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Miguel McMinn
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Biologist living in Mallorca 🪶✈️
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Miguel McMinn @mmcminn.bsky.social · Dec 29
Ja podeu consultar i descarregar el volum 67 (2024) del Bolletí de la Societat d’Història Natural de les Balears.

Esperem que us agradi!

bshnb.shnb.org/2024/12/29/b...
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smp-seabirds.bsky.social
Last week, we looked at separating Black-headed and Mediterranean gulls. Can you use that post to work out who's who in their non-breeding plumage below?! #seabirds #birds @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social
Graphic displays images of two gulls by Neil Calbrade and Edmund Fellowes/BTO. The caption reads: 'Last week, we looked at separating Black-headed and Mediterranean gulls: https://bsky.app/profile/smp-seabirds.bsky.social/post/3m4qgh2vce22s. Can you use that post to work out who's who in their non-breeding plumage below?! #seabirds #birds @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social'.
November 11, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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birdlifeglobal.bsky.social
#COP30 kicked off today in Belém, Brazil! 🦜


We’re calling on countries to put nature at the heart of climate action and deliver a nature-safe renewable energy transition that benefits both people and planet. 🌍

Discover more here 
👉 www.birdlife.org/news/2025/11...
Nature at the Heart of Climate Action: Our Vision for COP30
From 10–21 November 2025, the world will gather in Belém, Brazil, for COP30 — the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP30). It’s where leaders from every corner of the world will…
www.birdlife.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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aba.org
New book review of Lonely Planet's The Joy of Birdwatching!

"A combination travelogue, photography book, and bird-finding guide, The Joy of Birdwatching presents 60 snapshots of places to see splendid birds..."

Read Donna Schulman's full review: www.aba.org/a-global-gui...
A Global Guide to Birding Spectacles - American Birding Association
The cover of The Joy of Birdwatching depicts a birding fantasy come true. A jungle of brilliant green foliage and deep red and pink flowers curves around a perfectly round sun, with a raptor soaring t...
www.aba.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
mmcminn.bsky.social
@moderation.bsky.app This important conservation message is not Spam
November 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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biosecuritylife.bsky.social
Quick, easy but vital #biosecurity steps to take when visiting any important #seabird island such as @lundybirds.bsky.social, @skomerisland.bsky.social, @skokholmisland.bsky.social, @bardseybirdobs.bsky.social, @stkildawhs.bsky.social, @copelandbirdobs.bsky.social & @fairislebirdobs.bsky.social.
November 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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bas.ac.uk
Will our mountains lose their snow and ice?

And does it matter if they do?

These questions are answered by BAS glaciologist Dr Hamish Pritchard in a major new UNESCO report for the UN International Year of Glaciers' Preservation.

Read the report here: https://ow.ly/TFTH50XptZc
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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unrwaes.bsky.social
Casi toda la población de #Gaza ha sido desplazada. Tras el inicio del alto el fuego, muchas familias intentaron regresar a sus hogares, pero la mayoría solo encuentra escombros.
Según el Centro de Satélites de la ONU, entorno al 81% de todas las estructuras están dañadas.
November 8, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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mujeresconciencia.com
¿Cómo sería una ciudad diseñada por mujeres?
Una conferencia de Ane Alonso Méndez
#DíaMundialDelUrbanismo
¿Cómo sería una ciudad diseñada por mujeres? - Mujeres con ciencia
Ciudad diseñada por mujeres. Ane Alonso Méndez. Arquitectura. Urbanismo con Perspectiva de Género. Inclusión. Empoderamiento.
mujeresconciencia.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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revenergetica.bsky.social
Ha muerto el Trasllambrión, el último glaciar de León.

www.diariodeleon.es/monograficos...
Muere el Trasllambrión, el último glaciar de León
El Trasllambrión sucumbe al calor y desaparece. El último rastro glaciar de León se ha derretido. Ha muerto. Con él se acaba la historia escrita en hielo de la provincia. Queda sólo su huella. Un arañ...
www.diariodeleon.es
November 10, 2025 at 5:36 AM
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atcherleyons.bsky.social
Late on #SuperSeabirdSunday and early for #BlueSkyMonday, but I know that any time is good for the #Puffin appreciation crowd! From my 2024 visit to Skomer Island.

#Birds #UKWildlife #Photography #EastCoastKin 🌿
Photo of Atlantic Puffins (Fratercula arctica) on rocks amidst long grasses, beneath a brilliant blue sky. We are looking up towards the Puffins here. We get a full view of a Puffin on the right, and can see most of another Puffin on the left (the lowermost part of his or body, and the legs, are hidden by the grass). A little behind and to the right of the Puffin on the left are two more Puffins, but they are further back and we can't see much of them. All are standing upright (watching for marauding Gulls) and look a little like short, stout Penguins except for their narrow, taller-than-wide and colourful beaks (which are blue-grey near the base, red near the tip, and have yellowish lines) and their orange legs and feet. The sides of their faces, and the undersides (or fronts) are white; the rest of their bodies are black.
November 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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ukcehseabirds.bsky.social
Back on the Isle of May for more shag ring reading. Pleasant conditions at roost time
November 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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bou.org.uk
Parental Age, Inbreeding and Incubation Method Influence Extremely Low Hatching Success in the Ex-Situ Population of the Extinct in the Wild Sihek | doi.org/10.1111/acv.... | Animal Conservation | #ornithology 🪶
Parental Age, Inbreeding and Incubation Method Influence Extremely Low Hatching Success in the Ex‐Situ Population of the Extinct in the Wild Sihek
Reproductive success rates are a key parameter determining the recovery potential of ex-situ managed threatened species, with high rates often being required to produce offspring for wild releases wh...
doi.org
November 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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bou.org.uk
A population estimate for Phoenicopterus ruber (American Flamingo) for the Turks and Caicos Islands with an assessment of current breeding status | link.springer.com/ar... | Ornithology Research | #ornithology 🪶
Bird conservation in the Brazilian cerrado: a special focus on the imminently threatened Chapada das Mesas National Park, Maranhão, Brazil
Ornithology Research - The establishment of protected areas (PAs) is critical for mitigating anthropogenic impacts on biodiversity and maintaining ecosystem functionality. This scenario is more...
link.springer.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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ebdonana.bsky.social
🚮 Nuestra basura no se queda en los vertederos.

Un estudio de la @ebdonana.bsky.social revela que cigüeñas y gaviotas transportan cientos de kilos de plástico al año desde vertederos hasta humedales, con impactos sobre los ecosistemas.

🔗 www.ebd.csic.es/divulgacion/...

📄 doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
November 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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ebdonana.bsky.social
🦌🌿 El jaguarzo tiene un inesperado aliado en Doñana.

Un nuevo estudio muestra cómo los ciervos actúan como principales depredadores y dispersores a larga distancia de esta especie en el espacio protegido.

Nos lo cuenta Rocío Fernández Fuerte, investigadora predoctoral y primera autora del estudio.
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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bou.org.uk
Quantifying the effects of road-building on bird communities before and after activities | www.sciencedirect.co... | Journal of Environmental Management | #ornithology 🪶
Quantifying the effects of road-building on bird communities before and after activities
Urbanization with a rapid expansion of the road network disrupts ecological processes, fragmenting the landscape, and reducing biodiversity. The frequ…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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establopegaso.bsky.social
10 de noviembre de 1764, nace en Madrid Andrés Manuel del Río, descubridor del elemento químico con número atómico 23, el vanadio, aunque lo bautizó como eritronio por su color rojizo.
November 10, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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establopegaso.bsky.social
10 de noviembre de 1986, muere Leona Harriet Woods, física especializada en altas energías. Fue la única mujer que formó parte del equipo de Enrico Fermi que construyó el reactor nuclear Chicago Pile-1. Participó también en el Proyecto Manhattan ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/manhattan-pr...
Manhattan Project Spotlight: Leona Marshall Libby - Nuclear Museum
“When do we become scared?” asked Leona Marshall Libby as Chicago Pile-1 went critical on December 2, 1942. Libby, arguably the most influential female scientist to work on the Manhattan Project, was ...
ahf.nuclearmuseum.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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establopegaso.bsky.social
10 de noviembre de 1891, muere el poeta francés Arthur Rimbaud www.cervantesvirtual.com/obra/ilumina...
November 10, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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bou.org.uk
NEW on #theBOUblog from Roni Ostreiher

To leave or to stay home? Sex-dependent dispersal decisions in a cooperative desert bird

bou.org.uk/blog-ostr...

Based on this IBIS paper doi.org/10.1111/ibi....

#ornithology 🪶
November 10, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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bou.org.uk
From Spurious Interference to Biological Signal: Repurposing Weather Radars to Monitor and Study the Amazonian Avifauna | doi.org/10.1002/ece3... | Ecology and Evolution | #ornithology 🪶
From Spurious Interference to Biological Signal: Repurposing Weather Radars to Monitor and Study the Amazonian Avifauna
In our study, we processed and analyzed data collected from 2014 to 2015 by a radar located in Manaus, AM, in the Amazon Rainforest, comparing it to a similar dataset from the Great Lakes region in N...
doi.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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intbirdrescue.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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November 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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intbirdrescue.bsky.social
Overwhelmed by the chaos?
Take a look at this infographic to get updated on what's going on with the current oiling event in California.
Remember to call 866-SOS-BIRD or your local wildlife rehab if you spot injured or oiled birds!
#socalnews #wildliferehab
November 9, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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kevguttridge.bsky.social
Herring Gull giving the Guillemots some hassle, Farne Islands. #SuperSeabirdSunday #SeaBirds
Herring Gull hovering over a group of nesting Guillemots.
November 9, 2025 at 1:45 PM