#eurasian bird

[have-you-seen-this-animal]

May I suggest the humble Eurasian Kingfisher?

Absolutely! I've always had a soft-spot for these because we dress the same way.

[michaelnordeman]

I met this adorable young Eurasian magpie/skata when I came home from work. Värmland, Sweden (July 8, 2024).

[makovietz]

Coot and Chestnuts

[demeter1111]

Eurasian wren / Anke Kneifel

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[rfskia]

[fence-time]

Hermits and birbs…

[mindblowingscience]

Eurasian jays can remember incidental details of past events, which is characteristic of episodic memory in humans, according to a study published May 15, 2024, in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by James Davies of the University of Cambridge, U.K., and colleagues. When remembering events, humans have the ability of "mental time travel," consciously reimagining past experiences and potentially recalling details that seemed unimportant at the time. Some researchers have suggested that this "episodic memory" is unique to humans. In this study, Davies and colleagues ran a memory experiment to test for episodic-like memory in seven Eurasian jays, birds that excel at remembering the location of stored food.

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[hellsitegenetics]

Oh, I'm a goofy goober, yeah

You're a goofy goober, yeah

We're all goofy goobers, yeah

Goofy, goofy, goober, goober, yeah!

I'm a goofy goober, yeah

You're a goofy goober, yeah

We're all goofy goobers, yeah

Goofy, goofy, goober, goober, YEAH!

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Closest match: Caprimulgus europaeus genome assembly, chromosome: 10 Common name: European nightjar

[maureen2musings]

jukkarisikko

[have-you-seen-this-animal]

[michaelnordeman]

Eurasian Jay/nötskrika. Värmland, Sweden (October 19, 2024).

[makovietz]

Wren

[todaysbird]

Today’s bird is this eurasian eagle owl being petted by their keeper

[niqvassieart]

5-10 min nightjar studies to help me with a book illustration i was working on. Such beautiful and weird birds!

[night-the-starfish]

Blue tit, a paper craft.

Inspired by @maggotmuncher0's color palettes.

[lichenaday]

Some of the baby birds I met on this recent round of field work:

1. Limosa limosa, black-tailed godwit

2. Haematopus ostralegus, oystercatcher

3. & 4. Numenius phaeopus, Eurasian whimbrel

5. Tringa totanus, redshank

6. Charadrius hiaticula, common ringed plover

7. Pluvialis apricaria, European golden plover