Ivo Jacobs

Two geese flying low over a lake - one flying to the side of the frame and the incoming goose flying in from the top of the frame, ready to attack with wings spread and bill open. The background reflections on the lake form streaks of light.

Fight club - Egyptian geese edition got an update: now with anime backgrounds
#photography #birds

APA is offering paid editorial fellowships for early-career researchers. 🧪

I was the editorial fellow at Journal of Comparative Psychology last year and I can highly recommend it!

www.apa.org/pubs/journal...

Vacancy — Postdoc Position in Decision Making in Birds Are you an expert in animal behavior? Do you have experience working with birds? The Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED) is looking for a motivated researcher to investigate the ro...

I have a job opening in my lab. If you are interested in bird behaviour and predator prey interactions please take a look! werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

ron burgundy from parks and recreation says " you 'd be a fool not to pick me " ALT: ron burgundy from parks and recreation says " you 'd be a fool not to pick me "

Do you love research & writing & all things animal behavior? Well our journal, Animal Behavior, recruiting up to 5 (count em!) new Associate Editors!

Editors serve three-year terms beginning January 2026. If you're interested, email Exec Editor Scott Sakaluk (sksakal@ilstu.edu) by Oct 31!

Two little wild boars, seen through thick foliage with a lake in the background, having a nap against a tree

Don't disturb the wild boarlet lakeside siesta
#mammals #photography

A long-tailed tit perched on a leafy branch, seen from the side in blue morning light

Tiny dinosaur in the form of a long-tailed tit early in the blueish morning
#photography #birds

Thank you! I was always shocked how unfazed most Australian birds are. So much that they don't even fit in the frame when suddenly spreading their wings :)

Celebratory galah! 🪶

Close-up of a small Egyptian gosling, in white-brown plumage, on the ground looking towards the viewer.

Befuddled Egyptian gosling
#photography #birds

A carrion crow with a piece of bread in its beak on a grass field, being watched by another crow far away as a blurry, dark shape

The bread thief is ever watching from afar
#photography #birds

A fluffy, brown-white gosling stepping out of a river, with head turned sideways and one foot off the ground.

Egyptian gosling
#photography #birds

An adult common starling seen from behind, with its head turned sideways towards the camera, showing its iridescent spotty plumage while standing in a grass field.

Starlings are always unbelievable
#photography #birds

Two adult grebes on a lake, one preening in the foreground, the other surrounded by two swimming offspring and two on its back, on of which curiously looking at a sibling.

Great crested grebe parents with their four grebelets
#photography #birds

A Eurasian coot perched on a submerged stick on a lake while preening, its eye closed and bill under the wing.

Preening coot trying to distract me from its feet
#photography #birds

An Eurasian coot skipping over the surface of the lake captured at high frame rate, as if it's hovering over its reflection with a splash of water where it stepped.

New ballet coming soon: Coot Lake

#photography #birds

A young Eurasian coot on a lake, surrounded by reeds, tilting its head to accept a food transfer from a parent.

The coot family is hungry
#photography #birds

A fluffy brown-grey coot juvenile seen from the side, with orange bill, against a green grassy background

Young Eurasian coot
#photography #birds

A carrion crow walks towards the camera with its head tilted, surrounded by green grass and small flowers

One small step for crow, one giant leap for crowkind
#photography #birds

Sweden's Deputy PM admits to using fake AI quote in landmark speech Sweden's deputy prime minister, Ebba Busch, has admitted to using a fake AI quote in a speech at the Almedalen political festival, arguably her most high profile speech of the year.

The deputy prime minister of Sweden just made this blunder
www.thelocal.se/20250815/swe...

A carrion crow lying down in a meadow, surrounded by grass and small flowers.

"Corvids are so sinister, mysterious, and ominous"
Meanwhile, corvids in real life:
#photography #birds

‘Seek Funding’ Step Added To Scientific Method PARIS—In an effort to modernize the principles and empirical procedures of examining phenomena and advancing humanity’s collective knowledge, the International Council for Science announced Thursday t...

‘Seek Funding’ Step Added To Scientific Method

Thanks Rob!

A Eurasian nuthatch clinging upside down and vertically against a tree trunk in its typical pose, while holding a sprouted seed in its bill tip.

The trophy of a nuthatch
#photography #birds

Just silly little muppets

Three little grey-brown birds with yellow bills looking around while perched on a mossy stone

Three black redstart fledglings waiting for the next food delivery
#photography #birds

Close-up of a rainbow bee-eater from the side, showing its vibrant colourful plumage, red iris, and decurved bill, against a brown-grey background.

Portrait of a rainbow bee-eater
#photography #birds

Thank you!

Monochrome picture of several trees, with a crow perched in one, with thick smoke covering the grasses and termite mounds on the ground.

A Torresian crow in the smoky aftermath of a bushfire.
NT, Australia
#photography #birds

A monochrome image showing the silhouette of a black kite - its tail turned diagonally compared to its horizontal wings - through thick smoke with soot particles flying around, and dark branches of a dead tree on the side.

Masterfully navigating through thick smoke and rising soot, a black kite forages for flying insects escaping the blaze.
NT, Australia
#photography #birds

A dark image of a nankeen night heron juvenile facing the camera directly, with most of its body too dark to see details except some light on its back, bill, and yellow eyes.

Gaze upon this nankeen night heron, and despair
#photography #birds