10,000 Birds
JULY 23, 2014
In the mid-1970s, a local breeder was burglarized and a few of his birds escaped, after which the breeder released his remaining stock of about 50 birds 1. This first map is data from 2002 through 2003. Like most dove species, Eurasian Collared-Doves are prolific breeders. Click on photos for full sized images.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 27, 2013
Cook’s Petrel ( Pterodroma cookii ) is another range-restricted breeder that nests on Little Barrier Island. The species was lost for over a hundred years before being rediscovered in 2003. This week it emerged that the island is important for another rare New Zealand bird, the critically endangered New Zealand Petrel.
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 15, 2011
In the case of Acorn Woodpeckers, they are cooperative breeders (as with many other polygynandrous species), which seems to predispose species to polygynandry. Alpine Accentors, on the other hand, are not cooperative breeders and females typically have very little to do with each other.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 9, 2019
A study conducted at Sultanpur (Abdul Jamil Urfi, Thangarasu Meganathan and Abdul Kalam) between 2003 and 2005 noted that the the clutch size was bigger in early nests. It was thought that later nests with smaller clutches were either replacement clutches from a failed nest or from low-quality breeders.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 14, 2022
South Africa is their steward and have been declared Special Nature Reserves under the South African Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act in 2003, which restricts activities on the islands to research and conservation management. The marine protected area status was designated in 2013.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 3, 2015
Many of these potential breeders though will not nest. This happened in 2003 when 73 birds died from Avian Botulism. Young Black-faced Spoonbills have only a small amount of black facial skin, light colouring on their bills and show black at the tips of their primaries. Perhaps they also have trouble telling who’s which.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 1, 2023
This is an introductory guide, as are all the guides in the ABA series, and it is an excellent one. © 2023 by Chris Earley and Scott & Nix, Inc., Bohemian Waxwing, p. 206, photo by Brian E. 2012), and (4) Waterfowl of Eastern North America, 2nd ed. 2020, all also published by Firefly); children’s books and books on bird feeding.
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