A side-profile shot of a Common Tern flying low over gray water, showcasing its sleek, aerodynamic gray wings and black-tipped orange beak.

Ever wonder how birds like this Common Tern that spend months at sea get enough water? 🌊🦅 They drink seawater! Built-in nasal glands filter the heavy salt out of their blood, and they sneeze the highly concentrated brine right out of their nostrils.🧂💦

#Birds #CommonTern #BirdPhotography #BirdFacts

Flamingos are born gray and only turn pink because of the shrimp they eat #BirdFacts #DietGlowUp

Mind blown yet?

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Flamingos are born gray and only turn pink because of the shrimp they eat #BirdFacts #DietGlowUp

Mind blown yet?

#STEM #DeepSpace #Artemis #WeirdFacts #Cosmos

Flamingos are born gray and only turn pink because of the shrimp they eat #BirdFacts #DietGlowUp

What do you think?

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Birds and their weight equivalents in Easter chocolate. Goldcrest = Lindt hen mini egg (6g); Long-tailed tit = 2 x Cadbury mini eggs (7g); Wren = mini Lindt bunny (10g); Treecreeper = Reese's bunny (10g); Blue tit = Cadbury mini filled egg (11g); Siskin = Cadbury mini creme egg (12g); Whitethroat = Tony's Chocolonely egg (14g); Greenfinch = Maltesers bunny (29g); Wheatear = KitKat bunny (29g); Kingfisher = Cadbury creme egg (40g). Bird weight data from RSPB and BTO.

An Easter reminder that birds are probably lighter than you think 🐣
Some UK birds with their approximate weight equivalents in Easter chocolate. (Bird weight data from RSPB and BTO)
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Flamingos are born gray and only turn pink because of the shrimp they eat #BirdFacts #DietGlowUp

Have you heard about this before?

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I mean, Brown headed black birds are mean as fuck but also they have the most sweetest triiling song there ever was.

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Flamingos are born gray and only turn pink because of the shrimp they eat #BirdFacts #DietGlowUp

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The Eurasian #bluetit is a small facultative insectivore who happens to be able to see ultraviolet light. The intensity of its yellow underbelly correlates with the number of carotene-pigmented yellow-green caterpillars it consumes
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Boobies are much bigger than tits #BirdFacts

A profile shot of an Atlantic Puffin resting on gently rippling ocean waves, carrying a mouthful of tiny fish.

The ultimate "one trip for the groceries" flex! 🛍️🐟 Atlantic Puffins use their tongues to pin fish to the spiny roofs of their mouths. This lets them keep hunting with an open beak without dropping a thing. I love this stubborn efficiency! 🐧✨

#Birds #AtlanticPuffin #BirdFacts #WildelifePhotography

Two Atlantic Puffins in the ocean, actively taking off with wings spread wide, kicking up a chaotic splash as it runs on the water.

Hard work isn't always elegant! With wings built for swimming, Atlantic Puffins must awkwardly run across the waves flapping 400 times a minute to get airborne. Channeling this exact unglamorous, water-flailing, take-charge energy to conquer this Tuesday! 🚀

#Puffins #TuesdayVibes #BirdFacts #Birds

In this educational clip from Birds of a Feather Talk Together, Shannon Hackett breaks down the scientific name of the Acorn Woodpecker, Melanerpes formicivorus, and explains the meaning behind it. #AcornWoodpecker #BirdTaxonomy #ScientificNames #Ornithology #BirdFacts #BirdScience #BirdEducation

A vibrant yellow American Goldfinch resting on a thin branch surrounded by green leaves against a soft green background.

Fun fact: American Goldfinches are one of the only finches that molt twice a year! In the winter, they sport drab olive feathers, and molt into these blindingly bright yellow beacons for breeding season. This guy is a beautiful preview of summer! ✨

#Birds #Goldfinch #BirdFacts #BirdPhotography

Great Blue Heron. Kentucky.

This heron was enjoying the #peacefulsolitude right before dark (at least until I tried to get a bit closer). Great Blue Herons are considered apex predators in their wetlands. #birdfacts #birdoftheday

#birds #wildlifephotography #animals #nature

Costa's Hummingbird. Arizona.

Hummingbirds are notorious for their high metabolism. When nectar is scarce, they will supplement their diet with small insects. #birdfacts #collectingfood #birdoftheday

#birds #wildlifephtography #animals #nectar

Learned today that blue jays are corvids. Neat.

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Great Egret. Arizona.

Meeting both #birdoftheday themes, #poise and #white, the Great Egret was once hunted extensively for their breeding plumes. They've since recovered and are a very widespread species, occurring across six continents. #birdfacts 🪶

#birds #wildlifephotography #animals #nature

Ring-billed Gull. Wisconsin. 2025. Photo by me.

A strutting gull for today's #birdoftheday theme, #walking. This gull is widespread across North America and is very adaptable. It will eat just about anything, tbh. #birdfacts 🪶

#birds #wildlifephotography #animals #nature

a cartoon duck is flying through the air with a trumpet in its mouth . ALT: a cartoon duck is flying through the air with a trumpet in its mouth .

carrier pigeons can fly over 60 mph and travel up to 600 miles in a day! #criticalrolespoilers #brennanleemulligan #birdfacts #wild

If you pronounce the Q too hard in quail the bird will explode.

#birdfacts

Black-capped Chickadee. 2026. Wisconsin. Photo by me.

Chickadees are so common, but I love watching them. They are often joined by other birds like Titmice and Nuthatches, as chickadees are exceptional at finding winter food. #birdfacts 🪶

#birds #wildlifephotography #animal #nature

Common Goldeneye. 2026. Wisconsin. Photo by me.

First birding trip of 2026 is already in the books! The Common Goldeneye is a diving duck that nests in natural cavities or those made by woodpeckers in trees. They breed in the Arctic. #birdfacts 🪶

#birds #wildlifephotography #animals #nature

🐦 Bird Fact of the Day 🐦

Scarlet Macaws eat clay from riverbanks to neutralize toxins in the unripe fruits they consume.

#birdfacts #Birds #Nature

Photograph of a Shoebill

🐦 Bird Fact of the Day 🐦

The Shoebill stork can stand motionless for hours waiting for prey and has one of the most powerful beaks in the bird kingdom.

📷 Photo by nik.borrow

#Shoebill #birdfacts #Birds #Nature

Photograph of a Mourning Doves

🐦 Bird Fact of the Day 🐦

Mourning Doves can drink water by sucking it up like a straw, unlike most birds that scoop and tilt.

📷 Photo by monteregina

#MourningDoves #birdfacts #Birds #Nature

Imagine sleeping mid-flight! Some birds can actually doze off while soaring through the sky. #RandomFact #BirdFacts #AnimalBehavior #NatureIsAmazing #Science

Northern Shrike. 2025. Wisconsin. Photo by me.

Also known as "butcher birds", shrikes will store food by... Are you ready?.. impaling their prey on thorns 😬. That's one way to get through a hard winter. #birdfacts 🪶

#birds #wildlifephotography #animals #nature

Morning doves. 2025. Wisconsin. Photo by me.

Mourning doves were one of the most abundant species of bird in the United States, rivaling the notoriously extinct passenger pigeon. It is still one of the most widespread in North America. #birdfacts 🪶

#birds #wildlifephotography #animals #nature

⚠️Warning⚠️: Graphic duck content 🦆

Evolutionary sexual conflict has caused duck genitalia to become... frightening, to say the least 😳

Watch the full video here: www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8yJMKe9/

#ducks #birdfacts #AnimalFacts #animalstories #scicomm #animalbehaviot #science #queerscience #funfacts