Solar panels were known to attract birds, but they are now drawing in species never seen in these areas before

birds.place

see a bird? log the bird.

On the importance of staring directly into the sun

It's also important to poke the heart of a dead pigeon

Searching for Birds

An interactive story about the birds that capture our curiosity, told through data, visuals and illustrations

Drones and AI combine to help bring birds back from the brink

Birds are going extinct at an alarming rate across the globe, but Australian researchers say technology could help turn the tide.

Pigeons

SSH to any machine without an IP address, behind a NAT or firewall, with no port forwarding or VPN setup. Carrier pigeons always find their way home.

Embracing the complexity of plant–bird interactions to understand species’ roles within ecosystems

The context-dependent fate of seeds, shaped by birds that can act as both antagonists and mutualists, reveals a hidden variability of functions and seed dispersal mechanisms, underscoring the need for stronger empirical evidence to accurately understand seed dispersal ecology.

Volkswagen put 100 sheep to work under 31,000 solar panels

A Volkswagen factory in Poland is using 100 sheep to maintain its solar farm, cutting mowing while boosting biodiversity and research.

Birds of Berkeley [Paperback] by Oliver James

Now in paperback! This charming, full-color field guide to 25 birds easily found in Berkeley proves that even the city’s avian residents are a little

Reciprocal signaling in honeyguide-human mutualism

Honeyguide birds recognize human honey-hunters calls and help them find wild bees’ nests.

Predictive processing frameworks for perception can explain recent drone sightings in the United States

We draw on the predictive processing theory of perception to explain why healthy, intelligent, honest, and psychologically normal people might easily misperceive lights in the sky as threatening or extraordinary objects, especially in the context of WEIRD (western, educated, industrial, rich, and democratic) societies. We argue that the uniquely sparse properties of skyborne and celestial stimuli make it difficult for an observer to update prior beliefs, which can be easily fit to observed lights. Moreover, we hypothesize that humans have likely evolved to perceive the sky and its perceived contents as deeply meaningful. Finally, we briefly discuss the possible role of generalized distrust in scientific institutions and ultimately argue for the importance of astronomy education for producing a society with prior beliefs that support veridical perception.

Britain’s Solar Revolution Is Here and We Should Be Shouting It From the Rooftops

Ed Miliband is helping to turn the country into a nation of 'solar zealots' and Josiah Mortimer is enthusiastically along for the ride

Here's What I Learned as the U.S. Government's UFO Hunter

A forthcoming investigational report from an office of the Pentagon has found no evidence of aliens, only allegations circulated repeatedly by UFO claim advocates

(PDF) Hunters and Guides: Multispecies Encounters between Humans, Honeyguide Birds and Honeybees

PDF | This paper discusses the relationship between humans and honeyguide birds (Indicator indicator) in the Adamaoua Region of Cameroon. Throughout... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate