Category Archives: Maniraptora

Theropod-Thursday 46: garden variety beasts

Posted on April 12, 2013 by

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 →

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Theropod Thursday 45: a beauty

Posted on April 4, 2013 by

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 →

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Tits

Posted on March 31, 2013 by

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 →

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Common cranes in the wild

Posted on March 16, 2013 by

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 →

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Theropod Thursday 44: mammal-devouring fail

Posted on March 8, 2013 by

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 →

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more London Zoo

Posted on February 28, 2013 by

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 →

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Corvids are even cooler than you think!

Posted on February 23, 2013 by

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 →

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London Zoo mock birdfight

Posted on February 22, 2013 by

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 →

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Theropod Thursday 43: London Zoo birdfight

Posted on February 21, 2013 by

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 →

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London Zoo 1

Posted on February 11, 2013 by

I really should start this series of posts with one that gives my general impression of the London Zoo and all that, but I am simply too busy right now. Thus it will be photo-heavy posts on individual animals (or … Continue reading →

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