KingfisherUK #BirdPortrait #BirdBehaviour
#BritishBirds #UKBirds #WildlifePortrait #WildlifePerfection
#NatureOnOurDoorstep #BirdWatchingUK
#WildlifePhotographyUK #CanonR5 #BirdLovers
#BritishWildlife #birds
October 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
birdlifeglobal.bsky.social
Meet the Magnificent Frigatebird!✨

This majestic, pointed winged seabird spends most of its time in the air and even sleeps on the wing.🌊

Males have a red pouch which inflates and drums when courting! ❤️

Find out more on our DataZone 👉 datazone.birdlife.org/species/fact...

#BirdBehaviour
May 29, 2025 at 8:04 AM
shepsmags.bsky.social
A bar-tailed godwit grabbing breakfast #AmongTheRipples #BirdOfTheDay
NSW, Australia
#bartailedgodwit #birdphotography #omsystem #reflection #birdbehaviour
July 12, 2026 at 12:57 PM
tonyfallon.art
Peregrine Falcon with Prey. This is the male of a wild urban pair. He has to wait for the bigger female (to eat first and maybe get beyond her take off weight) but he's taking no chances hoping to get somewhere where she won't take it back off him.
#birds #birdbehaviour #hunting #prey #nature
January 8, 2025 at 11:37 AM
amandatuke.bsky.social
Our crab-apple scrumpers... which don't actually like crab-apples very much. One year will they remember how sour they are? #parakeets #parrots #urbanbirds #birdbehaviour
November 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
acetradamus.bsky.social
This Cedar Waxwing seems to have adorned himself with these twigs, he's clearly the king of the forest. #crowned #birds #animals #wildlife #nature #canon #photography #naturephotography #birdphotography #animalphotography #waxwing #unique #behaviour #birdbehaviour #odd #natgeoyourshot #natgeowild
July 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
dustyfootprints.bsky.social
A pied crow pulling the feathers of a vulture in an attempt to get at the food it was eating.

#birds #photography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #crow #birdbehaviour
The photo shows a profile of the rear of a vulture. One of its feathers is being held by a pied crow. The whole of the crow is visible and both birds are standing on the ground. The earth they stand on is red.
April 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
dave1957.bsky.social
While I was in Liverpool yesterday I was watching the gulls around the Pier Head / Albert Dock area feeding on mussels from the dock walls.

#photography #birds #birdbehaviour #Liverpool
Gulls pulling mussels from the wall of Canning Half Tide Dock, Liverpool. A juvenile gull trying to open a mussel. A juvenile gull with a mussel in its nill. Empty mussel shells after the gulls have finished with them.
October 3, 2025 at 8:31 AM
humanecanada.ca
Did you know?
Parrot parents create a unique call for their young, a vocal signature their offspring learns and responds to for life. Just one of many ways animals form lasting bonds.

#animalintelligence #parrots #birdbehaviour #wildlifestudy #humanecanada
June 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
#birdoftheday is this Black-tailed Godwit on the River Deben at Melton, demonstrating that odd-looking ability some long-billed #birds have for #rhynchokinesis; flexing of the mandible.
#birding #birdbehaviour #UKbirding #birdingSuffolk
Black-tailed Godwit in winter plumage wading in mud Black-tailed Godwit in winter plumage wading in mud and flexing its upper mandible so that it bends near the tip.
December 20, 2025 at 12:37 PM
tonyfallon.art
Red Kites play fighting. I often watch the red kites that hunt in this valley. I like how I can climb the hill sides, tuck myself quietly away, and get great views from right above them.
#birds #birdphotography #redkite #wildlife #birdbehaviour
November 30, 2024 at 8:49 PM
jocelyngould.bsky.social
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is 'Birds at #OddAngles’.

I’ve chosen mostly #gardenbirds in bizarre attitudes. The Robin is a particular favourite! 🪶❤️

#birds #ukbirds #birdbehaviour
European Robin Erithacus rubecula sunning on fence, back garden, 25th May 2024. Tree Sparrow Passer montanus preening by small pool, RSPB Bempton Cliffs, 7th June 2023. “No more photos!” Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto sunning in border, back garden, 17th July 2017. Woodpigeon Columba palumbus (juvenile) leaning down to take a Hawthorn berry, back garden, 2nd Oct 2023.
October 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
bci-journal.bsky.social
📅 It's #WorldCurlewDay!

🎉 Celebrate these extraordinary wading birds often found passing through wetlands and coastal habitats with our special collection: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

#BirdConservation #Ornithology #Conservation #Research #Curlews #BirdBehaviour #Shorebirds #Marine #Birders
Far Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis) on tidal mudflats in Cairns, Queensland, Australia - large brown bird with long curved beak walking right against background of blue water and mud © Jukka Jantunen/Shutterstock
April 21, 2026 at 9:52 AM
freedomtodoubt.bsky.social
The #EuropeanRobin, so closely associated in the UK w gardens & allotments filled w/ multitudes of man-made objects of all kinds & also natural ones, must be the ultimate bird for #StandingOnThings as it gives this ever alert bird 2 feeding opportunities great vantage points.
#BirdBehaviour
November 9, 2025 at 4:42 PM
smdavies67.bsky.social
Plenty of winter plumage #turnstones to be seen along the tide line of the coast - resting at high tide or scurrying around turning over seaweed or stones in search of food. They can turnover their body weight ~120g.

#birds #bird #wader #birdbehaviour #eastlothian
Turnstones at high tide
November 4, 2025 at 1:24 PM
dustygedge.bsky.social
Do you know why gulls tap dance? found out here. Tap dancing herring gulls in the river Ravensbourne London #blackheathnaturediaries #birds #londonbirds #birdbehaviour #ornithology
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Do you know why gulls tap dance?found out here?
YouTube video by Dusty Gedge
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June 2, 2025 at 7:41 PM
ornithologistmag.bsky.social
They nest on vertical cliffs, raise chicks in darkness, and even breed behind waterfalls. Discover the astonishing breeding strategies of swifts:
theornithologist.org/the-extreme-...

#Swifts #BirdBreeding #AvianEcology #CliffNesting #BirdBehaviour #Ornithology #TheOrnithologist
The Extreme Breeding Ecology of Cliff-nesting Swifts
Cliff-nesting swifts defy gravity—and ecological convention. This article explores how these aerial specialists adapted to breed in some of the planet’s most inhospitable vertical landscapes.
theornithologist.org
July 15, 2025 at 8:23 PM
jocelyngould.bsky.social
Not called pugnax for nothing!

Ruff, Martin Mere WWT Reserve, 13th Nov 2024.

#birds #ukbirds #waders #shorebirds #birdbehaviour
Ruff in aggressive posture near water’s edge, the Mere, Martin Mere. The bird is leaning forward with its head and neck held low pointing at rival, the upperparts feathers ruffled, and the rear body raised in a bowing posture. A distinctive looking bird with a white neck. Ruff in aggressive posture near water’s edge, the Mere, Martin Mere. Full bowing posture showing white in tail.
December 31, 2024 at 10:59 AM
battyboo.bsky.social
youtube.com/shorts/kmdjg...
Crimson Rosella is mesmerising to look at #birdbehaviour
YouTube video by Sankarsh
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July 6, 2026 at 1:15 PM
aedeencaplin.bsky.social
Window tapping male Chaffinch.
This starts early Spring and into the breeding season. This has been going for a few years. The Chaffinch taps on windows upstairs and downstairs mainly on one side of the house, adjacent to where it nests. #birdbehaviour
February 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
digitalwildlife.bsky.social
Heron vs. Newt
Grey Heron predatory behaviour, unwavering head posture and leg adjustments in preparation for the strike, with precision to secure prey
Rich Ford - www.digitalwildlife.co.uk

#GreyHeron #Newt #Ecology #Predation #BirdBehaviour #EcologicalObservation #BritishEcology #WildlifeFootage
July 7, 2025 at 11:39 AM
robinedgar59.bsky.social
Regarding the panicked behaviour of some birds during total solar eclipses.

If you're a bird flying, and a shadow suddenly falls on you from above, it *could* be a bird of prey seeking to eat you.

So you might take evasive action to avoid being eaten. . .

#Eclipsology #BirdBehaviour #BirdBehavior
February 13, 2024 at 6:18 PM