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A few more Pied Oystercatchers start to breed

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We know Pied Oystercatchers have used the area since 2000 and most likely for many years before that. They were successful last year at raising one of the chicks, which is a rare event in Broome. The rocky outcrop changes slightly each year as the sand moves around with the wind.

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Avian Images from a Texas Big Week

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At the speed the team was moving, I could barely raise my bins before everyone was back in the van. 1/4000sec @ ISO 2000 Long-tailed Duck was the “star” of the Galveston FeatherFest , and a write-in for the Great Texas Birding Classic. 1/2500 sec @ ISO 2000 a. We found it at the jetty next to the Bolivar Ferry landing.

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The Brown Teal

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Unlike the situation in Mallards the males of the Brown Teal will remain with the female after laying to guard the breeding territory and even helping raise the ducklings once they have hatched. They are also highly territorial, and will aggressively chase off other members of their species as well as other species of ducks.

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Introducing the African Birding Beat

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I was fortunate to have been born and raised in Africa, and although I have traveled extensively around the world, it remains my home and in my blood. Since 2000 Adam has been the sole owner and managing director of Rockjumper and has also founded Indri – Ultimate Mammal Voyages (2008) and Oryx – Worldwide Photographic Safaris (2010).

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314 U.S. Bird Species Threatened — Many with Extinction — by Global Warming

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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.

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Pied Oystercatcher chicks four weeks on….

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We continue to have egg predation at many of the nest sites and chick loss, but one pair of Pied Oystercatchers is being successful in raising two chicks so far. There has never been two eggs hatch and two chicks survive for more than about ten days since we started to keep an eye on them in 2000.

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Polygynandry and avian swingers

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to have and raise children. I cannot seem to find any evidence that any of the other accentors are polygynandrous; at least some of them seem not to be. Should we see a parallel between the alpine accentor and traditional populations of the highest mountains in the world?

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