I am a self-funded
#PhD
student. That means that I do not get paid for it. After several years applying for funded positions I was not getting anywhere, I was feeling
#stupid
and
#useless
. My
#mentalhealth
was very bad every December when applying to these positions.
Sometimes dreams come true, and it’s okay to cry! (I cried all the way while processing this bird)
🦚: Royal flycatcher
📍: Peruvian Amazon
📷:
@ChrisKetola
This picture has a lot more behind. The birds started a colony over night. This sand was meant to be shipped elsewhere, as soon as
@bristolport
realised about the birds asked us for confirmation. Shipping stopped and these birds will have somewhere nest the breeding season ! 😍🥰
@ramblingsloa
@IoloWilliams2
But never ever return a cetacean to the ocean after been stranded. If stranded is for a reason, sometimes weakness, if returned will get stranded again or die drowned. Always call for help while keep the skin wet and protected from the sun!
Me working on a la endless bird report. A close friend catching this with mistnets (it’s the second he catches this year like that). Some people are truly lucky 🤣
Look at that eye, I love it! ❤️
Got a call from the port to ask for help catching and releasing a “barn owl” trapped inside a building that couldn’t find its way out. The “barn owl” went free with a ring 😉 (ringed under licence!!!!)
I was given the bag with the bird without knowing the species, asked while getting it out, what is it?
@ChrisKetola
said a flycatcher. Took it out and I started to cry! ASTONISHING bird!
#dreambird
The retrap from last night was ringed in March 2014, in the exact same location! Impressive site fidelity! This bird was ringed before I knew English or I was a ringer, before my MSc or PhD! In 2014 I was in Spain! Who would have told me back then!! So amazed ❤️
Had the pleasure to ring the Southern White-faced Owl. Extracted both from the same net. The tiny fella is an African Scoops Owl. The second picture is another Scoops, but in this case a recapture from someone else! Waiting for the details!! Exciting 😍
When
@bristolport
calls me for a bird trapped somewhere I never know what I am going to find and the intrigue is absolutely wonderful 🥹Last year a short-eared owl, this time a sparrowhawk. Beautiful bird trapped inside a ship going to Spain! Free now 🥰
Had the pleasure to ring the Southern White-faced Owl. Extracted both from the same net. The tiny fella is an African Scoops Owl. The second picture is another Scoops, but in this case a recapture from someone else! Waiting for the details!! Exciting 😍
This post aimed at highlighting what I believe to be an issue. The person asking was helped and guided. It’s a swallow, eats insects, shouldn’t be on the ground needs taking to a rescue centre ASAP. Don’t feed wildlife found in distress ever!
El "ritme" d'aquesta becada (Scolopax rusticola) en caminar és, combinat amb el seu plomatge, la seva millor arma per desaparèixer al sotabosc.
Imatges captades un matí del 2019 a Finlàndia durant el nostre tour per aquell país
#birds
#naturaleza
@birdcatalunya
Some of the birds we ring are quite dangerous to handle. You see my finger trying keeping that massive bill under control? Even with all the years of experience and training you still get hurt!
🐦: Grey-headed Bushshrike
My mates in Spain making my days hard …. 😂
Booted eagle! I have only ever ringed one and it was with them a couple of years ago, what a wonderful bird!
Seabird grant for individuals are out today. If you want to come over to Flat Holm and have the best time, do not hesitate to apply! Check your email !
I see this every day… no, collars don’t work, chicks can’t fly away, don’t come with that b***sh** to me! Keep the bloody cats indoors!! It makes me so angry!!
Doing some research for work I came across this picture! Never seen anything more beautiful. Guess the species! I’d die to hold one 😍
(Clue: We don’t have this species on this part of the world)
It’s pretty sad too seeing how people prefers to say I am arrogant rather than taking a second to understand the reason of the first post… is it being ashamed of not knowing therefore becoming defensive?
Check out this leucistic king penguin I saw in Salisbury Plain South Georgia last December. Not an albino, there is still some pigment. Its back was nearly the exact same colour as uncooked chicken. What do you think? Cute or creepy? 🐧
#penguin
Right we are going wild here! As part of one of our projects in
#SouthAfrica
we are looking for collaborators to colour ring red-backed and lesser grey shrikes in their passage and wintering grounds. We have ringers in
#Namibia
,
#Kenya
,
#Israel
and of course SA. Please retweet 🙏
Wasn’t expecting to be watching this beautiful Black-winged Kite this morning around Hickling/Horsey. A first record for Norfolk and second reported for the UK!
Couldn’t agree more. Had the opportunity to ring this one in Slimbridge a couple of weeks ago. Previously had only ringed them in
@Flatholmers
on migration! They are beautiful 😍🤍
Back home after a wonderful few days off work, joining
@CatEden91
in
#Cumbria
. Working on Spotted Flycatchers, a species that has declined over 90% since 1967. Cat's vital research aims to help understand the reasons behind this decline. It's a lovely species, we can't lose it!
Back to twitter after 3 days off. I have an important interview tomorrow, and I am very nervous, but for now, let’s enjoy some great birds ringed by my colleagues in Spain.
#birds
#birdringing
#birdsfromspain
My friends down in Spain caught this weak bird. Ring FJ50519. He is in rehabilitation at the moment and ring has been reported to the BTO, but wondering if anyone knows where was it tagged! ☺️
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! All of us know how hard and challenging can be being part of this group. Today we celebrate 💜
Some of this year pictures while researching. (All birds handled under licence in all four countries)
#WomenAndGirlsInScience