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.

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JUNE 4, 2017

The first time we ever observed an Australian Painted Snipe was on Grant’s birthday in 2011 near Broome and since then we have had numerous other encounters, but this year for the first time we have seen them both nesting and with young. Australian Painted Snipe nest with four eggs. Four eggs in the Australian Painted Snipe nest.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The goal of Around the World For Penguins is simple: Describe the 18 species of penguin and their breeding grounds “from the perspective of a traveller.” Plantema gives highly detailed information about the weather, terrain, ownership of and access to the islands and coasts where penguins breed. Press, 2011).

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Penguins Albatross Georgia New Zealand 279

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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.

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Albatross Endangered Species Bald Eagle Alaska 253

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NOVEMBER 8, 2015

Egg loss to predation has been extraordinarily bad this year and all of the nests mentioned in the last post were lost and all of the pairs of Pied Oystercatchers laid a new clutch of eggs. In fact they have not just laid once again, but many pairs have laid up to five clutches of eggs this season.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 19, 2011

2011 is about to become 2012 and birders the world over are taking a look at their year lists and reminiscing about the awesome sightings and devastating dips that they have experienced. This year I watched them from the day they arrived , until two chicks successfully hatched, the northernmost breeding record for the species.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2011

As I watched, it slowly moved into a patch of dried vegetation and I noticed that it was settling over a single egg. Two or three eggs may be laid and either bird may incubate. A multi-part trip report from Cape Town can be found at Redgannet, March 2011. Elephants Eye Mar 19th, 2011 at 7:34 am I vote for night-plover.

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APRIL 10, 2013

About three billion birds fly north to the Boreal Forest each spring to build nests and lay eggs. About 3 billion of North America’s landbirds, 26 million of its waterfowl, and 7 million of its shorebirds breed here. There are nearly 100 species of which 50% or more of the entire population breeds in the Boreal Forest.

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AUGUST 13, 2014

” The report continues: “Following the breeding season, most tricolors are found in the Sacramento Valley where they aggregate with red-winged and other blackbird species and feed, often in large flocks, on ripening rice. The California population estimate derived from the Survey was 145,000 birds. www.youtube.com/watch?

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Blackbirds California 2014 Sacramento 244

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AUGUST 6, 2013

It covers 63 odonate species: 44 breeding species (19 damselfly, 25 dragonfly), and, in a second part of the Species Accounts, 19 vagrant, potential vagrant and former breeding species (5 damselfly, 14 dragonfly). Sections on Behaviour, Breeding Habitat, and Population and Conservation offer brief but specific information.

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Ireland France Breeding Eggs 232

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JULY 10, 2012

Image by Adam Riley Since 2011, the list of Critically Endangered species (meaning they are facing an extremely high risk of extinction) has risen from 189 to 197, and Endangered (facing a very high risk of extinction) from 381 to 389. In this blogpost I will discuss ten of the 60 endangered species that are resident on the African continent.

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Endangered Species Species Morocco South Africa 238

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APRIL 17, 2012

Oil begins to wash up on the beaches throughout May and June of 2010 May 6, 2010 Oil washes ashore on the Chandeleur Islands off the Louisiana coast, an important nesting and breeding area for many bird species. October 26, 2011 BP is awarded a permit to drill another exploratory well in the Gulf of Mexico.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2022

The Wryneck is full of stunning photos of Wrynecks–anting, flying, nesting, writhing, being ringed, their habitat areas, nests, eggs, and closeups of museum specimens. copyright © 2022 Gerard Gorman. Many photographic images are full or half-page, allowing us to enjoy the elegance or weirdness of the image.

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Woodpeckers Hungary Thailand Europe 264

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JUNE 7, 2012

A lovely looking and distinctive sounding bird (so they say, I sadly have not seen one…yet), the Kirtland’s Warbler can only be found during its breeding season in Jack Pine forests 5 to 20 years old in the northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan. Fish and Wildlife Service endangered species list.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

The second edition, with the slightly different title Birds of Trinidad & Tobago , was published in London in 2011. The 2011 edition of the Kenefick book, the one with the green-bordered cover, can also be purchased through Buteo Books, the Book Depository and a couple of other online booksellers. by Martyn Kenefick, Robin L.

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Trinidad South America Birds 2011 248

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JULY 21, 2011

The clifftop habitats along rocky shores of the North Atlantic (on both sides of the pond) abound in bird biomass during breeding bouts, for instance. Accessed July 12, 2011 at [link] a. There are probably other major trends that depend, for example, on latitude and timing. Sources Laden, Greg. Birdingblogs.com Leigh, Egbert Giles.

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Mammals Rodents Reptiles Birds 233

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JUNE 1, 2021

There are sections, ranging in length from a paragraph to two pages, on taxonomy, bird names, habitat, ranges, migration, courtship and breeding, flight, bird intelligence, bird communication; identification; finding birds, life lists; optics and photography; ethics; bird feeding; and conservation. These are all informative and current. .

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North America America California Condor Birds 279

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2012

As 2012 draws to a close we here at 10,000 Birds thought that it would be a great idea if we, like we did in 2010 and 2011 , shared our Best Birds of the Year. Red Junglefowl by Mike Bergin Clare Kines chose an egg as his Best Bird of the Year. Secretive, silent and undetectable outside of its breeding season, found only in the U.S.

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2012 Guatemala Birds Florida 207

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

Our last visit to Herdsman Lake was in winter in June 2011 and last Sunday was a beautiful hot summer day and most people appeared to be inside as we spent several hours circumnavigating the lake system. We could just see two eggs on the floating nest and the bird had a fair bit to say to us as we passed by. Australian Hobby.

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Ducks Australia Birds Pelicans 211

10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2011

home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / Beautiful Blue Backyard Bird Beautiful Blue Backyard Bird By Jochen • March 10, 2011 • 9 comments Tweet Share There is a lot of whining associated with colours and Europe’s birds. Such a fun post.

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2011 Birds Deer Europe 221

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MARCH 3, 2015

He has authored Woodpeckers of Europe (2004), Birding in Eastern Europe (2006), a monograph on The Black Woodpecker (2011), and numerous popular and scholarly articles. I also enjoyed the breeding photo series, showing Downy Woodpecker eggs and then hatchlings within a breeding chamber in a tree, with only a few wood chips to support them.

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Woodpeckers 2002 Europe Philippines 264

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

The population decline is generally blamed on habitat destruction and introduced predators, but inter-breeding may also be to blame. Foxes have also been known to take their eggs and there are now numerous local groups who endeavour to help the populations of Hooded Plovers along their local coastlines.

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Species Australia Birds Parrots 221

10,000 Birds

MAY 15, 2011

It is from the Jan Smuts airport restaurant and offers (in two languages) chilled fruit juice, rolled oats, corn flakes, rice krispies, smoked cod, calfs liver, broiled bacon, eggs, corned beef, ham, polony, tea, toast, coffee, marmalade, jam and honey!

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South Africa United States Alligators Austin 182

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2018

Not wishing to disturb the bird, Kevin resigned to hold his reverent stance until the eggs she laid hatched and the young blackbirds fledged, which he did with stoic perseverance for weeks. What’s the eBird breeding code for that? Saint Kevin and the blackbirds.

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Blackbirds Wounded Stray 2013 154

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2021

This may have been partly a leftover from the Victorian fascination with egg collecting (the infamous passion known as oology), but probably more from people’s burgeoning interest in the nests and eggs found in their gardens and fields, gateway artifacts to a newer hobby called birdwatching. Baicich and Colin J.

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Eggs United States Sparrows Birds 264

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

.” It is a relief to eventually reach the chapter on The Life of Waterfowl, written in a much more conversational style and unashamedly fascinated with waterfowl’s unique breeding behaviors. Authors: Richard Crossley is known as co-author of The Shorebird Guide (with Michael O’Brien and Kevin T. Sullivan, 2013, PUP).

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Ducks Geese North America Hunters 178

10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2011

Breeding behaviour and plumage was very apparent, but John Wise , an ex-pat Brit now resident in Orlando, told me that the birds’ activities had been held up for a couple of weeks during a cold snap that saw frosts in Florida. Boat-tailed Grackles count eggs and chicks as part of their diet and they were well represented here today.

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Alligators 2011 Deer Florida 153

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 25, 2022

I wrote about our second holiday in Tasmania in 2011 and I would recommend a few weeks travelling around the island to truly enjoy all that it has to offer. Echidna-egg laying mammal-500th post. Australian Painted Snipe breeding near Broome once again. Our next holiday island was Tasmania as we moved to bigger islands!

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