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Category Archives: Theropoda
Theropod-Thursday 46: garden variety beasts
Dieser Beitrag auf Deutsch. Lately, I’ve been trying to do a photographic inventory of all sorts of garden-variety bird. Our garden, that is. And suddenly sheer dumb luck handed me prime photo opportunities. A Siskinvasion! Ever since a squirrel tilted … Continue reading
Posted in Aves, Berlin, Dinopics, Dinosauria, Maniraptora, Theropoda
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Theropod Thursday 45: a beauty
Dieser Beitrag auf Deutsch. Recently, there has been lot of debate about theropod feathers. Aside from another BANDit* paper and its evisceration, there was the “science ruined dinosaurs” debate, with some people claiming that feathered theropods are simply not scary … Continue reading
Posted in Aves, Dinosauria, Maniraptora, Theropoda
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Tits
Dieser Beitrag auf Deutsch. No, not what you think! Today’s post is about members of the family Paridae. This family is most famous for the bat- and bird-brain-eating Zombie Tits, usually known as Great Tits (Parus major). Great Tits are … Continue reading
Posted in Aves, Dinosauria, Maniraptora, Theropoda
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Common cranes in the wild
Dieser Beitrag auf deutsch. Yesterday, I had much better luck photographing birds in then wild than the day before. I got the closest I have ever been to Common Cranes and gulls in the wild – although I need to … Continue reading
Posted in Aves, Dinopics, Dinosauria, Maniraptora, Theropoda, Travels
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Theropod Thursday 44: mammal-devouring fail
Dieser Beitrag auf deutsch. The London Zoo has spread over a neighbouring channel, creating an area in which a bunch of birds are housed. Some in cages, some in the huge Snowdon Aviary. It houses some cranes, some ducks, green … Continue reading
Posted in Aves, Dinopics, Dinosauria, Maniraptora, Theropoda, Zoos
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more London Zoo
The London Zoo is heavy on birds, a smart move for a place with little space. One walk-through aviary has a little pond with ducks, and also has Hammerkops (Scopus umbretta). Weird birds, note the crossed-over tips of the beak! … Continue reading
Posted in Aves, Dinopics, Dinosauria, Maniraptora, Theropoda, Travels, Zoos
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Science preview elucidation
Yesterday I showed you a sneak preview on some research I am doing. That triggered some rather incredulous emails and private messages, especially after I hinted in a comment that the artificial track is from Plateosaurus. After all, Plateosaurus lived … Continue reading
Corvids are even cooler than you think!
Yeah, I’m a corvid fan, as any regular reader of this blog would know if there were any Now I stumbled across a PLOS ONE article that’s just too good not to mention here: Behavioral Responses to Inequity in Reward … Continue reading
Posted in Aves, Dinopics, Dinosauria, Maniraptora, Theropoda, Zoos
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London Zoo mock birdfight
Two Robins fighting in the London Zoo featured in yesterdays Theropod Thursday, and I mentioned that I also saw zoo-kept birds mock fighting. Let’s meet the contestants. A pair of Striated Caracara (Phalcoboenus australis). The two of them were putting … Continue reading
Posted in Aves, Dinopics, Dinosauria, Maniraptora, Theropoda, Travels, Zoos
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Theropod Thursday 43: London Zoo birdfight
No, I did NOT see birds kept at the London Zoo fighting – although I did see birds kept at the London Zoo mock fighting. They were in different cages with a common mesh, and from both sides fly at … Continue reading
Posted in Aves, Dinopics, Dinosauria, Maniraptora, Theropoda, Travels, Zoos
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