IOU - International Ornithologists' Union

How to make your scientific meeting accessible during a pandemic, brought to you by the @WilsonOrnithSoc 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 wos2023.org/covid-policy/

Here's a great win for birds in an unlikely setting: a new community reserve in Chile was just created to protect a breeding site for Markham's Storm-Petrels. This *sea*bird nests in a desert habitat so desolate that it resembles Mars! Read more: abcbirds.org/news/markhams-…

We are on the front cover of Science! Our new paper shows how much of the Amazon has already been affected by human disturbances (climate change, fire, logging and edge effects) and its social, economical and ecological impacts 👇

Love birds and photography? Combine your passions and enter your bird photos and videos in the Audubon Photography Awards! bit.ly/3IhRLZy

Corvids can be so militant. California Scrub-jay guarding my back yard. #birding

Yesterday at Radipole RSPB the late afternoon sun really lit up this female Bearded Reedling beautifully...

Lineated Woodpecker

Morning all…I have not forgotten Super Seabird Sunday and let’s have some Puffins to brighten up some timelines… go on and share your own photos and videos of seabirds :)

Red-billed Queleas are massing in their many thousands at Madikwe Game Reserve!

A sky full of #Swallows! What a spectacle! 😍 I’ve NEVER seen this many at one time. Surrounded by 100’s of Barn Swallows and Pallid Swifts this evening on the banks of the #Nile at sunset. All catching insects before going to roost. Just breathtaking… #Egypt 🇪🇬

Do you birdwatch, take wildlife photos or conduct surveys? Have you considered using Thermal Imaging Tech to support what you do but unsure how it all works? @henrywynjones joined us in our latest Thermal birding webinar to share his experiences : youtu.be/06kKh12KmBs

Tune into BirdLife South Africa's Conservation Conversations webinar on Tuesday 23 January and learn about the Cape Parrot, Bird of the Year in 2023. MOre details at birdlife.org.za/blsa-conversat… @BirdLife_SA

🤓 Always surprises me how the DIPPER, Cinclus cinclus doesn't get swept away!

Not often you get to compare Jack Snipe and Common Snipe like this in the field. Glad I was able to capture this moment at @HMWTBadger Lemsford Springs.

Superb parrots from fuzz to fab

Have an #Owlsome Monday. Jungle Owlet, Uttrakhand #IndiAves #birdphotography #photography #birdwatching #BirdsOfTwitter

We depend on terrestrial native vegetation for biodiversity conservation, water quality, soil maintenance and carbon regulation. Here we approximate how much of it we need to keep, if it is to deliver all we ask of it: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/ZPKGRB3G… led by @J_Simmonds_AUS

🌳 Forests are by far the most important habitat for birds. 🦜 They support 77% of all species and are where most threatened #birds are found. ❤️ They are also one of the world’s greatest hopes – for tackling climate change, for biodiversity, for our livelihoods, for us.

#BirdArtWeek2022 kicks off with a prompt from Ink Dwell studio founder and former Bartels Artist @inkdwell: So many birds change in appearance between breeding and non-breeding seasons. Do your favorite birds? #TisTheSeason to celebrate all the looks a single bird can sport.