10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2021

It has come time to put together another blog entry and I find myself bed ridden with a bad back so I will share a brief description of some of my local birds. If she is impressed, she accepts his one single contribution to the raising of the next generation. She makes the nest, incubates the eggs and feeds the young solo.

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Guinea Australia Birds Eggs 264

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 9, 2009

I suspect that many readers of this blog are Christians but not vegetarians. First, I will raise some questions that usually are not asked, let alone answered, by moral vegetarians. I read Martin’s essay only recently, having discovered it by accident. I propose to publish it in 13 installments, commenting on it as I go.

Vegetarian 40

Vegetarian Morals Meat Vegan 40

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 19, 2011

If you don’t have a blog either give a three-sentence description of your Best Bird of the Year in the comments below or email a description to corey AT 10000birds DOT com by 26 December (you can include an image if you want – just make it a maximum of 600 pixels across). We would like you to join in!

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2011 Birds South Korea North Dakota 232

10,000 Birds

JULY 26, 2013

This blog was written by Marge Gibson, founder of the Raptor Education Group, Inc. We all thought the kindest approach would be to end her suffering, but then…she raised her head and looked directly at me. Within a few hours we had cleaned it, picked it clean of maggots, and treated it for any residual maggots or their eggs.

Eagles 257

Eagles Wounded Bald Eagle Wisconsin 257

10,000 Birds

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. Not this one though.

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Birds China Eggs Owls 267

10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2017

Laysan albatrosses are ocean-dwelling seabirds who have 6-foot wingspans, weigh 7-8 pounds, occasionally sleep while flying, and rarely land except to raise their chicks. The oldest Laysan albatross was last seen raising a chick on Midway Atoll in 2016, at age 66. They are docile and devoted parents who will not leave their nests.

Albatross 214

Albatross Honolulu Hawaii Killing 214

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2012

The Natural History section points out that Red-tailed Pennants hold their wings flat or slightly lowered, while the skimmers tend to raise their wings. Common and differing traits will include type of coloring, thorax patterning, how they perch or fly, how they copulate, and how they oviposit, lay eggs. 675 color photos.

United States 250

United States Costa Rica Massachusetts North America 250

Animal Person

AUGUST 18, 2009

I haven't had time to blog--or even to work out daily like I used to--but that doesn't mean I don't read all my e-mails and go to every link everyone sends me. Imagine if kids in 4-H were taught how to raise dogs for dogfighting (not a perfect analogy, I know). Two links in particular struck me recently. That's not interesting to me.

Vegan 100

Vegan Ethics Humane Killing 100

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 29, 2006

In recent years, the prevalence of disease-causing bacteria in meat, poultry, and eggs has risen sharply, which is why health authorities insist that these products be carefully handled and thoroughly cooked, if they are used at all. There is no need for infants to be raised on cow's milk formulas. But what about prior to two years?

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Animal Meat Cows District of Columbia 40

10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2011

Mwahahahahaaaaaaaarrrrhh *cough, cough* *sips at his coffee* Right… I am told candy is a virtue and have thus lured you into this post with a bit of eye candy before unveiling to you my virtuous scheme of turning 10,000 Birds into an all gulls , all the time blog. He first became famous in the bird blog world on Bell Tower Birding.

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2011 Birds Deer Europe 210

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2013

I’ve organized them by date (month/day) of the approximate reporting or blogging time of the item of interest, which does not necessarily reflect the actual date of occurrence. Birds are raised from the egg to follow a certain migration timing, but that timing shifts when the egg hatches later or earlier due to changes in conditions.

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Science 2013 Elephants Ducks 234

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 8, 2022

In contrast, the females need to make sure not to get duped into raising actual cuckoos – the buntings are a targeted host species ( source ). Fortunately for the buntings, they seem to detect most cuckoo eggs smuggled in (75% in one study). Maybe there is some justice in this world after all. Better safe than sorry.

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Eggs Birds Bangladesh China 263

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2022

After returning once more from Nanhui and almost admiring the extent of ongoing destruction there, what better song to start this blog post than with excerpts from the song “Give up” by The Burning Hell? Apparently, after a male first mates with a female, he throws out the first one or two eggs she lays in their nest.

China 147

China Birds Eggs Breeding 147