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JULY 21, 2022

Europe has one species (Eurasian Spoonbill), the Americas have one (Roseate Spoonbill), Australia two (Royal and Yellow-billed Spoonbill), and Asia has two as well (Eurasian and Black-faced Spoonbill). Studies on improving ostrich egg hatchability. Ostriches originated in Asia. Ostrich industry in Egypt. and the very topical.

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Ostriches Parrots Eggs Africa 147

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MARCH 13, 2011

She also monitors Pied Oystercatchers breeding along a 23km stretch of beach by bicycle and on foot. Speaking of pregnant snakes, do sea snakes lay their eggs ashore like sea turtles or do they keep them internally until the young are ready to hatch/ be born, like some sharks? It seems like there is great diversity in this continent.

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Australia Sharks 2011 Deer 199

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JULY 18, 2022

I do not get too many comments on my blog posts, but it seems that whenever I write about jacanas – whether in Africa, Australia, or Asia – there is an unusually high number of reactions (well, maybe one or two rather than the usual zero) from female readers. This is ok as birds do not have teeth anyway). How efficient.

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JULY 14, 2018

A female Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus will have taken an egg from the warblers’ clutch and replaced it with her own. But when a dragonfly was offered, everything went quiet (for all you oders, it was a Blue Dasher Brachydiplex chalybea, a libellulidae common across much of Asia. Slightly tangy, I’m told ).

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Eggs Asia Breeding Rights 100

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JULY 26, 2024

However, it’s not until the end of the first week of May that the majority of the breeding birds return to our village. The first eggs are usually laid at the end of May or sometimes in the first week of June, but this can vary depending on the weather. Both sexes incubate, with the eggs taking an average of 19 or 20 days to hatch.

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Liberia Africa Breeding Mozambique 246

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JUNE 24, 2024

Research required to determine its feeding ecology and breeding biology.” ” “Breeding Mar–Jun. Habitat: Range and Distribution : Sunbirds : Found across Africa, the Middle East, and parts of Southeast Asia, inhabiting a variety of environments including forests, savannas, gardens, and shrublands.

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Vietnam Birds Woodpeckers Bangladesh 246

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OCTOBER 30, 2011

They breed from July to March in Southern Australia and from September to June in the north. They often call with a whooping bugle trumpet sound in flight and the sound is similar to a Channel-billed Cuckoo , which are returning to the Broome area from Asia to breed.

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Bats Asia Australia Eggs 233

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NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Of course, it is hard to resist looking at a paper titled “Host personality predicts cuckoo egg rejection in Daurian redstarts” Basically, the personality of a female redstart (bold or shy) predicts the responses to parasitic eggs – bold hosts are more likely to reject parasitic eggs.

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Birds China Eggs Owls 272

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

This population’s breeding range is covers much of the Eastern Arctic, from northern Labrador up to Ellesmere, in as far west as the Kivaliq region (Rankin Inlet, Arviat). The population that nests in the western reaches of North America’s Arctic will cover about twice that distance, through Asia and down in to Africa.

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Somalia Africa Nigeria North America 255

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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. They are incredibly cunning and not easily trapped. Rock Doves in Broome.

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Australia Species Feral Cats Feral 157

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AUGUST 18, 2022

Around this time of the year, the first few waders are back in Shanghai from their breeding grounds far further up north. Generally, being back here early is not a very good sign – it may indicate a failed breeding attempt, as suggested for Asian Dowitchers in a paper on their presence in Lianyungang somewhat further north of Shanghai.

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Cattle Portugal Buffalo Alaska 147

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JANUARY 9, 2023

The Bar-backed Partridge is a species of partridge found in southwestern China and Southeast Asia. Another, somewhat more interesting study suggests that nest sanitation (ornithologists speak for cleaning up your room) helps Common Tailorbirds to recognize and eject parasitic eggs.

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AUGUST 7, 2023

Indeed, most cuckoo eggs are accepted by the babax ( source ), although a small proportion of hosts reject cuckoo eggs and often boast about this capability when having a few too many drinks. He spent the years from 1836 to 1858 in Asia, first in Indonesia, then in China, partly as the consul of the city of Hamburg in China.

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Hamburgers China Science Birds 246

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JULY 4, 2023

What the Owl Knows is organized into nine chapters: introduction, adaptation (including vision and flight), research and researchers, vocalization, courtship and breeding, roosting and migration, cognition, and two chapters on owls and humans–captive owls (not zoos, educational owls) and owls in our cultural history.

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Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 246

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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. Barker and Carrol L. Harrison, 2005, PUP).

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Ducks Geese North America Hunters 178

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AUGUST 1, 2022

A paper titled “Crested Goshawk Accipiter trivirgatus may adapt well to life in urban areas across its range in Asia” already made the same observation in 2018. Apparently, after a male first mates with a female, he throws out the first one or two eggs she lays in their nest. Black-naped Orioles are breeding in Fengxian.

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