10,000 Birds

JULY 13, 2023

The last time I was here, the National Park Director, Dr Theodoros Naziridis, told me they were waiting for a really high water level to pull the floating concrete raft (intended for breeding of pelicans) further away so the pile of rocks it was anchored to could become a foundation for the new wooden platform.

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Greece Pelicans Stray Dog Tortoises 246

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

While it certainly looks pretty and makes a charmingly rustic candlestick when empty, it can be a fussy and impractical packaging and it’s been abandoned by more and more Tuscan winemakers over the years in favor of more typical bottles. “Waiter, there’s some wine in my candlestick…” . The European Roller (c.

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2016 Abandon Abandonment Abandoning 250

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 22, 2019

Even in the comparable wilderness of coastal Shanghai, it is far more likely to see the tree sparrow near an abandoned hut than in a more pristine spot. It looks fairly flashy in its breeding plumage, much less so in winter. It is much more likely to be found in larger flocks, at least outside the breeding season.

Latvia 180

Latvia Sparrows Abandon Abandonment 180

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

Egg harvesting to sell as food was intensive then, with thousands taken annually from the breeding colonies in Chile. The initial decline in the Andean Flamingo’s population appears to have started as early as the mid 20th Century.

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Chile Endangered Species Eggs Argentina 168

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

Snail Kites now favor these ponds and breed around them. Adult kites are also known to abandon their chicks when they are unable to find enough food for the chicks and themselves. Exotic snails are so dense at these ponds that if a blindfolded person stick his hand anywhere in this pond s/he is likely to grab a snail.

Florida 247

Florida South America Bolivia Eggs 247

10,000 Birds

APRIL 3, 2016

This past week has seen thousands of shorebirds roosting on Reddell Beach having abandoned Simpson’s Beach near the port now our winds are starting to change as the season changes. You are then able to position yourself behind the shorebirds and enjoy their magnificent breeding plumage!

Taiwan 178

Taiwan New Zealand Japan Transported 178

10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2022

We made the executive decision to abandon that trail and try another – one which proved incredibly fruitful. Part of the flock of Laughing Gulls , all in fresh breeding plumage. At the start of this new trail we accidentally flushed a White-tailed Nightjar that was sitting on a lone pink egg.

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Trinidad Woodpeckers Ducks Abandon 264

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

The islands have long been abandoned and now host heronries in the summer and a horde of gulls in the winter. The best birds we came up with on our circuit of each island was Great Cormorants in breeding plumage, very nice birds to see but not the rare gulls for which we were hoping.

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New York City New York Jamaica Seals 217

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

They have expanded their range through Indonesia and into Australia and is found in post breeding dispersal as far north as South Korea and Japan. The following decades continued the great expansion, and it was recorded breeding in Canada in 1962 and Chile by 1970. There are two main subspecies, the nominate B. ibis and the eastern B.

Cattle 193

Cattle South Korea Suriname Seychelles 193

10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2017

Paving of the road across the Reva Pond started and was abandoned several months later: only the sidewalk was paved. Having mobility issues, I bird by car only (or by canoe, but that is another story , of friendship and loss). And most of my local patches, the best ones – at least, are not accessible by car any more.

Rights 176

Rights Serbia Abandon Abandonment 176

10,000 Birds

MAY 5, 2014

Every spring they totally steal the show in the northeast and you really can’t blame birders for abandoning their jobs, their families, and their sanity as they rush to New York City’s abundant and amazing parks to see the show live and in technicolor. And, of course, the wood-warblers. Hooded Warbler.

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New York City New York Kentucky Abandon 172

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 4, 2022

She offers up their historical scientific usefulness; ubiquitous presence in films; anatomy; diversity in breeds and appearance; relatives–from Dodo to Nicobar; and, in the longest chapter, their behavior, from cooing to wing clapping to riding the subway to courtship, nesting, and fledging. “Pigeons have lost their usefulness.

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New York City 2018 Abandon Abandonment 246

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Set in an abandoned oil refinery where wildlife is slowly regaining control save for the desperate attempts of golfers to retain all eighteen holes, industrial ghosts loom over rolling freshwater lakes bordered by fifty foot tall trees. The subtle white edging to the gape of this bird indicates it is near breeding time.

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Trinidad Birds Parrots Falcons 263

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2022

According to the HBW, when breeding, male birds do most of the incubation and parenting while females often leave the nest up to one week before the eggs hatch. According to Couzens, after laying the eggs, females sometimes immediately abandon their first mate and pair up with another male. End of side note. How efficient.

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Birds South Korea Japan Abandon 162

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 21, 2016

Walk to a small abandoned farm and keep on along the track, crossing a small canal via a small bridge (don’t worry about the gate) just after the farm. I’ve once seen Grey Partridges there, and the meadows have breeding Montague’s Harriers. You will then see an observation tower for viewing the Great Bustards.

Germany 124

Germany Mongolia Abandon Abandonment 124

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2022

Tragically, I never saw any birds near the nest later on – I guess they abandoned it, decided to quit procreating, or just got eaten by some other bird or cat. But the stars of the month were some breeding Eurasian Tree Sparrows. The male at work. The juvenile Chinese Blackbirds get older but still look kind of stupid.

Sparrows 147

Sparrows China Birds Tigers 147

10,000 Birds

MARCH 10, 2011

The vast majority of Baltimore Orioles that breed in North America return to the tropics between Mexico and northern South America for the cold half of the year. Instead I saw a flash of orange. Not a minute later, I’d scooped up my kid and sprinted back into the house for my binoculars and camera.

North Carolina 140

North Carolina 2011 St. Louis Baltimore 140

10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2022

. … Nest dismantling by the Hair-crested Drongo may be an adaptive behavior to increase fitness by reducing risk of future predation and competition for nest sites in the following breeding season” ( source ). The Brown Crake is not that easy to see in Shanghai even though it is breeding here. ” ( source ).

Mountain Goats 147

Mountain Goats Singapore Giraffes Birds 147

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.

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New York City New York Birds Breeding 227

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2023

All three species mentioned in this article breed on these islands, but the Piratic Flycatcher employs a truly piratic strategy: the breeding pair targets a recently built woven nest, often by a Yellow Oriole or Yellow-rumped Cacique but they have also been recorded targeting the nests of other flycatchers.

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Trinidad Abandon Abandonment Abandoning 223

10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2022

It appeared that many of the birds that we had seen on earlier visits this year had abandoned the area due to the huge expanse of water. It is highly likely that the Glossy Ibis will have a significant breeding colony close by, not dissimilar to 2017. It really can be too wet for ducks! Glossy Ibis in flight.

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Reptiles Ducks Abandon Abandonment 255

10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2013

I’ve seen Yellow Warblers in the low shrubs of Western New York pastures, the river valleys of Missoula, and the trees of abandoned industrial sites in New York City. They are not shy, not given to skulking in dense underbrush or retreating to the crowns of great trees.

Connecticut 231

Connecticut Baltimore North America New York City 231

10,000 Birds

APRIL 30, 2011

As a youngster of 10-weeks old, it is abandoned by its parents and left to fend for itself. Each year 120,000 birds visit the island to breed from March through August in burrows that riddle the landscape. You have got to admire the Manx Shearwater.

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United Kingdom Brazil Eggs Abandon 197

10,000 Birds

JULY 31, 2012

Neither even makes their own nesting cavities; they use the abandoned holes of other woodpeckers. Eurasian Wrynecks are found breeding across the temperate zones of Europe and Asia. Instead they forage on the ground, like flickers, for ants, or focus on rotted wood for ants and other insects.

Hungary 224

Hungary Asia Woodpeckers Africa 224

10,000 Birds

MAY 27, 2024

One website states that only 15% of the birds that hatch make it to become first year breeding adults, 6% make it to the second year, and 3% to the third year. Other species – such as starlings or t**s – stealing the nesting site of Eurasian Nuthatches is one of the major reasons for breeding failure.

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Iran Germany Research Humane 243

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 29, 2022

According to Tim Low (in “Where Song began”), “so easy were they to breed that by 1859 they cost less to buy in London than in Sydney.” ” Funny how the difficulty of breeding a species can be illustrated in simple monetary terms. Is it offensive to say that Australian Zebra Finches breed like rabbits?

Australia 147

Australia Birds Sheep Zebras 147

10,000 Birds

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. Government officials estimate that thousands of them are badly sealed.

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2010 Louisiana 2012 2011 269

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Each male builds numerous nests, most of which are rejected by the female, who will eventually select a nest she is happy with, allow the proud architect who usually hangs under his masterpiece to mate with her and then begins the breeding process. These nests can weight up to 1 ton!

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Tanzania Buffalo Kenya Namibia 260

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

The adults move to flocks, there may be two or three of them, that hang out mostly far off shore in the larger part of the lake, abandoning their embayments or otherwise protected areas. Breeding and wintering locations of Common Loons in western Maine (Rangeley and Moosehead Lakes region), USA, that received PTTs in 2011 and 2012.*.

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Humane Eagles Investigation North America 261

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2015

We also try to re-nest uninjured baby birds so we don’t interfere with a bird’s breeding cycle. A parent bird’s instinct to feed and protect their young is very strong, and they will not willingly abandon their babies. Unfortunately a bird’s nest location is not always perfect.

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Wounded Rescue Medical Cats 257

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2024

Interestingly, the molt of the males takes about 20 days longer than that of the females – the authors speculate that this is because of the different peak time efforts in breeding, with the males being involved earlier (singing, establishing territory) than the females (incubating, nestling care).

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Vietnam Fowl Birds Iran 246

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Brown Pelicans in non-breeding plumage. Both are the only Pelican in their non-overlapping breeding grounds. Peruvian Pelican in non-breeding plumage. Brown Pelican in Breeding Plumage. Peruvian Pelican in breeding plumage, photo: Olaf (Creative Commons – Flickr).

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Pelicans North America Peru Chile 157

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2023

One paper describes them breeding in a human settlement in abandoned clay jars. Now pairs of hornbills feed outside this correspondent’s window”. Indeed, this species seems to be the equivalent of weeds among the hornbill species. Unfortunately, the other hornbill species are not nearly as adaptable.

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Rhinoceros Singapore Transported Hunting 186

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2022

About half of all breeding Wandering Albatross nest on the Prince Edward Islands. After looking through every bar, we concluded that all had abandoned the ship without warning us. These are some of the many species that breed on Marion and Prince Edward Islands which are targeted by the mice population. and seabirders.

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South Africa Mice Albatross Africa 264

Animal Person

MARCH 9, 2010

Minus that role, the term implies, such an animal has no place; if they aren't some human's companion, or their companionship fails to please, they can be abandoned or killed" (8). However young and healthy, captives judged inappropriate for exhibition or breeding are considered 'excess' and usually are 'unloaded' or killed.

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Animal Vivisection Speciesism Puppies 100

4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 26, 2014

A certain breed, age, sex, temperament, that you think will fit into your home. A Pathway to Hope is dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation and adoption of abandoned dogs and cats, with a special focus on south to north rescue of northern breed dogs, the rescue of stray cats, and community outreach to further the cause of rescue.

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Shelters Rescue Adoptable Boarding Kennel 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

… The ordinance would allow Minneapolis residents to establish cat “colonies” where abandoned and wild cats can be fed but also vaccinated, neutered and identified in an effort to humanely cut their population and control disease.

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Feral Cats Feral Cats Minneapolis 256