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National Robin Day 21st December
https://www.songbird-survival.org.uk/what-we-do/campaigns/national-robin-day/national-robin-day

#SolarPunkSunday #SongBirdSurvival #SongBirds #Birds #WildLife #BioDiversity #Nature #Robins

A brief tale of some mockingbirds that nested in our potted Mexican lime tree once. #BirdOfTheDay #AboutTheKids 📷🌿🪶

A photo of four eggs in a bird nest. They are pale blue with brown speckles, and the nest is a classic bowl-shaped songbird nest made of thin brown plant fibers. There is out of focus greenery in the foreground.

A photo of four baby northern mockingbirds (Mimus polyglottos) in a nest, stretching their heads upward as far as they can with their mouths wide open begging for food. They are mostly pink and naked, with some dark gray feathers beginning to emerge, and their eyes have recently opened. Their mouths are yellow-orange and red and look very bright against the backdrop of brown tree branches, green leaves, and brown nest material.

A photo of a baby northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) hunkered down in a bird nest that is almost ready to fledge. It is covered in gray feathers, with fuzz on top of its head, and has a wide yellow mouth that turns down as though it is frowning. It is looking at the camera with one dark eye.

A photo of a recently fledged baby northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) standing on a painted wooden deck with its head cocked to the left, looking very small and vulnerable and a little goofy.

I enjoy walking in the park and seeing which birds will make an appearance on any given day. This curious little tufted titmouse followed me down a wildlife trail, likely looking for peanuts or sunflower seeds.

#photography #birds #songbirds

Songbirds Socialise Mid-Flight During Migration

Songbirds Socialise Mid-Flight During Migration | A study from the University of Illinois reveals that migrating songbirds communicate with different species during nocturnal flights, potentially sharing vital information about navigation and stopover habitats. This challenges the traditional view of solitary migration, highlighting the importance of social interactions in avian journeys. Help them to survive and #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife

🕊️ #News: Fascinating #research finds #song #birds 🦉🦅🐦 communicate mid-flight with other species, possibly sharing navigation tips. This challenges the view of solitary migration. #Bird #communication #Animals #Migration #Avian Protect them and #BoycottPalmOil 🌴💩🔥❌ @palmoildetect https://wp.me/pcFhgU-9OK

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University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences. (2025, January 15). Songbirds socialize on the wing during migration. ScienceDaily. Retrieved January 17, 2025, from https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/01/250115125116.htm

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Migrating Songbirds Engage in Mid-Flight Social Communication

Recent research led by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has uncovered that migrating songbirds engage in vocal interactions with other species during their nocturnal flights. Analysing over 18,300 hours of recorded flight calls, the study suggests that these birds may form social connections and possibly exchange critical information about their migratory routes.

Traditionally, songbird migration has been viewed as a solitary endeavour, guided primarily by innate behaviours. However, this study challenges that notion, proposing that social cues play a significant role even during night-time flights. Lead author Benjamin Van Doren, assistant professor in the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, stated, “We can’t be sure what they’re saying, but birds might broadcast calls during flight to signal their species, age, and sex. And we can certainly speculate that these flight calls could relate to navigation or finding suitable stopover habitat.”

The research team utilised acoustic recordings from 26 sites over three years in eastern North America. Employing machine learning tools, they detected the flight calls of 27 species, including 25 well-sampled songbirds. The analysis revealed stronger-than-expected associations between different species’ calls, indicating interspecies communication during flight.

Birds of a Feather Do Indeed Flock Together!

Further examination showed that species with similar wing lengths and call similarities were more likely to associate. Van Doren explains:

“Species with similar wing sizes were more likely to associate, and wing length is directly linked to flight speed. If you imagine two species flying at similar speeds because they have similar wings, then it’s much easier for them to stick together.”

This study opens new avenues for understanding the complexities of avian migration, emphasising the potential for social interactions to influence migratory success. The findings suggest that conservation efforts should consider the social dynamics of migratory birds to better protect these species during their extensive journeys.

For more detailed information, read the full study on ScienceDaily.

University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences. (2025, January 15). Songbirds socialize on the wing during migration. ScienceDaily. Retrieved January 17, 2025, from https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/01/250115125116.htm

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Songbirds socialise Mid-Flight During Migration

#Songbirds is the #Birdoftheday prompt so it has the be the Melospiza melodia, or Song Sparrow. Giving it all. #Birds 🪶 #EastCoastKin #Photography

A Song Sparrow perched on a bare branch against a light blue sky, singing, bill wide open and the backlighting showing through the thin skin of the birds mouth under its open bill.

#Songbirds kinda day for the #BirdOfTheDay feed. Here's a white-rumped Shama (Copsychus malabaricus) from the #JunglesOfIndia 🪶 📸📸 🌿🖌️ #Birds #Photography #nature #jungle #safari #EastCoastKin #BirdPhotography #India #ForestScape

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A bird, black with a white spot above its rump, perched on a stick.

It is a thrushlike bird with a long, graduated tail. Males are glossy black above and rich chestnut below. Females are similar but paler.

Another photo of the bird showing the chestnut below, and black (doesn't show the white rump from this angle)

#BirdOfTheDay : les oiseaux chanteurs #Songbirds
et je profite du #HolidayRobin pour partager ce petit rouge-gorge très très mignon.
#Photography #Nature #Bird #Birds #UnJourUnePhoto #BirdPhotography #ErithacusRubecula #EuropeanRobin #Birders

Un rougegorge debout sur une bordure de jardin en bois gris. Il tourne le dos à de l'herbe verte. On le voit de profil, le corps orienté vers la droite et la tête légèrement tournée vers l'objectif. Il se tient bien droit, un peu en alerte. Les rayons du soleil viennent éclairer sa gorge rousse et font ressortir ses coloris.

#BirdOfTheDay : les oiseaux chanteurs #Songbirds
et je profite du #HolidayRobin pour partager ce petit rouge-gorge très très mignon.
#Photography #Nature #Bird #Birds #UnJourUnePhoto #BirdPhotography #ErithacusRubecula #EuropeanRobin #Birders

Today's poem:

A Night in Chicago
- by Maura Stanton

#migration #deaths #songbirds #chicago #poetry #MauraStanton #casualties #latency #repercussions #resonances

A #songbird singing for #BirdOfTheDay: Male lazuli bunting in Oregon. 📷🌿🪶

A photo of a male lazuli bunting (Passerina amoena), a small finch-like songbird with a vivid blue head, back, and wings and a burnt orange chest, perched on a thin vertical dried stalk set amongst purple blooming lupine flowers. Its beak is open mid-song.

🐦 House sparrows: you either have them or you don’t. They stay in the neighborhood where they were born their entire lives. Some even stay in the same garden all year round! - Huismussen: je hebt ze of je hebt ze niet. Ze blijven hun hele leven in de buurt waar ze geboren zijn. Sommige blijven zelfs het hele jaar in dezelfde tuin!

#housesparrow #huismus #sparrow #mus #birds #vogels #songbirds #zangvogels #nature #natuur #natur #haussperling #sperling #tuinvogels #vögel

New Sparrow Song Goes Viral, Takes Canada By Storm

“A unique song variant that popped up in western Canada has ‘gone viral’ and crossed the entire continent — a situation never before reported for any songbird”

#SciComm by @grrlscientist

#BirdSong #Songbirds #birds #ornithology #GoViral #behavior #Sparrow #Canada https://grrlscientist.medium.com/new-sparrow-song-goes-viral-takes-canada-by-storm-67ed28a77ac4

New Sparrow Song Goes Viral, Takes Canada By Storm

“A unique song variant that popped up in western Canada has ‘gone viral’ and crossed the entire continent — a situation never before reported for any songbird”

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#BirdSong #Songbirds #birds #ornithology #GoViral #behavior #Sparrow #Canada https://grrlscientist.medium.com/new-sparrow-song-goes-viral-takes-canada-by-storm-67ed28a77ac4

New Sparrow Song Goes Viral, Takes Canada By Storm

“A unique song variant that popped up in western Canada has ‘gone viral’ and crossed the entire continent — a situation never before reported for any songbird”

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#BirdSong #Songbirds #birds #ornithology #GoViral #behavior #Sparrow #Canada https://grrlscientist.medium.com/new-sparrow-song-goes-viral-takes-canada-by-storm-67ed28a77ac4

white-throated sparrow perched on a fir bough

New Sparrow Song Goes Viral, Takes Canada By Storm

“A unique song variant that popped up in western Canada has ‘gone viral’ and crossed the entire continent — a situation never before reported for any songbird”

#SciComm by @grrlscientist

#BirdSong #Songbirds #birds #ornithology #GoViral #behavior #Sparrow #Canada https://grrlscientist.medium.com/new-sparrow-song-goes-viral-takes-canada-by-storm-67ed28a77ac4

Getting the bugs
#photography, #365photodgraphy2025, #potd2025, #photoaday, #everydayphotographer, #photooftheday, #pad2025-325, #afternoonwalk, redbelliedwoodpecker, #birds, #woodpecker, #songbirds, #birdsofspring

In dead tree and song bird with an reddish head, white chest and black and white pattern wings, is on the tree picking at the wood

Getting the bugs
#photography, #365photodgraphy2025, #potd2025, #photoaday, #everydayphotographer, #photooftheday, #pad2025-325, #afternoonwalk, redbelliedwoodpecker, #birds, #woodpecker, #songbirds, #birdsofspring

New publication: Phenological Plasticity and Its #Temperature-Related Drivers in Common #Songbirds Across Europe. #climatechange #phenology
https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70600

Figure 1 in Cuchot et al. (2025): "Locations of constant capture effort sites (CES). Colors represent the number of years of monitoring per site. Map lines delineate study areas and do not necessarily depict accepted national boundaries."

Mary Poppins - Flip the birds
#songbirds #songParody

Songbird connectomics, from my colleague Joergen Kornfeld:
https://www.songbird-connectomics.org/

Includes the first connectome of basal ganglia.

Three key papers:

"The songbird basal ganglia connectome", Rother et al. 2025 (Kornfeld lab)
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.25.684569v1

"An anatomical substrate of credit assignment in reinforcement learning", Kornfeld et al. 2025 (with Michael Fee as senior author)
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.02.18.954354v2

"Songbird connectome reveals tunnelling of migratory neurons in the adult striatum", Shvedov et al. 2025 (B.B. Scott's lab)
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.24.684388v1

#neuroscience #connectomics #ZebraFinch #songbirds #BasalGanglia

#SongBirds

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