#amsterdam🇳🇱

[travelseefeel]

You can't hide from spring 🌺 . Random shots from Amsterdam 🇳🇱 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #amsterdam🇳🇱 #amsterdamworld #amsterdamlife #igersamsterdam #amsterdamview #visitamsterdam #amsterdamtrip #amsterdamn #amsterdam_streets #nederlands #amsterdammer #amsterdamcentrum #amsterdamphotography #instaamsterdam #bestofnetherlands #loves_netherlands #visitnetherlands #thenetherlands🇳🇱 #igersnetherlands #ig_netherlands #europestyle_netherlands #ignetherlands #netherlands_captured #netherlands🇱🇺 #hollanders #igholland #hollandse_foto #igersholland #nederland🇳🇱 #thisisholland (στη�� τοποθεσία Amsterdam) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpzSLhCoVwX/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[gayleskidmore]

Adventures with my found family in Amsterdam 😊. I feel very grateful for these wonderful humans and three days of catching up, deep conversations, and touristy fun❤️❤️. #amsterdam #amsterdam🇳🇱 #amsterdamcity #foundfamily #expatlife (at Amsterdam, Netherlands) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqYVOriNsc7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[katyshandmadeladen]

This adorable crocheted turtle is the perfect keychain if you feel unsecure. Made with care, the cute and cuddly turtle boasts a shell pattern of alternating green and white hues that are sure to catch the eye, so if you misplaced your keys,you will find them quickly. This crocheted turtle is sure to become a treasured companion for years to come. If you live in Berlin and want to learn how to crochet one for yourself, please let me know, I will gladly show you how. #alexanderplatz #abundant #amsterdam🇳🇱 #bumbac #baumwolle #berlin🇩🇪 #barcelonaspain #cotton #crochetlovers #crochettips #creativeideas #craftinspiration #designbykaty #deutschland🇩🇪 #familienzeit #gifts🎁 #gratitude #gründl #giftbox #katyshandmadeladen #holland🇳🇱 #häkelnistmeinyoga (at Berlin, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp8Ms16M4i4/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[kevlo75]

My favorite #coffeeplace for a #mokka #coffee John "Jack" Robson Gregg (1909–1964) was an English businessman, best known as the founder of Greggs, the United Kingdom's largest bakery chain. #yemen🇾🇪 #london #saintmalo #avenuedemoka #amsterdam🇳🇱 #dublin🍀 #vienna🇦🇹 #istanbul🇹🇷 (à Greggs) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp7PqT3LwRP/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[mexican-motherfucker]

Buy myself flowers or wine? #OneIsntEnough #Amsterdam #amsterdam🇳🇱 #Canal #NE #netherlands🇳🇱 #netherlands #travel #Trip (en Amsterdam, Netherlands) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpJK2rbOhvE/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[stochastique-blog]

I can do Better

Die Bücherei im Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Sie ist die größte kunsthistorische Bibliothek der Niederlande, in der seit 1885 relevante Literatur gesammelt wird. Nicht nur diese Bücherei hat mich beeindruckt, sondern auch das ganze Museum. Das sollte man besuchen, wenn man in Amsterdam ist. Warst du schon mal hier?

#visitamsterdam #amsterdam #libary #bücherei #amsterdamcity #amsterdam🇳🇱 #amsterdamlife (hier: Rijkmuseum Amsterdam) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnq855QK-gA/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[half-a-life]

Amsterdam, capital of the Netherlands, has more than 100 kilometers of grachten (canals), about 90 islands and 1,500 bridges. The three main canals (Herengracht, Prinsengracht and Keizersgracht), dug in the 17th century during the Dutch Golden Age, form concentric belts around the city, known as the Grachtengordel. Alongside the main canals are 1550 monumental buildings.The 17th-century canal ring area, including the Prinsengracht, Keizersgracht, Herengracht and Jordaan, were listed as UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2010,contributing to Amsterdam's fame as the "Venice of the North".

Canals of Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands 🇳🇱

[nyxx01]

I am ashamed of my country. I am ashamed of my government, the police and these hateful counter protesters, all of whom have grown up/live in the same country and speak the same language as I do.

This is about an hour drive away from me, I want to help them so bad but I do not have the resources nor anyone to go with for safety.

So I will do whatever I can online, and in my closest circle.

We will never give up.

Free Palestine 🇵🇸

Liberation for all.

(ff voor de nederlanders)

Het was er gisteren dodenherdenking en gister godverdomme bevrijdingsdag waar hebben we het over?! Tf

[berlin08]

[macaulaymontgomery]

✉ + mack

send “✉” for a text that wasn’t sent. mac: i miss you so much mac: i've never felt so homesick before in my life mac: i don't know if i'm actually homesick mac: my heart just doesn't feel right and i know if i saw you i would feel better mac: i just feel so fucking sad @mackmontgomery

[xtruss]

Eurasian magpies typically build their nests from thorny branches, but some birds have discovered anti-bird spikes work just as well—if not better. Photograph By Auke Florian Hiemstra

'The Perfect Revenge'? Birds are Building Fortresses From Anti-bird Spikes

Despite a plethora of products designed to keep birds off buildings, our feathered friends are sending a clear message: Nice try.

— By Jason Bittel | July 17, 2023

In an example of “The Perfect Revenge,” European birds are ripping anti-bird barbs off buildings and using them to build armored nurseries for their chicks, scientists say.

“They take the stuff we use to try to deter birds, and they make a nest out of it, and then make more birds,” says Auke-Florian Hiemstra, a biologist at Naturalis Biodiversity Center in the Netherlands and lead author of a study on the phenomenon published this month in Deinsea, the online journal of the National History Museum Rotterdam.

“That’s just a brilliant way to fight the system. Nice to see some birds fighting back.”

While birds are a common urban neighbor, city residents don’t always appreciate the droppings and nesting materials our feathered friends leave behind. This has spurred an entire industry of products designed to keep birds off human infrastructure, such as light displays, netting, and even sharp metal spikes.

However, a new study shows that not only are some birds unbothered by long strips of barbs, but they’re actually ripping the skewers off buildings and using them to build armored nurseries for their chicks.

In the Netherlands, two instances so far show that carrion crows coiled the strips so that the spikes faced inward, possibly serving as a base for the nest and helping to bind other nesting materials, such as twigs and dry leaves.

Scientists want to know if these nests (Pictured, One Found in Antwerp, Belgium) ​are better at protecting chicks than those without spikes. Photograph By Auke Florian Hiemstra

Eurasian magpies, on the other hand, build nests with a roof. “Magpies are very worried about crows stealing their eggs and young, so to protect them, they make this dome,” says Hiemstra. “They can fly multiple kilometers trying to look for material. However, in cities, there’s not a lot thorny branches around.”

Perhaps this is why, in three separate instances described between 2021 and 2023 from the Netherlands, Belgium, and Scotland, Hiemstra found magpie nests that incorporated anti-bird spikes in the top of the dome. And this is intriguing, because magpies typically construct their roofs out of hawthorn, blackthorn, and rose stems.

In other words, it seems the magpies are not treating the anti-bird strips as just another building material. They’re using the spikes as spikes.

If true, it would be the first such documentation of its kind.

'Magpies are Nuts'

To be clear, birds build nests from human-made objects all the time. Hiemstra has personally seen nests from various species made out of everything from windshield wipers and headphones to hypodermic needles, cocaine packaging, and condoms.

“So even the wild side of Amsterdam, you will see reflected in the bird nests,” he says. “Almost anything can become nesting material.”

However, for his new research, Hiemstra dived into the scientific literature to find examples of corvids using anti-bird spikes. The first recorded example of this behavior appears to be from 2009 in Rotterdam, but overall the scientists gathered five instances in three countries.

“So even the wild side of Amsterdam, you will see reflected in the bird nests,” he says. “Almost anything can become nesting material.”

It has also been previously documented that some species, such as cockatoos in Australia, will actively rip anti-bird spikes from their moorings.

This strip of anti-bird spikes was taken from a nest in Antwerp, Belgium. Photograph By Auke Florian Hiemstra

However, what makes this new study different is the idea that the magpies, especially, may be using the anti-bird spikes in a functional capacity.

“I’ve seen birds who built on top of the spikes,” which are also used in the U.S., says Karina Sanchez, an urban ecologist at the University of New Hampshire not involved in the study. “But this was my first time seeing the spikes being yanked off of the structure and used in nests.”

Sanchez says she’s not surprised about the species involved. “Magpies are Nuts,” she laughs. “Their nests are very elaborate. We used to call them ‘condos.’”

While the photos included in the study are “somewhat convincing,” Sanchez says that right now, the idea that magpies might be using the spikes functionally is “still kind of anecdotal.”

For one, the behavior has only been documented a handful of times. And two, it would require further experimentation to prove that the magpies recognize the human-made materials as being similar in function to natural materials, such as thorny branches.

At the same time, Sanchez says, “I don’t see why that wouldn’t be a possibility.”

According to Hiemstra, the next step will be to design experiments that can figure out if thorny materials help magpies raise more chicks. Then, they’d want to see if anti-bird spikes produce similar, or maybe even better results.

Do Animals Feel Revenge?

The study comes among two recent examples of wildlife messing with people—an otter stealing surfboards in California and a spate of incidents in which orcas are attacking boats in Europe. These incidents have spurred headlines that wildlife is finally fed up with people.

Of course, scientists can’t say—yet—whether an animal actually feels revenge, Hiemstra says.

“If the birds themselves understand the irony of the whole situation, that is of course, impossible to say. But corvids do understand a lot, are real problem solvers, recognize themselves in mirrors, [and] understand tool use,” he says.

And it’s indisputable that wildlife have figured out how to live among us, especially in cities.

“It’s really sad that we’re fighting our urban wildlife so actively,” says Hiemstra, “while actually, it’s quite beautiful that these animals are living in cities, just like us.”

“So I would really like the people to embrace that urban wildlife, instead of fighting it with bird spikes.”

[motsim]

#amsterdam #bicycle #dusk #sunset #canal #chill #netherlands #🇳🇱 #luxury (at Amsterdam Oud-Zuid) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cps2JHRtdGM/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[katyshandmadeladen]

Today I want to tell happy birthday to all the mermaids out there that celebrate their birthdays. From this mermaid to all the other mermaids that celebrate their birthday today, happy awesome birthday Today I am grateful for my hands and creativity. #alize #abundant #amsterdam🇳🇱 #bumbac #baumwolle #berlin🇩🇪 #copenhagen #crochettop #cotton #crochetismyyoga #craftinspiration #deutschland #designbykaty #etsygifts #gifts🎁 #gratitude #holland🇳🇱 #hobbii #katyshandmadeladen #häkelnistmeinyoga #hobbiiyarn #häkeln #libertate (at Tokio (Tokio, Japan)) https://www.instagram.com/p/CptPtAutXP8/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[cheesenguinness]

Amsterdam

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

"COMPUTERIZED, DEHUMANIZED, ALL THAT VINYL, WHAT A WASTE!"

PIC INFO: Spotlight on vocalist René van de Meer of Dutch hardcore punk band B.G.K. (BALTHASAR GERARDS KOMMANDO), playing a gig somewhere in 1984. Location and photo credit unknown.

"Synthesizers, Rhythm-box Electro pop, we know it sucks Computerized, Dehumanized All that vinyl, what a waste! I can't stand Modern Music!

Record labels make the trends A lot of profit for little investment But despite their promotion and big campaigns, We all know: IT'S TOTALLY LAME! I can't stand Modern Music!

(middle bit)

Switch on the radio... Oh No! Brainless lyrics, disco beat, That's gotta be the Human League.

I can't stand Modern Music!"

-- "Follow the Trend" (1984) by B.G.K.

Source: www.picuki.com/media/3243253945253316458

[tinagodiva]

Amsterdam, Netherlands 🇳🇱