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Fredensborg @Fredensborg@gram.social
· 1mo ago
Boosted by @stux@mstdn.social
. One of my favorite creatures by the lake, he is a textbook example of ageing like fine wine... If you ask me that is 🩶 . . #Bird #Birdwatching#Nature#Naturephotography#Wildlife#Photo#Photography#Birdsofpixelfed#Featheredfriends#BirdsofMastodon    #PixelFed  #WildlifePhotography #MastodonArt #PhotoOfTheDay#Vogel#Mastodon #FediPhoto #NatureLovers #GreatOutdoors #Blue #Heron #Garza #Reiher #Airone #Héron
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isotope239 🥸💻🇺🇦😣 @isotope239@mastodon.online
· 3mo ago
Fledgling crows: Day 35. Only random sightings of the gruesome twosome this week. The parents are keeping them on the go, flying and foraging. Itchy gets tired of waiting for a parent to come by with a snack but Dozy seems content to sit in one spot until the lunch wagon appears. No idea if this happens with crows, but Dozy behaves in a less developed way than Itchy. Itchy is almost a full-fledged crow but Dozy is either under-developed or just plain lazy. #Birds #BirdsOfMastodon #Gardening
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isotope239 🥸💻🇺🇦😣 @isotope239@mastodon.online
· 3mo ago
Replying to
I wanted to add an interesting note about the gruesome twosome: both of them are leucistic, that is, they both have some pure white feathers on the undersides of their wings. That's how we've been able to tell them apart from the adults, there's a flash of white each time the youngsters spread their wings. https://corvidresearch.blog/2014/07/09/crow-curiosities-what-causes-white-feathers/ #Birds #BirdsOfMastodon #Gardening
Crow curiosities: what causes white feathers?
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Crow curiosities: what causes white feathers?

At a recent field site in Bellevue, one of my regular visitors was the most fantastically leucistic crow I had ever seen.  Naturally, I dubbed him or her “ZB” for Zebra Bird.  One or tw…

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