10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Europeans must use these to come and bear away in the name of civilization all these dregs of the human race. Finally, the Azure-winged Magpie raises a hen-and-egg question: What was first, the color of the bird or the color of the Tibetan prayer flag? Understated elegance is also something the White-browed Tit is rather good at.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Occasionally the Tristan Thrush Nesocichla eremita will prey upon chicks from the two-egg nest of the Inaccessible Island Rail but this not enough in any way to threaten the species. Its eggs are not known, it does not migrate, and it feeds, I understand, on insects and worms. Immature is overall brownish in colour with dark eye.

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Science Transported Shelters South Africa 239

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 2, 2022

One of Whittaker’s first experiments was to place other birds’ preen oil on the nests and eggs of Dark-eyed Juncos. It also, it turns out, contains ‘volatile compounds’ (“small chemical compounds that have a tendency to vaporize at room temperature”, p. 241) that contribute to a bird’s odor.

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Science Research Turkey 2006 264

10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2015

Having never birded Cape Henlopen State Park before I was kind of unsure as to the best place to go, so after entering the park on Sunday morning I pulled over to get my bearings and to figure out what route through the park I should take. The sunrises alone made getting up, out, and about so early worth it but the birds made it even better.

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Delaware New York North Carolina Birds 213

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

If you’re a cuckoo or cowbird hoping to pawn off your parenting duties on another species, new brood parasitism research shows you’ll have better luck if the eggs you deposit in their nest are blue-green instead of brown. And as a ferocious storm bears down on much of the northern U.S.,

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Massachusetts Eggs Falcons Bears 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 17, 2023

Most often encountered near to the village bearing the same name, this abundant grasshopper ultimately sprouts large wings and forms swarms which can decimate crops. This has obviously involved the active targeting of Moruga Grasshopper eggs and young, and an all-out attack involving chemical warfare.

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Trinidad Squirrels Investigation Bears 147

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

In North America, you’ve got Bears at the large end, Cats in the middle, and at the smaller end, the Mustilids. It is probably true that there is a near 100% overlap in the rodents and other small terrestrial animals, as well as ground bird eggs, eaten by Coyotes and feral Cats. Plus, Coyotes eat Cats.

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Feral Cats North America Feral Cats 257

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2011

What can be said is that among the vertebrates we see around us as we go on our birdwatching expeditions and nature walks, or visits to the retired professor, is this: Above a certain size, birds are small, numerous, and evenly distributed compared to mammals, while below a certain size mammals are small and hiding in the dark compared to birds.

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Mammals Rodents Reptiles Birds 208

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2022

.” And after separating all the parts of the boluses and presumably weighing them, your conclusion would have been that “the most regularly occurring food items recorded are fish (63%) and insects (33%)” (the other 4% are the few remaining bits of chocolate and gummy bears brought to the chicks by their grandparents.

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Birds South Korea Japan Abandon 162

10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2022

Like a bad boyfriend not changing into nicer clothes for an evening out, the Brown-cheeked Fulvetta gets chided on eBird for not making any efforts: “an unapologetically drab and unmarked fulvetta” The Chestnut-headed Bee-eater apparently digs nest-burrows in which to lay its eggs. “It is not deep enough yet!

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Myanmar Birds China Chicago 147

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Though the coast of British Columbia, a part of the Great Bear Rainforest, was rich in both, it was appallingly deficient in scientific data. The Achiever’s survey voyages took place from 2005 to 2008; the goal was to collect baseline data on sea mammals and marine birds. And, this was badly needed.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2021

The first guide bearing the National Audubon Society imprint was Audubon Bird Guide; Eastern Land Birds , written by Richard Hooper Pough, and illustrated by Don Eckelberry. Audubon guides to birds have been around since 1946. Plate 28 from Audubon Bird Guide, Eastern Land Birds, by Richard H.

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North America America California Condor Birds 279

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2023

As a consequence, even though the Verditer Flycatcher does not discriminate against foreign eggs, no cuckoo species has found a viable way to turn it into a useful stepparent. However, with time it has gotten better at rejecting eggs that do not mimic its own eggs well. “Hey, it’s such a beautiful sunny day!

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China Eggs Birds Woodpeckers 228

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

Once you reach Coconut Wells the road bears to your right and just as the bitumen ends you take a left turn towards the beach. Last weekend we went by vehicle to check on the Pied Oystercatchers that breed along that stretch of beach and there has been continued egg loss over the past few weeks. Pied Oystercatcher shading an egg.

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Eggs Birds Investigation Bears 140

10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2022

Once the egg has been laid, the female is chased away and the males hatch it.” Instead, this smallest member of the family Gaviidae breeds in small arctic and boreal lakes, bears relatively plain gray plumage … and utters a call during breeding that is generously described as cacophonous.”

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China Birds Pythons Breeding 261

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

It depicted a Common Loon ( Gavia immer ) sitting on eggs on a seemingly crude nest. Livingston, and on the dust jacket was a drawing of three Pine Grosbeaks ( Pinicola enucleator ) standing on a cone-bearing tree. Common Loon ( Gavia immer) This was a different artist. It caught my full attention and entranced me.

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Woodpeckers Birds Canada ALA 246

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2012

The IOC world birdlist recognizes 90 species that bear the name “weaver” or “malimbe” Not all of these are true weavers as we will discuss below. African Harrier-Hawks, snakes and other predators frequently raid weaver colonies to rob the nests of eggs and chicks.

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Tanzania Buffalo Kenya Namibia 259

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 22, 2024

So, like a football stadium named after an insurance company, the broadbill ended up bearing a name celebrating a sponsor. Interestingly, the first description of a nest of Whitehead’s Spiderhunter was only published in 2015. I guess it would not be ok to do this to your own relatives, but with strangers, it is probably ok.

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Indonesia Birds Charlotte Breeding 246

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2020

A European Robin ( Erithacus rubescens ) from British Birds and their Eggs by John Maclair Boraston (1909).

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Ireland Branding Spain Compassion 217

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2019

For instance, Frederick rejected centuries-old folk wisdom that claimed that Barnacle Geese ( Branta leucopsis ) – a species with a seasonal occurrence in Europe – were born not of eggs laid by breeding geese but were spontaneously incarnated from driftwood afloat at sea.

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2015 Italy Falcons Europe 113

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 29, 2024

Please bear with us while this update takes place.” ” Been bearing with them for quite a while now.

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Squirrels Birds China Bears 165

10,000 Birds

JUNE 28, 2018

That year Congress passed the Lacey Act, followed by the tougher Weeks-McLean Act in 1913 and, five years later, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, which protected not just birds but also their eggs, nests, and feathers 1. They are listed as Vulnerable (VU) on the IUCN red list. But I digress. It is obvious that hunting is NOT conservation.

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