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Flycatchers in the Cocoa

10,000 Birds

There is something about a mature rainforest, for example, that cannot be replicated by any human. Humans have altered their habitat for hundreds of years, creating various new habitats that some aspects of nature have come to colonize. When out birding, I prefer completely wild habitat. Piratic Flycatcher.

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The Usual Waterfowl: Junior Edition

10,000 Birds

They are almost unavoidable in their ubiquity, able to adapt to almost any urban or suburban environment humans can concoct. Pity the hen Mallard that gets abandoned by her mate and left to raise a nest full of ducklings completely on her own. In fact, control programs for both Canada Geese and Mute Swans are often implemented.

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Post Apocalyptic Steampunk Birding

10,000 Birds

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. These scarce residents are rarely seen – and even when visible, are usually quite wary of humans.

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Race for the Rescues

4 The Love Of Animals

This day of fun with Hollywood flair will raise funds for seven Los Angeles animal rescues, all non-profit 501c3 organizations, who together help save thousands of animal lives. Animal lovers Jane Lynch (Julie & Julia) and Carrie Ann Inaba (Dancing with the Stars) will help The Rescue Train host its 4th Annual 5k Run/Walk (3.1

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Revenge Birding (Shanghai, early June 2022)

10,000 Birds

An Ashy Drongo apparently spends approximately 71% of its time scanning (what non-scientists would probably call looking around), 9% eating (less than a typical Chinese human but much more than me), calling 7%, flying 7%, and 6% preening. Another – much rarer – drongo at Nanhui is the Ashy Drongo.

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How To Help A Baby Bird

10,000 Birds

That’s an old wives’ tale that says bird won’t take care of a baby bird with a human smell on it–not true at all. If you cannot find the nest or it’s too destroyed, do not try and raise a chick this young. It’s illegal to raise wild birds (even orphaned ones) without state and federal permits.

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Parental Investment Theory

10,000 Birds

You’re a mammal, so you might be tempted to use yourself as an example mammal, but humans are actually kind of bad examples of mammals, so perhaps we’ll use a well studied hoofed animal instead. It has been shown that courtship is negatively correlated with abandonment. Think about the difference between birds and mammals.

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