Cat Taras @vulturecat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is one of my very favourite books. Highly recommend. 000
Cat Taras @vulturecat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Last couple of days to buy the #CentralAsianVultures #IVAD2026 tshirt over at central-asian-vultures.teemill.com 001
Cat Taras @vulturecat.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Interesting article - not only relevant to hyena (which I obviously love), but this line of research is also relevant to vultures, both as scavengers, and because they are often collateral damage in human-carnivore conflict. #conservation #hyena #vulture #🦤 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgBeyond dichotomies: unravelling the nuances of local perceptions of the striped hyaena Hyaena hyaena in West Bengal, India | Oryx | Cambridge CoreBeyond dichotomies: unravelling the nuances of local perceptions of the striped hyaena Hyaena hyaena in West Bengal, India 010
Cat Taras @vulturecat.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Here's a yellow-headed vulture I saw #InFlight over the Amazon for #InterationalVultureAwarenessDay #AmazonRainforestDay and #BirdOfTheDay 🪶🦅 #Birds 0130
Reposted by Cat TarasFoxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Forever the most handsome man, Sev! 🪶 131216191
Reposted by Cat TarasFoxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 02/09/2026👑YOU COULD BE WEARING THIS BIRD👑 Yolo wants you to know our King Vulture pendant is *this* close to unlocking. Help us make sure this magnificent little weirdo (or well, a version of his magnificent future self) gets to join the flock! 🪶 👉 tinyurl.com/v5sry3m8 06434
Reposted by Cat TarasFoxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 01/09/2026IT'S HERE! 📣 "Rainforest Radiance" is LIVE 19 brand-new bird designs have just landed! 🎁 Special early-bird freebie for the first 48 hours ❤️ Returning-backers get bonuses 🦅 Every pledge helps support our wildlife rescue & rehabilitation work Come meet the new flock! 👇 tinyurl.com/v5sry3m8 11432208
Cat Taras @vulturecat.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Jem is also aware of vultures. #InternationalVultureAwarenessDay 000
Reposted by Cat TarasLynx Nature Books @lynxnaturebooks.bsky.social · 05/09/2026International Vulture Awareness Day is a chance to celebrate them for what they really are: spectacular soaring birds, highly specialised survivors and indispensable members of the ecosystems they help keep clean. 🌿🦅 #InternationalVultureAwarenessDay #VultureAwarenessDay #Vultures #LynxNatureBooks 02218
Reposted by Cat TarasAnimal Aspects (Art History Animalia) @animal-aspects.bsky.social · 08/09/2024For #InternationalVultureAwarenessDay: Bernard Willem Wierink (Dutch, 1856-1939) Gieren ( #Vultures ), 1919 platecut print, 40.2 h × 21.5 cm w Rijksmuseum RP-P-1924-380: www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collectio... #birdsinart 1351133
Reposted by Cat TarasLongleat @longleatofficial.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Dinner time with our vultures 🍽️🪶 Can you spot our chick amongst the adults? The spring arrival was a huge conservation success for us, as it was the first to have been solely incubated by its parents in our Safari Drive-through. #InternationalVultureAwarenessDay 042
Cat Taras @vulturecat.bsky.social · 05/09/2026In other #VultureAwareness news, #CentralAsianVulturesProject have a limited edition tshirt: central-asian-vultures.teemill.com/product/vult... #InternationalVultureAwarenessDay #🦅 #🪶 #BirdArt #🦤central-asian-vultures.teemill.comVulture Awareness Day 2026A limited edition t-shirt to celebrate International Vulture Awareness Day. Only available to buy during September 2026. 132
Cat Taras @vulturecat.bsky.social · 05/09/2026The Horstmann Trust livestream is now casually playing on my TV all the time. The hoodies have nearly finished lunch. So efficient! #InternationalVultureAwarenessDay #Vultures #YayVultures #HorstmannTrust www.youtube.com/live/hczH7LC...youtube.comHorstmann Vulture Conservation Trust - Hooded Vultures - Live StreamYouTube video by Horstmann Trust 130
Reposted by Cat TarasRourke @steelnstone67.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Some vultures for IVAD. Posting early tonight. 011
Reposted by Cat TarasGreen Promise Initiative International @greenpromiseintl.bsky.social · 05/09/2026The King Vulture's head is orange, purple, blue, and yellow. The Bearded Vulture eats almost nothing but bone. The Rüppell's Vulture has flown as high as a commercial jet, 37,000 feet. 23 species. None of them boring. 🦅 #VultureConservation #WildlifeFacts #Biodiversity 121
Reposted by Cat TarasSurprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 11/05/2026It's Monday, so let's talk about the most eel-some place in England. That's right..it's Ely time! Ely is all about eels. Bede wrote in his Ecclesiastical History (c. 700 CE) that Ely took its name from the abundant eels in the nearby fens & waters: Ely means Isle of Eels. 1/3 🗃️🧪 512224
Cat Taras @vulturecat.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Doing some archeology on my saved tabs, and this was a great read: reactormag.com/why-science-...reactormag.comWhy Science Fiction Can’t Predict the Future (And Why That’s a Good Thing) - ReactorKen Liu discusses the project of science fiction and the creation of modern mythology 010
Reposted by Cat TarasRosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 12/02/2026Ominous bird valentines. 2336121591
Reposted by Cat TarasIan Parsons @ianparsons.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Today's alternative #birdoftheday theme is #birds with long necks. Any excuse for a #vulture pic! Long necks are always handy when delving deep in a carcass... @alan678.bsky.social @robcrank68.bsky.social @vulturecat.bsky.social 🪶 2242
Reposted by Cat TarasIan Parsons @ianparsons.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Today's #birdoftheday theme of two species in one shot was crying out for a #vulture one! European Black Vulture (what an eye!) with supporting cast of two Griffon Vultures. #birds #wildlife 🪶 @alan678.bsky.social @robcrank68.bsky.social @vulturecat.bsky.social @laffingkat.bsky.social 2154
Cat Taras @vulturecat.bsky.social · 12/02/2026www.zsl.org/news-and-eve...zsl.orgFalkland Islands were final stronghold of domesticated fox species | The Zoological Society of LondonFriendly Falkland Islands wolf described by Darwin may have been last remnants of once-tame South American fox 010
Reposted by Cat TarasIan Parsons @ianparsons.bsky.social · 15/01/2026What's this? The #birdoftheday theme is #Raptors and you haven't posted a #vulture yet Ian... Ok, if you insist. @alan678.bsky.social @robcrank68.bsky.social @iand777.bsky.social @vulturecat.bsky.social @laffingkat.bsky.social @iancarter67.bsky.social #birds #nature 🪶 3423
Reposted by Cat TarasAdam Markham @adammarkham.bsky.social · 31/12/2025Thoth hopes the good in your heart for 2026 weighs up favorably against Maat's ostrich feather. 🏺 #archaeobirds #DivineEgypt 0347
Reposted by Cat TarasIan Parsons @ianparsons.bsky.social · 07/01/2026The #birdoftheday theme is #birds with food in their bills. How could I not put #Vultures up?! The not very decorous feeding frenzy of Old World Black & Griffon Vultures on video. @alan678.bsky.social @markavery.bsky.social @vulturecat.bsky.social @iand777.bsky.social @carlbergstrom.com #wildlife 0182
Reposted by Cat TarasAnnie Shao Art @annieshaoart.bsky.social · 18/12/2025#ArtAdventCalendar Day 18, my California Condor from Birdtober this year! I got to see condors during my Monterey trip about 2 weeks after I drew this. Definitely one of my favorite lifers of the trip! #BirdArt #SciArt #Copic #AnimalArt #ArtYear 1/2 25112
Reposted by Cat TarasNick Bristow @nickbris56.bsky.social · 18/12/2025#BirdOfTheDay alternate #OpenWings bearded vulture showing off his impressive 2.5 metre wing span. Took this in the Spanish Pyrenees #birds #birdphotography #pyrenees 4366
Reposted by Cat TarasIan Parsons @ianparsons.bsky.social · 17/12/2025Today's #birdoftheday theme is groups. So here's a group of Vultures out on the plain. #birds 🪶 @robcrank68.bsky.social @alan678.bsky.social @vulturecat.bsky.social @iand777.bsky.social @drtonygillie.bsky.social 2274
Reposted by Cat TarasIan Parsons @ianparsons.bsky.social · 17/12/2025Another group for today's #birdoftheday theme. I could post a lot of Vulture photos for this theme... 😆 @robcrank68.bsky.social @alan678.bsky.social @drtonygillie.bsky.social @vulturecat.bsky.social @laffingkat.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife 2203
Reposted by Cat TarasPIT-FACE @pit-face.bsky.social · 17/12/2025If you also love vultures, check out the Nestflix live cam! You can check in on this (now quite big) baby Bearded Vulture, Arari! They're getting ready to fledge from the nest any day now! www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc2g...youtube.comNestflix BeardedVulture 17 December-1YouTube video by Nestflix 362
Reposted by Cat TarasStephanie Peters @spetersartist.com · 15/12/2025For day 15 of #artadventcalendar - a study of a bearded vulture. These birds are not actually tan, they roll around in mud to get just the right shade. #watercolor #birdart 19510
Cat Taras @vulturecat.bsky.social · 16/12/2025Whittled a great grey owl, because apparently I've been dipping into my cryochamber of crafting hobbies and dragging some out of hibernation. 020
Cat Taras @vulturecat.bsky.social · 15/12/2025Hey, remember those exciting vulture calendars I've been pushing? There are now discounts! Tell all your friends! All proceeds go to the research and conservation of #vultures in Central Asia. They are understudied, threatened, and very awesome creatures. forms.gle/pimXihA6jX2o... 🪶 🦤 🦅 021
Reposted by Cat TarasNick Lloyd @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social · 15/12/2025Lovely stamp and cover artwork depicting threatened bearded vulture. Spain.2019. One of my favourite birds, the Spanish/Catalan names quebrantahuesos/trencalòs tell you it drops bones to shatter on rocks before swallowing to get marrow - armed by strongest stomach acid in nature. 1335
Reposted by Cat TarasSteve Cracknell @enmarchant.bsky.social · 12/12/2025Today, December 12 is International Iberian Lynx Day. A good day to celebrate the recovery of the species. In 'Critical danger of Extinction' 25 years ago, there are now over 2400 Iberian #Lynx. #rewilding 1105
Reposted by Cat TarasThe Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 12/12/2025'AI is coming' I tell the museum stakeholders as I proudly cut the ribbon of our new Artificial Insemination exhibition 211388397
Cat Taras @vulturecat.bsky.social · 12/12/20253 days!! forms.gle/pimXihA6jX2o... 🪶 🦅 🦤forms.gleCentral Asian Vultures Calendar order formPlease fill out the below form, and you will be sent an email with a confirmation of the total price, and a link to pay by credit or debit card, or PayPal. Calendars cost £15 each plus shipping, and ... 030
Reposted by Cat TarasLauren @tinylongwing.bsky.social · 08/12/2025For #ArtAdventCalendar day 8, this Turkey Vulture who is beautiful and charming. Everyone should love Turkey Vultures more than they already do, and for some of you that's quite a lot, I know! 🪶 #BirdArt #SciArt 218554
Reposted by Cat TarasStephanie Peters @spetersartist.com · 08/12/2025Day 8, of #artadventcalendar seems like a good day for a California Condor portrait. Did you know in the late 1980s, there were no wild condors? Now you can see them soar in California and Arizona, with over 300 of them in the wild. Mixed media on canvas #birdart #extincttowild 0336
Cat Taras @vulturecat.bsky.social · 08/12/2025You have one week to place your order for the #CentralAsianVulturesProject 2026 charity calendar! forms.gle/pimXihA6jX2o... 12 stunning full page photos of #vultures, fun vulture facts every month, and your money goes towards vulture research and conservation! Shipping worldwide. 🪶 #Raptors 🦤 020
Reposted by Cat TarasZSL @zslofficial.bsky.social · 08/12/2025An exciting opportunity to join the team behind one of the world's major zoological libraries 📚 We are currently recruiting for two roles, an Archivist and a Reading Room Assistant, to join ZSL's Library and Archives team. Find out more & apply before 19th December: careers.zsl.org/vacancies/va... 023
Cat Taras @vulturecat.bsky.social · 08/12/2025A few photos of Ethel the whiteheaded vulture from a trip to Thirsk Bird of Prey Centre back in October. 🪶 #Raptors #Vultures 03212
Reposted by Cat TarasW. P. Mueller @wpmueller.bsky.social · 06/12/2025#ornithology #RaptorResearch www.goodnewsnetwork.org/100-years-af...goodnewsnetwork.org100 Years After Vultures Disappeared from These Mts, Their Return Completes 'Europe's Yellowstone'All European vulture species have been extirpated in the Carpathians for a century; victims of persecution, habitat loss, and lead poisoning. 083
Reposted by Cat TarasArchaeology Magazine @archaeologymag.bsky.social · 07/12/2025Bearded vultures are accumulators, never burdened by the question “Does it spark joy?” Still, archaeologists investigating 12 nests in Spain were surprised that the birds had tucked away objects nearly 700 years old! archaeology.org/issues/january-february-2026/digs-discoveries/full-nesters/ 1125
Cat Taras @vulturecat.bsky.social · 14/10/2025Last chance to submit photos of wild or captive Bearded, Cinerous, Egyptian, Griffon, or Himalayan vultures for the #CentralAsianVultures calendar competition! forms.gle/afFtzhcDZStc... 🪶 #birds #birdphotography #vultures #wildlifeconservation 070
