#BanRodenticides #ProtectOwls

#Owls need three things: #hunting grounds, #perches, and #prey. #Rodenticides destroy the prey. Development destroys the hunting grounds. Both lead to the same decline.

🥳 I've been able to restock some of your favorite natural perches, including the best selling 1/2" and 3/4" willow, as well as 1/2" poplar!

They get royalty treatment here - a soak in F10, an oven dry, and stainless steel hardware.

#backinstock #perches #birdtoys #parrots

The image shows the back of a park bench with a hazy grassland and treeline background of greens and ochres. A recently fledged kestrel is perched on the right side of the bench back and is looking directly at me. At this age it looks just like an adult female, but if you look closely at it's head you can see a few remaining bits of white fluff that are still to be shed. Here's the RSPB's description of a kestrel: Both males and females have pale undersides with black speckles. Males have a slate-grey head and uppertail with a single black band at the tip. Females are browner all over, with bars all along the uppertail. Both males and females have dark ‘tear’ marks extending below each eye. Wing tips are more pointed than a Sparrowhawk’s. Longer tail than other falcons, with a black band at the end. Fanned out while hovering. The beak is yellow and black. Legs are yellow. They are between 32 and 35cm in length.

Save A Seat For Me #ShareMondays2025

At this time of year #benches in #BushyPark make ideal #perches for #fledgling #kestrels! This is a sibling of the one I rescued so hopefully they'll be reunited soon 🤞@theroyalparks.bsky.social @ldnwildlifetrust.bsky.social @wildlifeaid.bsky.social #fujifilm_uk

#NewSpecies!
New perch from #usa just swam in:

Etheostoma kimberlae

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/C44DBD5B-...
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zoo...
#Zootaxa #EtheostomaKimberlae

#FAIRdata
#OA #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #fish#fishfriday #ichthyology #freshwater #perches