10,000 Birds

AUGUST 2, 2011

Besides the avian attributes of flight, feathers and laying eggs, potoos are quite possibly the most unbird-like birds in the world. This bird’s gape is impossibly large and cavernous and is used to net beetles, moths, insects and even small birds. What a truly fantastic and enigmatic bird!

Costa Rica 260

Costa Rica Jamaica Eggs Cooking 260

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

In theory the eggs are laid, the adults share the incubation of the eggs for 28 days and then fluffy chicks emerge. Well, basically it is a good area for putting a nest as there is ample food nearby and the dunes offer protection and good views of incoming predators. If only it was that easy!

Family 247

Family Eggs 2007 2008 247

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2015

Nest predation is the driving force of nest site selection by bird. Generally the more exposed the egg are, the more hidden or camouflaged the nest should be. Giant Hummingbirds build cup-shaped nests where eggs are exposed, but rather than hiding or camouflaging the nest, the biggest of all hummers generally places its nest in cacti.

Mammals 231

Mammals Rats Eggs Peru 231

10,000 Birds

JULY 19, 2020

Our first Pied Oystercatcher eggs for this year’s breeding season were laid early and were due to hatch last weekend. This pair of Pied Oystercatchers never seems to have a problem with incubating their eggs. They take it in turns over the twenty eight days sitting or hovering over the eggs. Pied Oystercatcher and chick.

2020 250

2020 Eggs Feral Cats Feral 250

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The poster bird of this area is the near-threatened Black-necked Crane. Not sure how I (or the bird itself) feel about the bird being named after a bird collector, though. A beautiful bird, but a disastrous name, if even some of the accusations against Przevalski of him being a massive racist are true. .”

China 250

China Mongolia Birds Russia 250

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

This unique sound belongs to the Carolina Wren , who unsurprisingly is the state bird of South Carolina! Adopted as the state bird in 1948 , the Carolina Wren actually superseded another species: the Northern Mockingbird. ” Those lawmakers took bird protection seriously! Carolina Wrens are impressive little birds.

South Carolina 231

South Carolina Legislation United States Birds 231

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 2, 2024

Britain’s Peregrine population collapsed in the early 1960s, the result of poisoning by organochlorine pesticides that either killed the birds or rendered them infertile. The peregrine’s comeback was due to protection and the birds’ own powers of recovery. It’s easy to explain why these birds seem so fond of cathedrals.

Falcons 246

Falcons Feral Tenant Eggs 246

10,000 Birds

JUNE 8, 2024

The sight, the sound and the smell, coupled with the sheer spectacle of seeing so many birds at once, makes viewing a big seabird colony an avian experience that can’t be compared with any other. These birds are all cliff nesters. Incidentally, there have been no recorded cases of bird flu at Bempton this year.

Puffins 245

Puffins Eggs Fish Culling 245

10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2012

Osprey pairs usually form at the nest site where females are fed almost exclusively by their mates prior to egg laying behavior 1. Copulation begins a couple of weeks before egg laying and usually occurs at the nest. References: 1 Birds of North America Online … A fish may love a bird, but where would they live?

California 255

California North America Sacramento Breeders 255

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2015

Producing a book about birds and nesting is a dangerous business. The truth is that there are few images cuter than baby birds in the nest opening their mouths and begging for food, but there are curmudgeons amongst us, myself included, who don’t like to admit this. And of birds courting and mating. We simply refuse to squee.

Eggs 263

Eggs Family 2006 New York 263

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2011

home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / Bird Surprises Bird Surprises By Bill • March 8, 2011 • 9 comments Tweet Share Sometimes we watchers see birds do things that surprise us—things birds are not supposed to do.

2011 244

2011 Michigan Birds Ohio 244

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 18, 2014

For example, in the Delaware Bay, warming coastal waters can cause horseshoe crabs to lay their eggs earlier than normal; conversely, more intense and frequent coastal storms can cause late spawning. In both cases, knots, which feed on the crabs’ eggs, can miss their peak refueling opportunity. Birds in Delaware Bay.

Endangered Species 160

Endangered Species Protection Delaware Species 160

10,000 Birds

JULY 25, 2011

First it was a bunch of baby waterfowl , then it was the baby Gadwall , then a variety of baby birds on the beach. Besides, it takes a hard- hearted, callous, and cruel person to have a negative reaction to fuzzy baby birds. What can I say? I am addicted to adorableness! … a. … a.

Eggs 250

Eggs Protection Birds 250

10,000 Birds

JULY 16, 2013

But there is one Cape bird that stands head and shoulders above the rest when it comes to character – the African Penguin. An African Penguin peers protectively around its fluffy chick. But their endangered status is belied by the fact that they are one of the easiest rare birds to find in Africa.

Penguins 250

Penguins South Africa Leopards Sharks 250

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Of course, that means that the birds I saw on September 30 are now somewhere in blogpost limbo, not having appeared in the September post but also not legitimately belonging in the October one. After this longish and completely irrelevant introduction, finally here is a photo of the first bird of September 30th, a Black-winged Cuckoo Shrike.

Deer 246

Deer China Birds Owls 246

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Serious birders may have an obsessive interest in birds, but one thing they universally don’t like are birds which, they believe, aren’t properly wild. This individual was photographed in India There’s one problem with this approach, as it can lead to birds being ignored.

Netherlands 246

Netherlands Geese Denmark Feral 246

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 20, 2013

Podicipediformes, aka Grebes, are freshwater diving duckish birds that are not ducks. That of course is true of many birds.) Like many birds, Grebes are mainly preyed on by other birds, but also, because Grebes liv in and on and near (mostly) fresh water, they are also preyed on by the smaller carnivores such as ferrets.

2010 261

2010 South America 2011 Argentina 261

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 17, 2014

Nearly wiped out by human heedlessness, development, and pesticide use, under the protection of the Endangered Species Act this handsome fish eagle has made a stunning comeback, rebounding in numbers and recolonizing areas where many thought they were gone forever. As an experiment, I also ran this book by a non-birding friend.

Bald Eagle 252

Bald Eagle Eagles Endangered Species Washington 252

10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2021

I am so happy to be back on 10,000 birds – I have missed Mike and Corey and my fellow Beat Writers! Normally I rant about environmental dangers and describe heartwarming/mind-boggling/headscratching wild bird rescues. These huge guys with long beards and Harley T-shirts were almost in tears when I told them the bird would be OK.

Transported 279

Transported Wildlife Rehabilitation Bats Opossums 279

10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2022

It has been more than 5 years since I last went to Australia, and I was even less of a qualified bird photographer then than I am now. So, the basic idea is to show 15 species of Australian birds in each post and give you the usual trivia about them. I guess it is a bird though. Admittedly, it is mostly grey.

Australia 259

Australia Koalas Parrots Birds 259

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 23, 2015

There are sixteen pairs of Pied Oystercatchers and they have varying success at raising young birds. 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.

Feral Cats 182

Feral Cats Eggs Feral Cats 182

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Mating systems and parental care patterns can be odd among birds. Male-female role reversal, happens in some familiar birds, but is rare. Male Phalaropes, Jacanas, Tinamous, and Rheas build nests, incubate the eggs and take care of the chicks. Females then begin to lay eggs in the nest the male prepared.

South America 190

South America Eggs Raised America 190

10,000 Birds

JULY 26, 2020

Following on from the sad loss of our first Pied Oystercatcher chick of 2020 the other eggs are now also hatching. Somehow the twenty eight days passed without the eggs being run over. Pied Oystercatchers always try and move away from the nest site as soon as possible once both eggs are hatched. They are designed for walking!

Eggs 232

Eggs Family 2008 2020 232

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2012

Of course, I jest a bit in the above paragraph because as a sometime New Jersey birder I have birded the Delaware Bay and seen sights such as the memorable image below, in which thousands of Red Knots, Dunlins, and Short-billed Dowitchers fly up as if connected telepathically. million in the late 1990’s.

Delaware 237

Delaware New Jersey Eggs Medical Research 237

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2020

The female Red-capped Plover immediately returned to the nest to incubate her eggs. The male Red-capped Plover was nearby and they generally incubate the eggs at night. Red-capped Plovers usually lay two very small eggs and they also need incubating for around twenty eight days similar to the Pied Oystercatchers.

Eggs 222

Eggs Rescue Protection Rights 222

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2023

Red-capped Plover nest We have mostly observed Red-capped Plover nests with two eggs, so she may well have laid another egg by now. The area was extremely exposed and at risk of being stood on or run over by a vehicle.

Eggs 243

Eggs 2011 Breeding Protection 243

10,000 Birds

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.

Dissection 264

Dissection Birds Europe Eggs 264

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 23, 2019

A discarded pigeon’s egg reminded me that spring is just around the corner and that nest boxes should be readied in anticipation. Find a site which offers some protection from the sun during the heat of the day and which allows a direct approach. appeared first on 10,000 Birds. What’s this? Where did winter go?

Eggs 203

Eggs Suffering Cats Protection 203

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 30, 2020

Gantheaume Point offers both food and protection for a young Pied Oystercatcher chick, which is very important when they are unable to fly. The adult bird stands out, but if the juvenile bird stays still it is not so obvious. The juvenile bird is in the photo below to the lower left of the adult.

Eggs 243

Eggs Breeding Family Protection 243

10,000 Birds

JULY 14, 2013

Along Broome’s coastline there are a lot less shorebirds during this time of year and those that do remain are either non-breeding migratory birds or they are resident shorebirds that breed along our coastline. In this situation we always stop immediately because the chicks or eggs may be a lot closer than you think.

Eggs 157

Eggs Australia Protection Breeding 157

10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2021

It’s a beautiful Spring morning… humming insects, calling birds. Maggie Ciarcia, a solo wildlife rehabilitator in Carmel, NY specializing in small mammals and game birds, received a notice from New York State Electric and Gas that tree trimming was scheduled for her neighborhood and someone would contact her.

Wildlife Rehabilitation 264

Wildlife Rehabilitation Wildlife Laws Game 264

10,000 Birds

MAY 10, 2020

They present a real threat to the birds and have been known to take young chicks. The adult Pied Oystercatcher that is sitting on the eggs will lay as flat as possible to protect the eggs. The post Black Kites breeding appeared first on 10,000 Birds.

Breeding 207

Breeding Eggs Raised Protection 207

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 11, 2019

In fact we often don’t have any chicks within two weeks of the eggs hatching and other pairs along the coast have not been successful yet this season. More eggs have been laid and hopefully other pairs of Pied Oystercatchers will soon have young to care for. Female on the left and two chicks next to the male Pied Oystercatcher.

Feral Cats 180

Feral Cats Eggs Shelters Feral 180

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

The first eggs were laid in the first week of July, which is the case each year. The eggs take 28 days to hatch and it is then at least 35 days before the chicks are developed enough to fly and there have been problems with predation as in other years. Pied Oystercatcher sitting on eggs in the nudist area of Cable Beach.

Breeding 182

Breeding Eggs Camels Shelters 182

10,000 Birds

MAY 26, 2024

By Clive Finlayson Growing up in Gibraltar, it is impossible not to notice large birds of prey, in the thousands, overhead. That, and his father’s influence, got Clive hooked on birds from a very young age. Pu blishing papers, articles, and books on birds aside, Clive is also a keen bird photographer.

Africa 246

Africa Morocco Senegal 2003 246

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. Egg collection for local consumption still continues at lower scale. The Andean Flamingo is now protected under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. Photo: Marcio Cabral de Mora – Flickr).

Chile 168

Chile Endangered Species Eggs Argentina 168

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2022

The one bird I did not see here, however, was the Bateleur Eagle … One highlight in the area is the Saddle-billed Stork , likely to be the tallest species in the stork family. This bird is represented in an ancient Egyptian hieroglyph. Can’t say that it is a particularly obvious name from seeing the bird.

Ostriches 147

Ostriches Parrots Eggs Africa 147