Songbirds as Pollinators: the SaP Project

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Songbirds as Pollinators: the SaP Project

Songbirds as Pollinators: the SaP Project

@CSU_SaP_Project

A collaborative research initiative exploring the role of songbirds in N. American pollination systems 🌸 submit observations to our website ⬇️ @ColoradoStateU

California, Oregon, Washington Katılım Eylül 2022
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Songbirds as Pollinators: the SaP Project
Do songbirds carry pollen, particularly for plants that have animal-mediated pollination syndromes? DNA results show that birds may forage in flowers, and thus may transport the pollen they carry. See image descriptions for more details 🌸🐦 carolyncoyle.wixsite.com/sapproject
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So star-struck 🤩 A rarity for the state, this Golden-winged Warbler flew into one of the 4 nets we were able to open yesterday morning. A lifer for most of us and the first potential pollen sample taken for the species 💛 All birds handled safely and with proper permits ✨
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Woah, a pollen horn (gummed up feathers from nectar) on a Prothonotary Warbler? 🤯
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Carolyn Coyle (she/her/hers)
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Ooo so much pollen on that TEWA 😮
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The amazing @annika__abbott captured this shot of a Bullock’s Oriole at one of the plum swales we’ve been observing! This bird moved between multiple flowers and multiple shrubs, gently probing its bill into the flowers. Exciting potential pollinator behavior 🌸
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Nashville Warbler foraging in vine maple. Super cool observation, as I've observed warblers (other than OCWA) foraging in vine maple, but never had such amazing photo evidence: check out the pollen on the bill and head in the second pic! inaturalist.org/observations/1…
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Collecting my first Colorado bird-pollen sample! we set up nets yesterday and promptly caught an Orange-crowned Warbler 🥰 looking forward to a beautiful and birdy spring
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Happy #EarthDay2023! Here’s an Orange-crowned Warbler enjoying a blossom.
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Pollen covered Orange-crowned Warbler. I've never seen an OCWA coated like this before, but it really shows how songbird feathers can trap pollen! A beautiful photo captured by Jamie Simmons in Corvallis, OR.
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Another cool songbird flower foraging observation/action-shot. Shout out to all the amazing citizen scientists out there that capture shots of these oft-ignored plant-pollinator interactions! 🌸 inaturalist.org/observations/1…
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Jay Ammon - Founding Director at iPigeon.institute
There’s been a lot of newcomer migratory (perhaps migratory) birds, passing through some of the areas I frequent, in the Civic Center locality of Downtown Los Angeles. This is the first time I’ve seen this particular species - a yellow bird, and it drinks nectar from flowers.
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