Since 1989, The Institute for Bird Populations has enabled science-based conservation of species and habitats by studying the abundance, demography, and ecology of birds and other wildlife.
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Hope you find a fun place to cool off this weekend! 🪶
Here's the clue for this week's #BitOBird game! Can you ID this bird from just this little bit? (Note: we stick to North American birds, if not we’ll tell you.) 1st to reply w/ the correct answer gets bird nerd bragging rights. If you're stumped, we'll post the answer in 2 hrs 🪶
🪶 The answer to this week's #BitOBird quiz is....California Towhee! Congrats to our winner! Don't worry if you missed it this week, we'll post another quiz next Monday at 11am ET/10am CT/9am MT/8am PT.
🪶Cultivating the next generation of bird nerds 😉.
Belated congrats to today's winner @birderbro.bsky.social ! Nice work!
🪶A TUTI for your Tuesday! (The 4 letter code for Tufted Titmouse is TUTI.) A female Tufted Titmouse with a beak full of bark strips for her nest- photo by Wendy Miller. Tufted Titmice nest in natural cavities, unoccupied woodpecker nest holes, and nest boxes. Only females build the nest.
Did you ask for a bird fact? No, but you're getting one whether you like it or not. 🪶
Did you ask for a bird fact? No, but you're getting one whether you like it or not. 🪶
🪶Lesser Frigatebirds generally aren't found in the Western Hemisphere (save for a few on an island off Brazil) & usually roam the SW Pacific & Indian Oceans. Did a warming climate, El Niño, or wanderlust bring this bird to the southern CA coast? Read more in SFGate here: www.sfgate.com/calif...
🪶IBP has a new Acoustic Ecology project! We're partnering with the BLM in Utah & using Autonomous Recording Units (ARUs) to survey & compare bird communities in pinyon-juniper stands that were cut in different ways (lop and scatter, chaining, etc.) at different timepoints from the 1940s to today.
The Institute for Bird Populations
The Institute for Bird Populations
The Institute for Bird Populations
The Institute for Bird Populations
The Institute for Bird Populations
The Institute for Bird Populations
The Institute for Bird Populations
The Institute for Bird Populations
The Institute for Bird Populations
The Institute for Bird Populations
🪶 The answer to this week's #BitOBird quiz is....California Towhee! Congrats to our winner! Don't worry if you missed it this week, we'll post another quiz next Monday at 11am ET/10am CT/9am MT/8am PT.
