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APRIL 6, 2014

The breeding season in the north of Australia starts from about July 1st and there are often several attempts if the eggs fail, are lost or the chicks don’t survive. On July 1st 2007 an egg was laid by a Pied Oystercatcher that was known to be an adult in 2002 and had been banded in nearby Roebuck Bay. Hermit Crab in lid.

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AUGUST 23, 2015

To the north they are very unlucky with predation before the eggs even hatch out, but to the south the eggs hatch out and then the predation occurs on the chicks. A normally quiet species, that walks a lot more than it flies, takes on a whole new role once it has laid eggs.

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AUGUST 20, 2013

Nearly 90% of the nests failed during egg stage, mainly due to strong winds and depredation by American mink Neovison vison. Biotic includes predation of eggs and chicks by gulls, competition and predation by rainbow trout, and predation of eggs, chicks, and adults by mink. Roesler, I.; Casañas, H.; Imberti, S.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 21, 2012

In this way, the cuckolding Cuckoo can convince its cuckoldee, the Reed Warbler, to back off when the Cuckoo comes around, allowing the Cuckoo to toss out one of the Warbler’s eggs and replace it with one of its own, to be raised by the hapless Warbler parents. Science 3 August 2012: 578–580 a.

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Hungary 2012 Science Eggs 173

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AUGUST 12, 2012

After 28 days of sharing the duty of sitting on three eggs we finally had the arrival of our first Pied Oystercatcher chicks for 2012 on Friday August 3rd. It is unusual for three eggs to be laid here in Broome and many eggs do not even hatch due to predation each season.

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Eggs Dogs Shelters Family 176

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JULY 16, 2012

Some might contest this, saying that Dr. Seuss’s Horton Hatches An Egg precedes Eastman’s book by twenty years. But since Horton is an elephant, and since the creature that hatches from the egg is an elephant-bird, I’m going to wait till 10,000 Birds does a Hybrid Bird Week before discussing this representative of the Seussiverse.

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Birds Switzerland Owls Lions 209

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JULY 3, 2012

As a Northeast birder I am familiar with the alarming decrease in the number of Red Knots along Atlantic shores and have signed petitions and written e-mails calling for legislation and rules that will limit the overharvesting of the horseshoe crab, whose eggs Red Knots depend on. Rutgers University Press/Rivergate Books, 2012.

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Delaware New Jersey Eggs Research 178

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JULY 3, 2012

And we headed down to this part of the world in early 2012 to find out more about these threatened birds. This is worrying because paired birds generally only lay one egg and the breeding cycle can be very irregular. This is due to the fact that only around 13% of paired birds successfully fledge a young bird.

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Botswana South Africa Africa Ethiopia 148

Critter News

JUNE 10, 2011

The Spanish government has taken the unusual step of issuing a royal decree to compel farmers to report on what action they are taking to comply with the 2012 conventional cage-ban and if they require any government assistance. Here's an excerpt from Farmers Weekly Interactive.

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Spain Animal Welfare Welfare Egg Industry 100

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JULY 3, 2016

Traditionally since 2000 we have encountered our first Pied Oystercatcher eggs in the first week of July, but this year one pair have decided to start laying eggs early! Sadly they have already lost one clutch of eggs to predation, so by July 1st this year they are on their second clutch. Pied Oystercatcher nest.

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JULY 1, 2018

This year is the eighteenth year since we discovered our first Pied Oystercatcher nest on Cable Beach in Broome and it didn’t take us long to realise that they are not at all successful at raising young due to egg and chick predation. Each year we hope for anther success, but so far it has not happened. Pied Oystercatcher nest.

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JULY 20, 2014

We have seen them on remote beaches hunting shorebirds and taking their eggs and they have been responsible for much of the egg loss in breeding Pied Oystercatchers along the Broome coast. Feral cat predation on Pied Oystercatcher eggs. On another occasion in 2012 we had four Rock Doves on a power line in town.

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Australia Species Feral Cats Feral 157

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

They may be about bird eggs ( The Most Perfect Thing: The Inside (and Outside) of a Bird’s Egg , 2016), or a 17th-century ornithologist ( Virtuoso by Nature: The Scientific Worlds of Francis Willughby, 2016), or How Bullfinches learn songs from humans ( The Wisdom of Birds: An Illustrated History of Ornithology.

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Dissection Birds Europe Eggs 215

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JUNE 7, 2012

Jackson, 2012. A nest wasn’t found until 1903, which set off a craze for Kirtland’s Warbler skins, nests, and eggs. The University of Michigan Press, 2012. photo by Lynn C. The Kirtland’s Warbler is divided into three sections: The Past, The Present, The Future. By William Rapai. Hardcover, $24.95

Michigan 226

Michigan Bahamas Endangered Species Research 226

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. Rest assured that those 10,000 Beat Writers who did not submit a Best Bird of the Year will see only coal in their stockings and nary a life bird in 2012!

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2011 Birds South Korea North Dakota 179

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AUGUST 9, 2018

Birds are able to fly away, but their nests and eggs can be destroyed. Vicki states that fire benefits several bird species, like the Black-backed Woodpecker which feeds off the bark and wood-boring beetles that lay eggs in the charred trees. Fire can also cause wildlife to be burned, dehydrated and malnourished.

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Wildlife Sacramento Shelters Connecticut 102

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OCTOBER 1, 2013

Wingate cannot battle DDT when it starts affecting the cahow eggs, but he can provide scientific evidence that is included in the landmark suit that results in its banning. photo of Elizabeth Gehrman: Ingrid Skousgard, 2012. Beacon Press, 2012. —————-. by Elizabeth Gehrman. Hardcover, 256 pages.

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Rats Breeding Birds 2012 166

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

That is a big difference compared to the 2,000+ singing males detected in 2012, well above the recovery goal for this species set by the U.S. The most notorious effect is that their eggshells become so thin that a parent bird will crush it’s eggs while attempting to incubate them. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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Albatross Endangered Species Bald Eagle Alaska 202

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NOVEMBER 5, 2013

There were three profound questions my birding group discussed while we birded Trinidad and Tobago, back in December 2012: (1) How many Bananaquits could fit on a banana? (2) And, to make things even more confusing, why did Ian’s 2012 ffrench guide list the motmot under its old name, Blue-crowned Motmot? . I was confused.

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Trinidad South America Birds 2011 193

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JULY 2, 2024

The text describes the species’ appearance, including plumages and molts, habitats, migration patterns, feeding behavior, courtship and breeding behaviors, nest and egg information, subspecies, and population data.

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North America America 2006 Delaware 259

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

They breed in dense colonies, incubate their single egg on the feet, and take more than a year to fledge a chick. Princeton University Press/WILDGuides/South Georgia Heritage Plus Publishing Paper, 2012, $24.95, £17.95 ISBN: 9780691156613 200 pp.; 368 color illus.

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Georgia Penguins Wildlife Whales 173

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JULY 10, 2012

All the inhabited continents except Africa have experienced bird extinctions; however the 2012 update of the IUCN Red List shows a startling, but not altogether unexpected, trend in that more and more of our bird species are facing extinction. A pair of Hooded Vultures in Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania by Adam Riley.

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Endangered Species Species Morocco South Africa 187

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

The team explored Nevada and Utah, with Ridgway collecting thousands of bird specimen, plus nests and eggs for the Smithsonian. Yale University Press, 2012. By the age of 16, thanks to Baird, Ridgway was part of the team of the Fortieth Parallel Survey, one of the great surveys of the western frontier. 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 with illustrations.

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Illinois Collecting Alaska United States 147

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

21, 2012 To the Editor: Blake Hurst’s observations about happy pigs and unhappy farmers aren’t about the well-being of either. 20, 2012 To the Editor: Blake Hurst asserts that “production methods should not cause needless suffering,” but the position he takes does just that. BOBBIE MULLINS Norfolk, Va., SUZANNE McMILLAN Dir.,

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New York Times New York Gestation Crates Gestation 40

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. Felonious Jive really likes a ravishing returning rarity – a Falcated Duck.

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2012 Guatemala Birds Florida 146

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APRIL 2, 2013

Brauning, a Summary of Atlas Results by Physiographic Region and Section, Breeding Phenology (date ranges of nest building, nest with eggs, nest with young, fledged young), Atlas Safe Dates (the period of time within which it is safe to say that if you saw or heard a bird in suitable habitat it is likely breeding, ruling out migrants).

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Pennsylvania Breeding Sparrows Birds 225

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AUGUST 4, 2015

million by the EPA in 2012 and was sold to Global Harvest Foods in 2014. He’s also worked with the National Wildlife Refuge System, co-led birding tours to Alaska, and co-authored A Guide to the Nests, Eggs, and Nestlings of North American Birds (1997). Scott’s was fined $12.5 Margaret A. The writers have created a good book.

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America Squirrels Industry Birds 227

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FEBRUARY 3, 2015

These fossils are seen as proof that some dinosaurs brooded over its eggs. “Feathery forearms would have allowed these emu-sized dinosaurs to shade their eggs from the head of the midday sun 80 million years ago” (right, Dinoguy2/Wikimedia). Like birds. The book begins with the discovery of Archaeopteryx in Germany in 1861.

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Mongolia Reptiles Science Indiana 181

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NOVEMBER 5, 2019

The lengthy Introduction gives both a personal history and a global history of birds and art, including brief profiles of John James Audubon and the far lesser known Genevieve Estelle Jones, who conceived of a book eventually called Illustrations of the Nests and Eggs of Birds of Ohio in the late 19th century.

Birds 147

Birds Eggs Laws Oregon 147

Critter News

JANUARY 25, 2012

1, 2012, egg-laying hens across many European countries will live with fewer discomforts: The European Commission has officially implemented its ban on battery cages, the notoriously cramped cages used by many egg farmers and criticized by animal rights proponents and veterinarians who call them cruel and harmful to the birds' welfare.

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Battery Cages Battery Animal Welfare Welfare 100

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OCTOBER 3, 2017

Some offer nest information, egg information, breeding timeline, in flight views, etc. Eggs and nests are a major topic of information for some guides; Slater, as you can see, illustrates eggs, and Simpson and Day and Morcombe each offer sections on nesting behavior. 2009): Field Guide To Australian Birds, rev.

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Australia Penguins Birds New Zealand 106

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 4, 2015

We had not done “year lists” until we started here in 2012 , because a few other Beat Writers had decided to and really…why not! The adult Pied Oystercatchers were still at their non-breeding site at Gantheaume Point and will no doubt lay their first eggs for 2015 in the first week of July.

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MAY 20, 2012

Admire the modest scrape and speckled eggs of the Killdeer a. Tell us in the comments section about the rarest, loveliest, or most fascinating bird you observed. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.

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2012 New York Fish Eggs 158

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DECEMBER 20, 2012

But Yuletide celebrations herald more than just egg nog, latkes, and Secret Santa swaps. If you haven’t noticed, the holidays are upon us. Don’t worry… there’s still time to panic! One of the historic highlights of this season for bird watchers is the Christmas Bird Count ! Are you participating in any CBCs this year?

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2012 Eggs California Birds 135

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2018

Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Munuscong WMA (Munuscong Potholes). 28 May 2018. Clay-colored Sparrow – Spizella pallida. Munuscong WMA (Munuscong Potholes). 28 May 2018. 28 May 2018. 28 May 2018.

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2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 101

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NOVEMBER 3, 2018

Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Munuscong WMA (Munuscong Potholes). 28 May 2018. Clay-colored Sparrow – Spizella pallida. Munuscong WMA (Munuscong Potholes). 28 May 2018. 28 May 2018. 28 May 2018.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Munuscong WMA (Munuscong Potholes). 28 May 2018. Clay-colored Sparrow – Spizella pallida. Munuscong WMA (Munuscong Potholes). 28 May 2018. 28 May 2018. 28 May 2018.

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