10,000 Birds

JANUARY 10, 2024

I mean, what else was there to do really on an island lying far beyond any continental shelf, one of the most isolated places in the world located more than 2000 km (1200 mi) from the nearest major landmass, its only neighbours being the equally isolated islands of Ascension to the north and Tristan de Cunha to the south outside the tropics.

Madagascar 213

Madagascar ALA 2000 Birds 213

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 27, 2023

As I sit at my desk writing this post about the latest attempt at breeding for one of our pairs of Pied Oystercatchers I realise I have written 677 posts now for this website. The nest site has moved occasionally since I first observed one on Cable Beach in 2000. One large Pied Oystercatcher family !

Eggs 130

Eggs Australia Protection 2000 130

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 11, 2019

It was actually feared to be extinct until 2000, when four pairs of breeding pairs were discovered. .: It is critically endangered, with estimates of the remaining numbers ranging from 30 to 50 in some sources, a bit more in others.

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2000 Eggs Collecting Breeding 128

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

Each year the Sanderling depart from Australia and head north to Siberia to breed and then return to be observed running frantically along the water’s edge. The Sanderling would then continue north to breed and hopefully return once again to Australia several weeks later. Sanderling feeding on the boat ramp.

Australia 113

Australia 2000 2018 Breeding 113

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2021

Mid-May to Mid-Jun is the best time to see some of the most exciting species here, as this is the prime breeding time. Still, not a bird that merits flying 2000 km from your hometown. The driver later had a rather simple explanation – “I dozed off”). As usual, my timing to come to Balangshan was slightly off.

China 263

China Vietnam Birds Fast Food 263

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2020

Then about a 100 km to the Ismarida Lake and Porto Lagos lagoons for breeding and migrating waders. From Kerkini, I would have some 600 km more to reach home, about 2000 km in total. From there some 200 km to the Kerkini Lake National Park with its 310+ bird checklist, stopping en route at the Mt.

Greece 237

Greece Bulgaria Serbia 2000 237

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2014

Some predicted that at that rate the wood stork would become extinct by the year 2000. The wood stork occurs and breeds in Central and South America. As Secretary Jewell put it, it did not take just the Fish and Wildlife Service to get the stork to breed and produce more young. However, birds in the U.S. Photo: U.S.

North Carolina 198

North Carolina Bald Eagle South Carolina Florida 198

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 6, 2024

Light broke and after Couch’s Kingbird I spotted my 2000 th lifer: Crimson-collared Grosbeak. These parrots breed inside cavities in cliffs and they are very particular about the cliff. Marilyn and Leonardo picked me up at 4:30 hrs and we drove to our first stop: Pastizales de Santiago. A very good celebratory bird.

Parrots 160

Parrots Woodpeckers Coyotes Fast Food 160

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 25, 2019

It has been a few years since I could share some good news about the Pied Oystercatchers breeding along the coast near Broome. Hopefully you won’t mind me writing a bit more this year about Pied Oystercatchers during the breeding season! Five years ago there was one big exception to the rule, which I wrote about here.

Eggs 132

Eggs 2000 Family Breeding 132

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2024

” California Condors are thriving now, mostly, but Osborn’s experiences in the early 2000’s were years of triumph and heartbreak. I ended up looking for photographs of Peregrine hack sites, captive breeding aviaries, Hawaii tropical forest, and the California Condors of the Grand Canyon on the Internet.

California Condor 181

California Condor Falcons California Coyotes 181

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 13, 2011

If you have been on the receiving end of any guided birding you know that a good guide can make or break the trip and João was up there with the best in terms of his knowledge of the local sites, breeding birds and visitors, coping easily with our constant questioning.

Portugal 251

Portugal Legislation 2000 Adoptable 251

10,000 Birds

JULY 29, 2018

We have been busy walking the beach and keeping an eye on our local Pied Oystercatchers and the two pairs that laid their eggs earliest for the 2018 breeding season and successfully hatched out their chicks have now lost their chicks to predation. Pied Oystercatcher nest in the rocky sandstone. Animal prints leading to and from a raided nest.

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Eggs Feral Cats Feral 2018 120

10,000 Birds

JULY 25, 2012

Male Brown Teal showing some breeding plumage. Females and non-breeding males look similar The Brown Teal is endemic to New Zealand, and was once lumped with two closely related island forms, the Auckland Island Teal and the Campbell Teal. But names aren’t everything and there is plenty to say about this species.

New Zealand 172

New Zealand Ducks 2000 Suffering 172

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2014

And since the year 2000, we have an even greater bird, the… Greater Rhea ! On the contrary, the birds were quite satisfied with their new-found freedom and realms, and started breeding immediately after their escape in the spring of 2001, much to everyone’s surprise. Turns out, it wasn’t.

Germany 248

Germany 2000 South America Birds 248

10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2014

I have followed the breeding activity of the Pied Oystercatchers in Broome along Cable Beach since July 2000 when I found the first nest site and the birds have continued to use the same territories, though there have been some partner changes. The family stayed in the area and then left in late November.

2007 169

2007 Eggs 2002 2014 169

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 14, 2021

The best season for the north-west circuit is February to May, during the rains when most birds breed. The best timing is during the rains, April-May and October-November, when birds breed. Tanzania Tanzania has 1050 bird species, of which about 500 to 600 may be observed in 3 to 4 weeks. Lake Nakuru.

Africa 202

Africa Kenya Uganda Tanzania 202

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Hence, I was quite surprised with a brave, almost exciting paper by Brown, Forbes and Symes: “Recent history of the Egyptian Vulture in Southern Africa” (Vulture News, 2000). In the 1970s we had two to four breeding pairs, in the 1980s one to two, in the 1990s it was zero to two (irregular breeding).

Sudan 229

Sudan Macedonia Botswana Serbia 229

10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2012

It has not been seen in its small home range in central Vietnam since around 2000. The EAZA Galliformes Taxon Advisory Group, with help from the European Conservation Breeding Group of WPA, are paving the way for this to happen by initially identifying a pure group of unrelated birds from which to breed.

Vietnam 155

Vietnam 2000 Germany Asia 155

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2014

At the beginning of the 20th century they were nearly extinct, with no breeding pairs left in the west of Germany and just very few in Germany’s East. The majority of the population breeds east of the river Elbe, from Schleswig-Holstein in the north (85 pairs, up from the 3 mentioned above!) Go Eagles!! all the way to Saxony.

Eagles 168

Eagles Germany Breeding Hunting 168

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2020

The authors’ detailed delineation of problems with the accuracy of NYC breeding bird surveys or with the limits of historical writings may test a reader’s patience. Because, as this book demonstrates so well, it is sometimes important to look back in order to move forward. It’s a very mixed chapter.

New York City 151

New York City New York Birds Breeding 151

Critter News

AUGUST 22, 2010

In 2000, around 1,000 breeding pairs were known, but by 2009, the number had plummeted to just 120-220 pairs, a decline of 88%. During that time, adult survival appeared unchanged and breeding success was reasonable, but the recruitment of young birds back into the adult population was zero in all but one of the years studied.

Species 100

Species Myanmar Endangered Species Russia 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 16, 2012

I have observed Pied Oystercatchers breeding in an area on Cable Beach since July 2000. There have been successes some years at this location, but sadly this year the birds lost both of their attempts at breeding to predation. She had chosen our Pied Oystercatcher breeding site!

Turtles 103

Turtles Eggs 2000 Breeding 103

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

Over the next few days, the Alpine Accentors ( Prunella collaris ) will arrive on their high-Alpine breeding grounds – it is time to start singing, despite that the treeless Alpine landscape is still under metres of snow. all Alpine Accetor photos digiscoped (c) Dale Forbes. all Alpine Accetor photos digiscoped (c) Dale Forbes.

2011 213

2011 Breeders Deer Breeding 213

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Whitebaters are a peculiar kiwi breed of fishermen that catch tiny migratory baitfish and then fry them up in a kind of pancake. This was at least what I was left pondering this week as read about a rogue swan attack here in New Zealand that almost left a whitebaiter dead.

New Zealand 168

New Zealand Goats Gorillas 2000 168

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Kirtland’s Warbler is a classic niche species; they breed in only very specific conditions, which occur in only a very specific area. this species breeds. Fortunately, there were still a handful of immature birds alive at sea, and a few years later they were back on Toroshima breeding again.

Albatross 207

Albatross Endangered Species Bald Eagle Alaska 207

Critter News

OCTOBER 21, 2008

Prior to the 1970s, virtually all were descended from one breeding pair. Sadly, though, some 200,000 hamsters were used for research in the United States in 2000, third behind rats and mice. Now, one million hamsters are kept as pets, an increase of 41 percent since 2001. This includes the two sitting on the shelf in our house!)

Hamsters 100

Hamsters Mice 2001 Rats 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 15, 2014

There are a few spots where entering the heronry is allowed and the birds breeding in that section seem to be habituated to the visits. Off we sail to another breeding colony – that of threatened Dalmatian Pelicans. I haven’t said that we are inside a national park and these visits are strictly regulated. Practicalities.

Greece 162

Greece Pelicans Breeding Buffalo 162

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 23, 2015

Since discovering our first Pied Oystercatcher nest on Cable Beach in July 2000 we have observed the breeding of these local shorebirds along the coast between Gantheaume Point in the south and Willie Creek in the north, which is a distance of 23 kilometres. Pied Oystercatcher nest close to high tide and with added protection.

Feral Cats 158

Feral Cats Eggs Feral Cats 158

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 9, 2014

It breeds in Greenland, Iceland and Svalbard and overwinters (singly and at mountain top hot springs – if Hollywood is to be trusted) along the coasts of northern Europe. Sitting in the car and scanning the 2000 birds strong flock… Such a perfect moment. One of them was partially leucistic.

Geese 210

Geese Barn Owls Serbia Sheep 210

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2011

Thankfully the Paphos forest is quite a large Special Protection Area (SPA), Important Community Site of NATURA 2000, National Park (12,000ha), Nature Protection Area (5,000ha) and Permanent Forest Area according to forest law. Well no kidding! And there are efforts underway to prepare an integrated management plan for the forest.

Cyprus 157

Cyprus Breeders 2000 Protection 157

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2011

In my home state, Bald Eagles are breeding in 35 Ohio counties. Write your comment in the box provided (2000 characters or less) Do it by August 5, 2011 Snail mailed letters make an impression, especially when there are piles of them. Now they’re off the red list and bouncing back into the black. young per year.

Bald Eagle 257

Bald Eagle Eagles Hunting Kentucky 257

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2020

So, curious about which birds nest in two places, I quickly found out that it’s Phainopepla, a western bird, a relief because I was concerned that it might have implications for my data collection for the NYS Breeding Bird Atlas. copyright @2020 by David A llen Sibley. The Portfolio of Birds is comprised of 87 2-page spreads.

2020 264

2020 Birds North America Sparrows 264

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 2, 2014

This is evident in the introductory material, which includes sections on The Origin and Evolution of Borneo’s Birds, Conservation in Action, Vegetation and Bird Life in Borneo, Climate, Rainfall and Bird Breeding Seasons, and Bird Migration. The plates show differing plumages as required by the individual families and species.

Brunei 176

Brunei Asia Birds China 176

10,000 Birds

JULY 15, 2021

Over 2000 full-colour distribution maps for all regularly occurring species are seamlessly blended next to bird illustrations. Also, the distributions of subspecies breeding in the region are clearly mapped. Also, the distributions of subspecies breeding in the region are clearly mapped.

Colombia 264

Colombia 2000 South America Venezuela 264

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2021

My outing’s total count for water-dependent waterfowl, shorebirds, herons, gulls, and terns (I’m leaving land-loving Cattle Egrets out of this count) was around 120; the count for a similar date in 2018 was around 2000 individuals. A single Laughing Gull turned up in his breeding plumage, several months early.

San Francisco 264

San Francisco 2018 Mexico Ducks 264

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2020

For species with more than one subspecies in the region, the separate resident/breeding ranges of the distinct subspecies are indicated on the map. As I said before, well-marked subspecies groups receive full accounts, and the distributions of subspecies breeding in the region are clearly mapped. What I don’t like?

Japan 227

Japan Asia Birds 2000 227

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Here’s a diagram, available on the Audubon site , that compares its 2000 range with its anticipated 2080 range: Only 1 percent of the bird’s breeding range remains stable between 2000 and 2080 if global warming continues on its current course. Chestnut-collared Longspur is one of those.

Species 176

Species Los Angeles Science 2000 176