10,000 Birds
JUNE 17, 2013
For a birder, a sighting of a Tricolored Blackbird is a treat. In these situations, the birds have been treated like pests and targeted for extermination, or lost their eggs and nestlings to harvesting of the fields. All photos by Keiller Kyle, courtesy of Audubon California.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 28, 2013
I know this not from the gradual appearance of robins, grackles, and blackbirds around me, but rather from the fact that our local schools are about to embark on spring break. We won’t be leaving town until after the weekend, but plan to celebrate Easter the way we always do: egg hunt, baskets, and a nice hike.
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 2, 2015
And of eggs and nests and birds on nests. Into the Nest , as the title says, is about the courting, mating, egg-laying, nesting, and parenting behavior of “familiar birds”. Cedar Waxwings exchange berries, carry nesting material, eggs. Egg biology, from Part I. Oops, the curmudgeon in me slipped.) Peregrine Falcon nests.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 3, 2020
And then there are those startling bright red eyes, which distinguish them from all other blackbirds in my region, and make them look quite capable of peering into your soul and taking over your will. I’m not particularly proud of these photos. A cool, slightly spooky blackbird versus a muddy-looking blackbird?
10,000 Birds
MARCH 30, 2015
A few Rusty Blackbirds made it through the winter but there are many more about now and they are far more vocal. The Snow Geese at Big Egg Marsh were fun to photograph as they landed on the field on Saturday. A very serendipitous shot. This one was imitating a rusty gate from a perch in Kissena Park.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 21, 2014
I spent this past weekend in Saugerties at my folks’ house in order to look for Easter eggs, let Desi enjoy time with his cousins, and generally have a good ol’ time with family. Red-winged Blackbird singing at the Great Vly.
10,000 Birds
MAY 10, 2024
Unlike the Common Cuckoo, the young GSC doesn’t eject its foster parents’ eggs or chicks from the nest, but is reared alongside them. Blackbirds and Wrens are common, and you will find Grey Wagtails on the streams. Apparently if there’s more than one GSC chick in a nest, the younger one is likely to starve.
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