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Faceplanting to fame: New Zealand livestream catches albatross in awkward landing   Published On Faceplanting to fame: New Zealand livestream catches albatross in awkward landing (Reuters) - A livestream camera at a New Zealand nature reserve has caught a Royal Albatross making an awkward landing, with the video of the faceplanting now propelling the bird to fame. The video, shot at the Taiaroa Head Nature Reserve in Dunedin on New Zealand’s South Island, shows an albatross landing on its f...

The birds spectacular fail was captured on a livestream video at the Taiaroa Head Nature Reserve in Dunedin, on New Zealands South Island, which was shared to Twitter.

The Recfish website allows anglers to upload their fish photos so they can be used to train a model to identify different species. (VIMS/WYDaily) Researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) are casting a wide net in search of fish photos. Their immediate goal is to use angler snapshots to train software to identify different fish species. Their ultimate goal is to put that artificial intelligence into a “RecFish” cell-phone app, giving anglers a multi-use field guide righ...

Mid-Coast Audubon Wed, 03/10/2021 - 10:30am Have you seen new and beautiful finches like these Crossbills this winter? Courtesy of Tom Johnson Been seeing lots of unusual finches this winter? Mid-Coast Audubon and Camden Public Library will host a free online Zoom presentation about our northern finch winter visitors on Thursday, March 18 at 6 p.m. To register for the event, please email Julia Pierce (jpierce@librarycamden.org) to request the Zoom login information. Irruptions of thes...

In a live stream, a northern royal albatross in New Zealand managed to face-plant spectacularly upon landing -- and the animal's uncoordinated descent has brought joy to thousands of viewers.

 E-Mail IMAGE: The small circles superimposed on this fish photo are used by the machine-learning software to automate species identification--in this case a red drum. view more  Credit: Lisa Kellogg/VIMS. Researchers at William & Marys Virginia Institute of Marine Science are casting a wide net in search of fish photos. Their immediate goal is to use angler snapshots to train software to identify different fish species. Their ultimate goal is to put that artificial intelligence into ...

An inelegant landing on the Otago Peninsula has commanded worldwide attention thanks to a livestream camera.

Whats your cardinal story? Readers share tales of the birds that brighten our winters Did you hear the one about how a cardinal defeated a spiders web?  By Val Cunningham Special to the Star Tribune March 9, 2021 — 9:15am Text size ...

Guillermo Santos, Virginia Tech Since 1970, bird populations in North America have declined by approximately 2.9 billion birds, a loss of more than one in four birds. Factors in this decline include habitat loss and ecosystem degradation from human actions on the landscape. At the same time, enthusiasm for bird-watching has grown, with more than 45 million recreational participants in the United States alone. Now, researchers are looking into how to mobilize these bird enthusiasts to help limit...

ILLINOIS PERMITS DALE’S MAILBAG “I saw this cardinal near Beck Lake. It seemed more red than normal. Does the color of the bird change in winter?” Ray Adams A: Color is an interesting side to male cardinals. From NestWatch on allaboutbirds.org (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), “The intensity of a cardinal’s redness is related to what he’s been eating. So when females see a bright male, it’s a signal that he’s healthy and holds a good territory.” Cardinal near Beck Lake. BIG NUMBE...