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considernature · 2 days

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That's right! It's International Bat Appreciation Day! We share our planet with over 1400 species of bat, making the second most abundant mammal order, and they perform a wide variety of ecological roles, from dispersing seeds to pollinating flowers to eating thousands of insects in a single night! Over 200 bat species are listed as Threatened by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature--that is over 14 percent of all bats!

YOU can help endangered bats today by donating to Pennsylvania Bat Rescue at this link. This PA-based organization rehabilitates sick or injured bats and helps educate people like you and me in how we can create more bat-friendly environments.

If you want to learn about particularly-cool bat species native to New Zealand, check out this Consider Nature article on the Pekapeka, the bat that walks:

For the rest of the day, Consider Nature will be bat-bombing Tumblr with some of our favorite bat species to share them with the world!

Alt text: a small brown bat stretching its wings with the kind of fabulous flourish that would impress Ryan Evans.

#animals #nature #science #biology #wildlife #conservation #environment #bats #international bat appreciation day #batbombing

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aplpaca · 3 days

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Do you have any cool bird facts

female raptors (eagles, hawks, falcons, etc) are larger than male raptors in pretty much all species. this happens even in groups not closely related to each other (ex: hawks and falcons), so its beneficial enough in their niche that its evolved independently a few times, though its unsure exactly what that benefit is atm (bc unlike males being larger in a lot of mammals, female raptors dont make a habit of fighting each other or using size to attract mates as far as we know). ex: heres a male and female Cooper's Hawk

somewhat mentioned above but falcons are more closely related to parrots than they are to hawks

Gray Catbirds and American Robins have been witnessed raising young in the same nest at the same time. In one instance (reported by Mulvihill and Murray), they were recorded caring for the young of both species in the nest, and when the Catbird young fledged, the adult Catbirds continued to provide food for the not-yet-fledged Robins. heres a pic of the nest from the report

the worlds oldest known bird as of 2024 is a wild Laysan Albatross named Wisdom who's 72-73 years old (at minimum, we dont actually know her birth date, just that she was at least 5 years old when she was banded in the 50s) and still raising chicks. here's her with one of her chicks

also Albatrosses have wingspans of up to 3.5m/11.5ft and have been recorded flying 49,700 miles without touching land (they do land in the water to eat tho)

this is from personal experience but if you walk around in a north american grassland for long enough, you Will get jumpscared by a Mourning Dove bc they make their nests on the ground in the grass and like to hang out on the ground in the grass and they also like to wait until youre right overtop of them to freak out and fly away from you

Bald Eagles don't get their fully white heads and tails until theyre about 5 years old

A lot of birds have been observed incorporating cigarette butts into their nests, and a study in Mexico on House Finches found that this actually results in drastic decreases in parasites affecting young compared to nests without them

Cedar Waxwings (and Waxwings in general) just look so smooth. they look like someone airbrushed them. look at this shit

in Jacanas, females lay eggs in multiple males' nests, and then the males raise the young by themself. Also they carry their babies under their wings like this

Horned Guan. Theyre endangered and live in a small area of central america. both the males and females have the little horn fez, the males just have taller ones

#birds #i could do more but i have a thing in like 10 min rip #birds are good #animals #nature

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herpsandbirds · 2 days

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"Easter Egg" Weevil (Pachyrhynchus cf. erichsoni), family Curculionidae, Mindanao, Philippines

photographs by Bald Guy With a Camera

#weevil #pachyrhynchus #curculionidae #beetle #coleoptera #insect #entomology #animals #nature #asia

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uroko · 1 day

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Yamagata, Japan // 癒しの自然風景 ♡

#curators on tumblr #water #aesthetic #nature #moss #landscape #japan #gifu #gif #mine #˗ˋˏ ♡ ˎˊ˗

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expressions-of-nature · 3 days

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by t*tomorrow

#fireflies #woods #forest #glow #nature #landscape #dark #naturecore #trees #curators on tumblr #uploads #japan

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hybbart · 3 days

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POV your name is Revenge and your parents are about to give you The Talk.

Ignore that I got carried away with the funny meme picture

#tango tek #solidaritygaming #team rancher #hermitcraft #fanart #fantasy #nature #character #background #scene #meme #art #colour #Hybbart

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superkursunaskr · 2 days

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zegalba · 1 day

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erika kamano

#erika kamano #flower #flowers #plants #nature #photography #white

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389 · 2 days

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by Jean-Frédéric Schnyder

#art #painting #cross #landscape #nature #mountains #snow #Jean-Frédéric Schnyder #u

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mspaintbirdies · 2 days

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Toco Toucan

(Rhamphastos Toco)

#still working on the site including a tagging index for different types of birds but im kinda stuck on how to organize it #if i go by order name i guess that could work but idk if id be able to remember to type each name every time #like... maybe i could do aquatic birds perching birds birds of prey etc..????#whatever heres a toucan #toco toucan #mspaintbirdies #my art #myart #birds #ornithology #nature #illustration

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gray-warden · 3 days

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I just realized I never posted photos of this really pretty harvestman i came across a while back. Note the green pedipalps and the dark and light spots on its back.