#birds_ilife

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Threats to Seabirds: Climate change, Human disturbance ⠀ ⠀ Climate change is impacting the whole planet, but it’s hitting seabird species hard. From changes in prey distribution and availability to breeding habitat swamped by rising seas and wild storms, their lives are getting more and more difficult. ⠀ ⠀ On top of this, New Zealand Fairy terns have to deal with the pressure of human disturbance in their nesting habitat - which just happens to be on beaches where humans like to drive 4WD vehicles, walk their dogs off leash, and where introduced predators like rats and stoats roam. They’re the most endangered bird in New Zealand, with around 40 birds and 7 breeding pairs. ⠀ ⠀ We can’t solve all the problems that seabirds face at once - but we can start tackling some of them now to give our birds a fighting chance to survive in a changing world. ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ #seabird #seabirdstory #conservationphotography #conservationphotographer #onegoodtern #endangeredspecies #predatorfree2050 #extinction #haurakigulf #aotearoa #newzealand #wildlifeconservation #climatechange #birds_ilife #birds_adored #birds_brilliance #raw_birds #threatenedspecies #seabirdscience #biology #conservation #climateemergency #birdstagram #your_best_birds #bird_lovers_daily ⠀ https://www.instagram.com/p/ByqdbPXA7e7/?igshid=1wdxenas984iu

[tonyumana]

• {{{ On a Mission }}} • • • • • • • #tonyumanaphotography #happynewyear #birdsofinstagram #birdslife #wildlifephotography #anythingfeathered #birdsofprey #birds_adored #birds_of_ig #birds_ilife #baldeagles #eagles #eagle #majestic_birds #birdphotography #naturelovers #birdphotography #bns_birds #birds_adored #planetbirds #visitfairfax #ffxva #fairfaxcountyva #instagram #naturelovers #naturephotography #asi_es_fauna #asi_es_natura #wildlife #wildlifephotographer #wildphotography (at Fairfax County, Virginia) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsGVTaghAd8/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=j29nwrgmcm5q

[anubhavjain-photography]

The red-whiskered bulbul feeds on fruits ,nectar and insects. @bbcearth @naturein_focus @animalplanetindia @discoverychannelin @your_best_birds @birds.nature @nature_worldwide_birds @bestbirdshots @animalfestiva @animalelite @nuts_about_wildlife @exclusive_bird @bns_nature @birdphotographers_of_india @birds_adored @birds_captures @bird_brilliance @best_birds_photography @birds_ilife @beautifulbirds50 @eye_spy_birds @wildlifetrustofindia @planetbirds #wildlifesafari #wildlifeshots #wildlifepics #wildbirdphotography #wildlifebirds #birdplanet #birdpics #birdwatch #wildlifelovers #wildlifephotos #wildplanet #birdsphotography #birdsofindia #birdingphotography #birdsonearth #birdphoto #birdshots #wildlifephotographer #wildlifephoto #wildanimal #indianbirds #wildlifeplanet #birdlovers #birdstagram #wildlife #wildlifephotography #bird #birds #birdphotography #birdwatching (at Navi Mumbai (New Mumbai), India) https://www.instagram.com/p/CYiUlYFPyoy/?utm_medium=tumblr

[poslsheikh]

3 shots Panorama at sunrise Follow @poelsheikh for more #wildshow #Photokhana #bb_of_ig #sunrise #wildplanetphotomag @birdlife_insta #mallard #wildlifephotography #bestnatureshots#wildlifephotographer #wildlifeonearth #your_best_birds #nuts_about_birds #kings_birds #feather_perfection #birdfreaks #pocket_birds #nuts_about_birds #birds #birdsofinstagram #birdstagram#birdwatching #instabird #birdphotography #birding #instabirds #wildlife #bestbirdshots #wildlifephotography #nuts_about_birds #budgie #kings_birds #birdlover #birdlovers #feather_perfection #birdfreaks #birds_ilife @nature_worldwide_birds @best_birds_of_ig @your_best_birds https://www.instagram.com/p/BuUf9y9gwgq/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=zjr7kcggcpsa

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Threats to Seabirds: Persecution⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ Believe it or not - some people don't like birds. In the past, Spotted shags were culled en masse because they 'competed' with fisherman by eating fish. More recently, red-billed gulls have been shot in a few places around New Zealand - although we don't know the motivations of the shooters. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ Seabirds already face a massive host of threats. Spotted shags in the Hauraki Gulf have declined massively in the past decades, with set-net fisheries and changing marine ecosystems implicated as causes. Human persecution on top of looming climate change, pollution, and fisheries could see these species vanish forever. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ Aotearoa New Zealand has more seabird species than anywhere else in the world - surely we should take pride in this and help to conserve our seabirds as much we do our forest birds. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ #seabirds #seabirdstory #conservation_photography #conservationphotographer #shag #crackingshag #endangeredspecies #predatorfree2050 #extinction #haurakigulf #aotearoa #newzealand #wildlifeconservation #introducedspecies #birds_ilife #birds_adored #birds_brilliance #raw_birds #threatenedspecies #seabirdscience #biology #conservation #persecution #birdstagram #your_best_birds #bird_lovers_daily ⠀⠀ https://www.instagram.com/p/Byn8fzvgiZw/?igshid=17qoicx0x4syw

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Threats to Seabirds: Introduced mammals⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ In Aotearoa New Zealand we're very aware of the dangers that introduced species pose to our native wildlife. Rats, stoats, and possums are all in the bad books, but pet animals are often overlooked. We don't like to think our beloved cats and dogs have any hand in endangering our native wildlife - but they're a huge problem. Uncontrolled dogs and cats can kill huge numbers of our native birds. One of the biggest threats to kororā / little blue penguins is dog attacks.⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ We need to be responsible for the animals we welcome into our families to make sure that they don't have a negative impact on the ecosystems we live in. That means exercising our pets away from bird habitats, and keeping them under control at all times. This is really important for people living in coastal areas that are also breeding habitats for seabirds like penguins.⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ #seabirds #seabirdstory #conservation_photography #conservationphotographer #penguin #penguinstagram #endangeredspecies #predatorfree2050 #extinction #haurakigulf #aotearoa #newzealand #wildlifeconservation #introducedspecies #birds_ilife #birds_adored #birds_brilliance #raw_birds #threatenedspecies #seabirdscience #biology #conservation #pestfree https://www.instagram.com/p/Byixb3dgX3x/?igshid=ba2g2rorbofh

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Threats to Seabirds: Fisheries⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ Fisheries by-catch is a problem for many of our native marine species - from seabirds to sea lions. Some species are more at-risk than others because of they way that they naturally forage. Takoketai / Black petrels are scavengers - often they forage with dolphins and pilot whales and pick up the scraps of squid that these messy feeders leave behind. They'll follow fishing boats to get a free feed of the bait on long-line hooks, but it's a fatal lunch. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ Our fishing boats are not well observed - so while we know that these birds are being caught and killed, we don't know the scale of the problem. Black petrels are extremely vulnerable and face another host of other threats like introduced predators on one of their two breeding sites: Aotea Great Barrier Island. These threats in combination may drive faster declines in their population.⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ We need better accountability from our fisheries - including cameras on vessels, to help mitigate by-catch and stop these birds sliding into extinction. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ #seabirds #seabirdstory #conservation_photography #conservationphotographer #petrel #birdstragram #fisheries #fisheriesbycatch #bycatch #catchfishnotbirds #endangeredspecies #predatorfree2050 #extinction #haurakigulf #aotearoa #newzealand #wildlifeconservation #introducedspecies #birds_ilife #birds_adored #birds_brilliance #raw_birds #threatenedspecies #seabirdscience #biology #conservation #sustainability #seabird ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ https://www.instagram.com/p/BylTMV7AUCO/?igshid=1m6k098gh3x5u

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Reporting for cute-y! ⠀ ⠀ I have the biggest soft-spot for ngirungiru, our wee southern Tomtits, because they are so confiding, and so well dressed. Look at that pop of colour! ⠀ ⠀ #birdventurenz #raw_birds #your_best_birds #nuts_about_birds #birdstagram #planetbirds #nzbirds #birds_of_ig #feathered_perfection #earlybird #bird_lovers_daily #aotearoa #birdphotographers #birds_brilliance #cute #birds_ilife #tinybirb #ig_discover_birdslife #instabird #best_bird_shots #eye_spy_birds #nikonnz #birds_adored #birdwatching #best_birds_of_ig #birds_daily @nikonnz #newzealand #birdventure #nikond500 #nikonwildlife https://www.instagram.com/p/BteCMxagbNk/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=19cknp6d57buq

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I've been on the lookout for matuku moana - Reef herons - for many years. I've had a few less than stellar photographic opportunities, and most of the time they're cryptic birds who vanish as soon as they see you. @tonywhytednz and I saw this beauty beat a few crabs to death the other day while massive swells pounded the rocks around Mauao, and it was the best view I've ever had, as well as making for some sweet photos!⠀ ⠀ #birdventurenz #birdstagram #nzbirds #raw_birds #your_best_birds #ig_discover_birdslife #birds_brilliance #birds_adored #birds_ilife #aotearoa #newzealand #ocean #waves #beach #birding #wildnz #birdventure #feathered_perfection #discover_earth #bird_lovers_daily #best_bird_shots #birds_daily #nikonnz #nikond500 #nikon_wildlife #instabird #eye_spy_birds #nuts_about_birds #planetbirds #birdphotographers (at Mount Maunganui (mountain)) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtwR2u2Bx8v/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=frmm6q0q7frq

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I have so many photographs from last year to peruse and process, it feels like I'll never catch up (probably because I keep taking more photos...) And I keep flitting from folder to folder like a piwakawaka!⠀ ⠀ Black morph Fantail | Rotorua 2018⠀ ⠀ #birdventurenz #nzbirds #raw_birds #your_best_birds #ig_discover_birdslife #birds_brilliance #birds_adored #birds_ilife #aotearoa #newzealand #cutebirb #round #smol #tinybird #birding #wildnz #birdventure #feathered_perfection #discover_earth #bird_lovers_daily #best_bird_shots #birds_daily #nikonnz #nikond500 #nikon_wildlife #instabird #eye_spy_birds #nuts_about_birds #planetbirds #birdphotographers https://www.instagram.com/p/BtrBgQVBUeF/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1iegp64x4ooop

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I'm heading out to sea for a few days, and I'm taking an internet break. See ya'll when I return!⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ Eye to eye with a takoketai - Black petrel. Species most at risk of fisheries by-catch in Northern New Zealand. ⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ Hauraki Gulf, 2019. ⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ #birdventurenz #seabird #petrelhead #raw_birds #your_best_birds #birds_ultimate #petrel #wildearth #discover_earth #nzbirds #newzealand #aotearoa #conservationphotography #conservation #fisheries #bycatch #seachange #birds_ilife #birdcaptures #almightybirds #nikond500 #nikonnz #nikonnature https://www.instagram.com/p/BurRrsuAgof/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=11p0qrhoivm3y

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They sound better than most, but King penguins still aren’t the best singers....⠀ ⠀ #birdventure #subantarctic #penguin #penguinstagram #raw_birds #your_best_birds #nikon #nikonnz #wildearth #penguinlovers #naturelovers #sing #ig_discover_birdslife #birds_ilife #eye_spy_birds #discover_earth #subantarcticadventure #macquarieisland https://www.instagram.com/p/BvGRQa2ATDt/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ese0ed75gt8

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Elusive but beautiful. I love every opportunity I get to photograph fernbirds / mātātā. You hear them more often than you see them, so every sighting is special! ⠀ ⠀ #birdventurenz #nzbirds #raw_birds #your_best_birds #ig_discover_birdslife #birds_brilliance #birds_adored #birds_ilife #aotearoa #newzealand #cutebirb #beautifulbird #birdventure #tinybird #birding #wildnz #birdventure #feathered_perfection #discover_earth #bird_lovers_daily #best_bird_shots #birds_daily #nikonnz #nikond500 #nikon_wildlife #instabird #eye_spy_birds #nuts_about_birds #planetbirds #birdphotographers https://www.instagram.com/p/BuE6odPgPnT/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=bjhjzcj4mj59

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I feel like we’ve been transported to the tropics. Hot muggy air has clung to us for the past few days in the field, I’m expecting to look up over the cliffs and see Great frigatebirds hanging in the air like sleek kites. ⠀ ⠀ North Meyer island, Kermadec islands Rangitāhua, 2018.⠀ ⠀ #birdventurenz #your_best_birds #bestbirdshots #birdphotography #kermadec #kermadecislands #tropical #feathered_perfection #flight #flyingbirds #raw_birds #discover_earth #naturelovers #birdlovers #birdstagram #birdsofinstagram #birds_ilife #ig_naturelovers #soar #ig_discover_birdslife #newzealand #aotearoa #nikonnz #nikond500 (at Kermadec Islands) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuKEzk1ADLL/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=8t7a5a9p1tci

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I've been meeting some cute wee friends on daily walks around Mauao - like this Californian quail chick! Look at that little tuft! New Zealand's endemic quail species is extinct, and we have two species from overseas filling the gap - the Brown quail (similar to our extinct species, from Australia), and the Californian quail. ⠀ ⠀ #birdventurenz #your_best_birds #nuts_about_birds #birdstagram #planetbirds #nzbirds #birds_of_ig #feathered_perfection #earlybird #bird_lovers_daily #aotearoa #birdphotographers #birds_brilliance #cute #birds_ilife #tinybirb #ig_discover_birdslife #instabird #best_bird_shots #eye_spy_birds #nikonnz #birds_adored #birdwatching #best_birds_of_ig #birds_daily @nikonnz #newzealand #birdventure #nikond500 #nikonwildlife #raw_birds https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt35Xosgwr8/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1cy5qehw1opa

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Reporting for cute-y! ⠀ ⠀ I have the biggest soft-spot for ngirungiru, our wee southern Tomtits, because they are so confiding, and so well dressed. Look at that pop of colour! ⠀ ⠀ #birdventurenz #raw_birds #your_best_birds #nuts_about_birds #birdstagram #planetbirds #nzbirds #birds_of_ig #feathered_perfection #earlybird #bird_lovers_daily #aotearoa #birdphotographers #birds_brilliance #cute #birds_ilife #tinybirb #ig_discover_birdslife #instabird #best_bird_shots #eye_spy_birds #nikonnz #birds_adored #birdwatching #best_birds_of_ig #birds_daily @nikonnz #newzealand #birdventure #nikond500 #nikonwildlife https://www.instagram.com/p/BteCMxagbNk/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=es90qwwm96mo