#Skuas as #sentinels of high pathogenicity avian #influenza #H5N1 on the #Antarctic Peninsula in the 2024/2025 austral summer, etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2026/02/skua...
The only flight photo I managed of today's Pomarine Jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus). Look how huge the white flashes in the wing are compared to Parasitic (Arctic) or Long-tailed. #BirdingHungary #jaegers #skuas
Bad phonescope video of a great bird. Distant adult light morph Pomarine Jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus). My first for this country as it is quite rare in Hungary. Hanging out with a Caspian Gull. 😲 The gulls usually clear out when these guys come around. #BirdingHungary #jaegers #skuas
South Polar Skua. Another bird makes it's way into the #IrishRareBirds history books. #birds 🪶 #seabirds #skuas #birding #birdwatching #seawatching #pelagic
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Brown skua with chick on Saunders Island in the Falklands #birds #predatorprey #seabirds #skuas #brownskua #FalklandIslands #SouthAtlantic #nature #RSPB #wildlife #saundersisland #theneck #kleptoparasite
Brown skua chick at Volunteer Point in the Falkland Islands #birds #predatorprey #seabirds #skuas #brownskua #FalklandIslands #SouthAtlantic #nature #RSPB #wildlife #volunteerpoint #kleptoparasite
#H5N1 #BirdFlu #Antarctica #pandemic
Evidence that the #virus has spread into all #sealspecies on the #continent & #subantarcticislands. #distressing #alarming
#skuas #penguins #albatross #seals #Kerguelen #Crozet #SouthGeorgia #Heard #Macquarie #SouthernOcean
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Adult male Pomarine Skua
Pomarine Skua
Pomarine Skua
Pomarine Skua, attacking a Peruvian Booby
You can't beat a Pomarine Skua (or Jaeger for my American friends), the king of all #skuas in my opinion. A few images of Poms off the Ecuador coast during my cruise, migrating north to breed in the Arctic. #seabirds
Because of Trump's tariffs, penguins in battle armor make a call to Australia to request backup from that country's emus.
Because of Trump's tariffs, Canada Geese in military uniforms and berets stand ready to assist the penguins should he attack the islands populated only by birds, no people.
A photographic portrait (no AI) of a turkey vulture. Its head is turned slightly to the viewer's left, and the details of its wrinkled red head, orange-brown eyes, white beak, and dark neck feathers are very sharp and clear. Photographer unknown.
#Penguins aren't worried about your #tariffs, tRump; they have plenty of bird backup to call on: Australian #emus 🇦🇺 and #CanadaGeese! 🇨🇦
Calling in the #puffins, #seagulls, and various types of #skuas, too. Those skuas can be MEAN! And no proud Texas #TurkeyVulture is putting up with you!
#Birds
In #Antarctica, not all #birds waddle! The snow #petrel, a ghostly white #seabird, soars over the frozen seas, thriving where few dare. Alongside #skuas, #terns, & #albatrosses, these feathered navigators prove the frozen south is far from silent.
#snowpetrel
#Travel #Adventure #Wanderlust #Viaje
#idw #Vögel #Birds Internationales Wissenschaftlerteam: Weitere Ausbreitung der hochpathogenen aviären #Influenza ( #HPAI) in der #Antarktis
Hochpathogenes aviäres Influenzavirus Subtyp H5 (HPAIV H5) breitet sich weiter aus im #Weddellmeer, #Skuas am stärksten betroffen. idw-online.de/de/news831405
NEW PAPER in #ornithology shows that some #seabirds get easily confused - #skuas incubate foreign eggs that they stole to eat: https://buff.ly/2AoRgiE
More #skuas and #lighthouses from this week! www.western-isles-wildlife.co.uk/Latest%20Bird%20and%20ge... @nialltkeogh @steverutt @DanBrown81 http://t.co/xIHb66Abur