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Oh my goodness, the woodpecker 😆 (other two are Oriole and female Grosbeak)

White-faced Cuckoo Dove aka White-faced Dove (Turacoena manadensis), family Columbidae, order Columbiformes, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

photograph by Henrick Tan

Grandala (Grandala coelicolor), male, family Turdidae, order Passeriformes, northern India

photograph by Nilesh Lungare

Southern Emerald-Toucanet Aulacorhynchus albivitta

7/11/2024 Caldas, Colombia

brewmaster via iNaturalist, CC-BY-NC

Bornean Island Thrush (Turdus poliocephalus), family Turdidae, order Passeriformes, KP, Sabah, Malaysia

photograph by David Chin

Polillo Smooth-scaled Gecko (Pseudogekko smaragdinus), family Gekkonidae, endemic to the Philippines

Some individuals are green, and so the species is also called the Polillo Emerald Gecko.

photograph by The Gecko King, Inc

Cabot’s Tragopan (Tragopan caboti), male unfurling his brightly colored facial lappets as part of a courtship display, family Phasianidae, order Gallioformes, SE China

photograph by yujifeng

I am fully in favor of culling highly invasive animals even if it personally makes me sad, but I am really freaked out by the hatred people show those animals and the absolute glee at the prospect of killing them.

I think you can cull invasive species while treating them with kindness and respect, and that means 1) killing them quickly and as painlessly as possible 2) trying not to waste their remains if at all possible, like the rising use of invasive fish in local restaurants and 3) remembering that every invasive animal, with the exception of domestic ones, is actually native somewhere.

My general rule is to ask yourself if the things you say about invasive bugs, fish, reptiles, etc are things you would ever say about feral cats, which are one of the most widespread invasive species in the world with massive impacts on native animal populations and ecosystems.

Tldr; just like. Be nice.

this cockatoo with pbfd with one single crest feather is taking me out

Emperor Geese (Anser canagicus), family Anatidae, order Anseriformes, Alaska

photograph by Sergius Hannan & Chris Wood

Blue Clipper (Parthenos sylvia cyaneus), family Nymphalidae, Sri Lanka

This species is wide ranging across South and SE Asia, has many subspecies, and comes in a variety of colors.

photograph by Ranmini Gunasekera

Cabot’s Tragopan (Tragopan caboti), male displaying to female, family Phasianidae, order Gallioformes, SE China

photograph by 乐金金

[2972/11080] Dolphin gull - Leucophaeus scoresbii

Order: Charadriiformes Suborder: Lari Family: Laridae (gulls, terns and skimmers)

Photo credit: Nathan Wall via Macaulay Library

today's invertebrate........MY ARMY OF ISOPODS!

HAHAHAHAHA GET 'EM GIRLS

I have 150 of these pictures but tumblr only let's me send 30 so that sucks

Douglas' Squirrel Tamiasciurus douglasii

9/25/2023 Tahoe, California

invertober day 7, ruby tailed wasp! nice colors on this kooky critter

Red Vinegar still blows me away with her color. Only 2 years old and looking unreal!

Python brongersmai

lets all stare at this plant yeah?

gulls are proof that a) there is a god and b) that god enjoys the pain and suffering of birders