The #smARTIST prompt for today is: #Large #Sculpture #UrbanPhotography #ArtYear #Pigeon
I thought "Oh this is a really pretty pigeon!" Seen at the ruins of a downtown building in Miami Arizona four years ago right about now. I even thought it would be so much nicer if a bird like this was hanging out around our house instead of the boring old gray birds who are most insistent on laying eggs right by the front door, despite the $40 "bird spikes" my son thought would work to deter them. In the process of looking up a bird ID, I first came upon "Rock dove," and ooh, that sounded great to me. But alas, turns out the majority of sources just ID it as a rock pigeon, one of the most common birds in North America. #Bird #Pigeon #MiamiArizona
PS. These birds are really LOUD and the bass coo sounds resonate so you can't ignore them with your house shut up.
The #Nicobar #Pigeon is the largest, most colourful pigeon in the world. They are near threatened in #India by #palmoil #deforestation, #poaching and the #pet trade. Help them when u shop #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife
️ https://palmoildetectives.com/2023/12/23/nicobar-pigeon-caloenas-nicobarica/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer @palmoildetect.bsky.social
https://www.europesays.com/2030123/ Racing pigeon from Spain has rare journey to Canada after wrong turn in Mediterranean #Canadá #DavidFernandez #KristinaPenn #ParksCanada #Pigeon #SableIsland
yesterday the birds were too fast to grab any pictures but today they were more patient with me.
#bird #birds #BirdsOfFediverse #birdsofmastodon #corvid #corvids #crow #crows #hoodedCrow #hoodedcrows #starling #starlings #pigeon #pigeons #seagull #seagulls
"There are a number of different living creatures - but not us - who can sense magnetic fields, and they use the Earth's intrinsic geomagnetic field as a navigation aid. This has been seen in bacteria and other microorganisms all the way to birds, who use the magnetic field to do their long-range migrations. You can even see disruptions in bird locations after a big sunspot-induced geomagnetic storm!"
"Any explanation will also have to account for some other odd experimental facts: birds don't seem to notice or care whether or not they're navigating by a South or North polarity. Instead, they (.) have more of a sense of whether they're heading towards the equator or towards either pole. (.) Tthird oddity: birds can magnetonavigate under light wavelengths from near UV up to about 565 nm (yellow-green), but under yellow, orange, and red light they are disoriented."
https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/bird-geomagnetic-word
#BirdsOfFediverse #pigeon
Frisch vom Baum gepflückt, heute Abend
Freshly picked from the tree this evening
#Ringeltaube, #pigeon #vogelfotografie #birding #nature #birdphotography
Pigeons get so much love here and it makes me so happy! These little dudes deserve so much better than the treatment they get!
While the messenger pigeon was a unique creation that was adopted a long time ago, I do have a cute handmade rock pigeon plush design you can get on my website!
This wood pigeon looked shocked to be caught in the act of chomping up the fresh hawthorn buds
My teen's bedroom looks out over the backyard and the garage, and they took this picture of a handsome pigeon (𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘢) which came to visit:
Throwback to this unique plushie I made back in 2023. I tend to forget about it but I actually love it! Look at that little guy!