Kevin Krebs

multi-cellular eukaryote living at the boundary of the North American and Juan de Fuca plates.

All opinions expressed will be engulfed by the sun in ~5 billion years.

2025-02-17

Trumpeter Swans (*Cygnus buccinator*) are the largest waterfowl in North America, and one of the heaviest living birds capable of flight. The largest can reach 28lbs with a wingspan of 10 feet.

Almost rendered extinct due to hunting for their feathers in the 1930s, possibly reduced to only 70 individuals. The discovery of a Pacific population in Alaska allowed for the restoration of the species. As of 2015, the population was estimated at about 65,000 and growing.

#birds #birdphotography

A large white swan in flight, black bill and legs against the unfocused water.
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2025-02-17

Google is so powerful that it "hides" other search systems from us. We just don't know the existence of most of them.
Meanwhile, there are still a huge number of excellent searchers in the world who specialize in books, science, other smart information.

Keep a list of these sites for reference:

refseek.com

worldcat.org

link.springer.com

bioline.org.br

repec.org

science.gov

base-search.net

2025-02-10

New post up with recent photography -- forget the human insanity and stare at some birds:
kmkrebs.com/posts/2025-02/2025

#birds #birdphotography #photography

2025-02-01

@sarahdalgulls I'd like to see the companion article "When do humans become a problem?"

2025-02-01

Reading a fascinating book about birds as pollinators ('Birds & Flowers' by Jeff Ollerton) and he mentions a Songbirds as Pollinators project out of the U of Colorado.

carolyncoyle.wixsite.com/sappr

Anyone operating a banding station in North America (especially west-coast) is encouraged to join in.

#birds #pollination #ornithology

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2025-01-28

Study suggests gulls get a bad deal

"“We’ve been treating certain birds as disposable,” Taylor argues. “We care about nature, and some birds are under pressure while others are disposable,” a position that didn’t sit well with the researchers."

islandinstitute.org/working-wa

#Seabirds #Gulls #Ornithology

2025-01-28

@sarahdalgulls
Thanks for this.

2025-01-22

@f4grx
No, I simply find it a great to learn and want to share it with people who may not know.

2025-01-22

Recently I became frustrated with how poor my #math skills were and decided to do something about it. I found #KhanAcademy and have been going through thier Algebra courses

It's a fantastic resource and I recommend it to anyone wanting to start or continue thier education on a wide range of science and humanities subjects.

khanacademy.org/

2025-01-21

Usually when I see Dunlin (Caladris alpina) they're in a tight, synchronized flock of hundreds or even thousands flying over the estuary.
Here's one up close foraging on a beach.

#birds #birdphotography #photography #shorebirds #wildlife

a chunky brown and white shorebird with a relatively long back downcurved bill.
2025-01-20

To escape the rampant insanity of our species, I spent a cold Saturday morning sitting on a beach as a flock of Sanderlings and Dunlins flew in and wandered all around me.
Needless to say, I fell in love with them.
Here's a portrait of a beautiful little Sanderling.

#birds #birdphotography #photography #shorebirds

a tiny, plump grey and white shorebird in the shallow water of a beach.
2025-01-19

The Public Domain Image Archive launched not long ago. The 'infinite view' will keep you busy for some time.
pdimagearchive.org

2025-01-16

I do a lot of walking around the city and often see things that catch my eye. I may as well share them here.

#photography #urbanphotography #vancouverbyfoot

Dawn Twilight, a broken framed mirror rests against a telephone pole, the remaining mirror reflecting a car that looks like the car parked beside the mirror.
2025-01-16

@sarahdalgulls I read about this video in John Vaillant's haunting book 'Fire Weather'. His descriptions of entire houses bursting into flames due to off-gassing plastics has stayed with me.

2025-01-15

An immature Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) watches from a rocky breakwater. These birds don't get thier distinctive white heads and tails until they're 4-5 years old.

#birds #birdphotography #wildlife #photography

A large eagle with mottled chocolate-brown feathers and a bicoloured bill: yellow at the base and ending in sharp, black hook.
2025-01-15

@neil

I have a #hugo site primarily about #birds here in the Pacific Northwest.

Posts pick up when I start monitoring Glaucous-winged Gull nests in the summer - it will become your number one source for photos of gull chicks!

kmkrebs.com

2025-01-13

A Black Osyercatcher (Haematopus bachmani) poses on the shore of a ferry jetty.

a stout black bird with a long red-orange bill, bright yellow eye surrounded by a red-orange eyering, and thick, pinkish legs.
2025-01-10

"Hydroclimate whiplash" is a term we're going to be hearing - and experiencing - significantly more often...

sciencedaily.com/releases/2025

#ClimateChange

2025-01-09

@sarahdalgulls
I'm not much of a twitcher either, but that would be quite a bird to see!

2025-01-03

@senta_wolfsberg
You must get to see some incredible birds and landscapes! Unfortunately, the Canadian government let us down and is allowing a port expansion in one of the IBAs. And they were supposed to be a more environmentally oriented party. Here's to the resiliency of birds...

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