10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2011

First published in November of 1843 the tale of a baby swan, or cygnet, being raised among ducks strikes a chord with many people, but in Denmark the works of Hans Christian Andersen bring feelings of national pride. It is no wonder that the ugly duckling grew up to be the national bird of Denmark.

Denmark

10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2022

Any California-raised person knows that it just doesn’t rain in California in June. I was raised in between the two cities, and visited that area earlier this month. The Red-winged Blackbirds were wet. San Francisco averages two-tenths of an inch for the month, while San Jose only averages half that much.

San Francisco

10,000 Birds

MAY 18, 2023

Underneath an arched branch, one familiar bird, a Common Blackbird female… but after a recent split in 2005 by Rasmussen and Anderton, it was elevated to a full species – Indian Blackbird ( Turdus simillimus ). It belongs to the same species as those in Europe, but a smaller subspecies ( Sus scrofa davidi ).

India

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Attempting to bluff the bear in believing that they were even bigger bears, Hoshino suggested raising their hands, to appear taller. Brewer’s blackbird, Euphagus cyanocephalus. Red-winged blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus. From the behavioural point of view, what has happened? Arctic tern, Sterna paradisaea. Pelican, Pelecanus spp.

Animal

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2016

Lately, I have been waking up to the vocal antics of Laughing Falcon , the newly split Gray-cowled Wood-Rail , Grayish Saltator , Melodious Blackbird , and this beautiful male Blue Grosbeak that sings about a block away. We raised bins, and voila, Collared Forest-falcon ! A juvenile Collared Forest-falcon looks for prey.

Costa Rica

10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2017

We observed the bird on the Zapata Peninsula, first feeding on a flowering tree off of a road where we also observed Fernandina’s Flicker and Red-shouldered Blackbirds, and later in the garden of a lovely lady who has turned her backyard into a paradise of feeders and bird-friendly plants. The wren comes in! Then back again.

Cuba

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2015

Brown-headed Cowbird itself gets its own section in the Blackbirds and Orioles chapter. American Crows live in extended families, with sons and daughters from previous years helping to raise the current brood. Northern Flicker eggs in nest and nestlings. There is so much interesting material here.

Eggs

10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2017

A Green Heron stood stock-still as we passed, blending in with the raised oyster beds recently exposed by the retreating tidal waters. Osprey and Royal Terns soared on the coastal winds overhead, and Red-winged Blackbirds sounded their raspy calls just about everywhere. A strong sense of nostalgia washed over me.

Virginia

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

to have and raise children. all Alpine Accetor photos digiscoped (c) Dale Forbes. She described in her book “My Journey to Lhasa&# (1927) how, in the rugged mountain of tibet, women were commonly married to 2 men (sometimes brothers), making it easier (or simply possible?)

2011

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2020

And, that increased bird tourism and sales of this guide will increase interest in and support of projects aimed at protecting nesting habitat, empowering indigenous communities to work as conservation allies, raise awareness of the dangers of Macaw trafficking, and continuing ornithological research on threatened species.

Bolivia

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2017

It includes sounds made by American Goldfinch, Bachman’s Sparrow, Hooded Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, and Red-winged Blackbird. Pieplow has here expanded the scope and raised the bar, making the spectrogram THE core of the field guide. The page number of the species account for each bird is listed next to the name.

North America

10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2022

In a press statement released by the species, it says “We are proud to raise our own chicks and condemn the practice of some of our relatives to dupe other birds into becoming foster parents” During the lockdown here in my Shanghai apartment complex, the TV advertisements in the elevators were not changed for almost 3 months.

Mountain Goats

10,000 Birds

APRIL 30, 2013

Icterus is a wide-ranging neotropical genus consisting of the technicolor blackbirds we call orioles. Troupials raise their own chicks, generally 3 to 4 per clutch, they just steal the nest in which they raise them. The two dozen species are, nearly to an individual, long bodied and bicolored.

Baltimore

10,000 Birds

APRIL 3, 2023

That paper raises an interesting question: “When less attractive people accept less attractive dates, do they persuade themselves that the people they choose to date are more physically attractive than others perceive them to be? Wait, the study was not done with people but with Eurasian Siskins.

Blackbirds

10,000 Birds

APRIL 27, 2012

Many of the most peculiar aspects of birds are involved with mating, whether it’s for attracting mates, defending nests against predators, or raising chicks. In polygyny, females will often nest on territories held by a male, with multiple females nesting on a single male’s territory, as in Red-winged Blackbirds (Yasukawa and Searcy 1995).

2002

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 17, 2019

The raising of the bins took place along roads through semi-shaded coffee farms and on the grounds of Villa San Ignacio , a hotel with big old wonderful trees and regenerating forest. Blackbirds. Great-tailed Grackles are a given, we also had Bronzed Cowbird, Melodious Blackbird, and a few Montezuma Oropendolas.

Costa Rica

10,000 Birds

JUNE 24, 2021

One Oriental Pratincole of them was courageously raising its wings when I unknowingly drove towards its eggs – I reversed, but I am not so sure about the next person using that road … Being yelled at by the chick of an Oriental Pratincole.

Birds

10,000 Birds

APRIL 24, 2012

This week at 10,000 Birds, it’s all about how birds get around to bumping uglies (I’m talking about cloacas here), who they do it with, and how this actually leads to raising chicks…the birds and the bees of birds, you might say. Believe it or not, this is what “fidelity” looks like.

Albatross

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Doubtless it’s a very old saying and the details can vary according to time and place: sometimes one of the larcenous birds is a blackbird rather than a rook, or a mouse is blamed instead, and in other accounts, it’s the lowly cutworm that’s accused of theft. Dancing Crow Vineyards Zinfandel (2017). Birds and Booze News.

2017

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 14, 2019

Even if we couldn’t find time to raise the bins at a favorite patch, it only takes momentary glances into the sky and hearing chip notes from the trees to remind us that birds are on the move. High overhead, swallows are going over and in the fields, blackbirds move in undulating flocks. Migration is happening.

Costa Rica

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2019

He raised his binoculars above his head and cried out with courage and clarity, “I am Sparticus!” Brewer’s Blackbird – Euphagus cyanocephalus. Rusty Blackbird – Euphagus carolinus. Yellow-headed Blackbird – Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus. Red-winged Blackbird – Agelaius phoeniceus.

2019

10,000 Birds

APRIL 21, 2011

The templates can be discovered by raising birds in the absence of adult song, and they often sound very little like the normal final product. The bottom two are the songs of individuals raised in isolation, representing only their “built-in&# template unaffected by the experience of hearing normal adults. London: John Murray.

Zebras

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Here we’ll find New Zealand’s only thrush, the Grey-headed Blackbird , it’s only cuckoo-shrike, the Norfolk Triller , and its only starling, the Norfolk Starling. In order to raise our awareness, to remind us of what we have lost, and to inspire us to fight for Every. Our tour ends on Norfolk Island.

New Zealand

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2016

Leeds Castle’s most showy “blackbird” is the Jackdaw , Corvus monedula. A few other remnants of the former collections might raise eyebrows in some circles. These ponds and the larger Cedar Lake and collection pond hold Tufted Duck , Greylag Goose and Eurasian Moorhen.

Collecting

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2022

As with Chinese male humans, having your own building is still vital to raising young. When juvenile Chinese Blackbirds want to get an alcoholic drink at a bar, they usually blacken their yellow gape flanges in order to look older. So, the birds start collecting mud and small sticks. Nest building: a good activity for a rainy day.

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