10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Howell’s A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America , which is absolutely my birder’s Bible for the region, says that Snowy Plovers are fair to uncommon summer breeders in the Lake Cuitzeo area, which they certainly are (breeders, though not uncommon).

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Mexico Science Breeders United States 299

10,000 Birds

APRIL 26, 2024

They are very late breeders, as they feed their young on autumn migrants which they generally intercept out to sea. So too do Woodchat Shrikes, while Red-backed are only occasional breeders. Cyprus holds the most easterly colonies of this handsome raptor, and they are most easily seen on Kensington Cliffs, near Episkopi.

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Cyprus Breeders Falcons Hunters 246

10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2013

Although both species are widespread in North America as breeders in shrubby edge habitats, that is not the case in the southern half of the sunshine state (the more northerly race of Prairie Warbler is an uncommon breeder in the panhandle). Everyone, I would like you to meet the ‘Florida’ Prairie Warbler ( S.

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Florida Miami Breeders Tampa 225

10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2022

While Black Terns are regular migrants and even rare breeders (only 2 to 5 pairs nation-wide), White-winged are ill-numbered migrants and very irregular breeders (the last breeding was a decade ago). Watching carefully, yes, not one, but two. And one rare White-winged Black Tern too!

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Mules Breeders Farming Fish 259

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2011

The Buller’s Mollymawk is an endemic breeder to New Zealand, although it ranges widely away from the islands to feed, and regularly goes to South America’s Humboldt Current to feed.

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Albatross New Zealand South America Breeders 251

10,000 Birds

JULY 23, 2014

In the mid-1970s, a local breeder was burglarized and a few of his birds escaped, after which the breeder released his remaining stock of about 50 birds 1. Like most dove species, Eurasian Collared-Doves are prolific breeders. Since its introduction, this dove has spread quickly across the North American continent.

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Breeders 2002 North America Bahamas 199

10,000 Birds

MAY 31, 2012

“Now that migration is over, all I can do is look for local breeders.” Tomorrow is the first day of June, yet the complaints have already started. Have you heard them yet? ” “I guess I’ll go to the beach… maybe I’ll see a shearwater or something.” ” “Summer (birding) sucks!”

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2012 Breeders Birds Breeding 224

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Most Acorn Woodpeckers are cooperative breeders and live in family groups of up to a dozen or more individuals. Within a group, 1–7 male co-breeders compete for matings with 1–3 joint-nesting females who lay their eggs in the same nest cavity. This is their range map courtesy of Nature Serve.

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Woodpeckers Breeders North America Groups 199

10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2014

Enjoy your patches and your resident breeders. Anyone who knows me knows my favorite kind of birding: vacation birding. I’ll take new birds in new habitat any day.

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2014 Breeders United States Virginia 204

10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2012

Most of the Osprey breeding in North America are migratory, only Florida, the Caribbean and Baja California host non-migratory breeders 1. Osprey can be found on all continents of the world except Antarctica, on or near any body of water allowing them access to an adequate supply of their nearly exclusive prey, live fish.

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California North America Sacramento Breeders 244

10,000 Birds

JULY 17, 2020

This is not to say that you won’t find great birds where you are, but only that they will likely be the resident breeders or wintering species you’ve already grown accustomed to. As we ascend to the height of the season, we become more likely to encounter extreme weather coupled with extremely mundane birding.

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2020 Breeders New York Birds 185

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 29, 2011

Yeah, I certainly won’t be shedding any tears for now ex-bird breeder LaSandra Walter , who had her birds taken from her as part of a plea deal after birds were found emaciated and in filthy conditions in her home. &# My whole life was based on my bird business,&# she whined.

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Breeders United States Breeding Birds 171

10,000 Birds

JULY 13, 2014

Traveling really rejuvenates the passion when local breeders become banal. His song, “C hanges in latitude, changes in birding attitude” really rings true when you’re on the road. Most people don’t expect birding wisdom from Buffet, but he is, after all, the Chief Parrothead!

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New York City 2014 Breeders Virginia 188

10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2013

While the winds and weather systems have conspired to keep the bulk of migrating birds west of New York City we have seen many of local breeders show up as expected. It’s 6 May and I haven’t seen a Black-throated Green Warbler yet! That is just not right at all.

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New York City New York Breeders 2013 218

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2014

Being a resident in an ecosystem certainly has its advantages, as does being a breeder (sometimes), but, every once in a while, you should visit someplace where you’re considered an exotic! We all have invasive species on our minds this week, which should serve as an inspiration to those of us interested in expanding our personal range.

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Colombia Breeders 2014 Birds 176

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 26, 2011

They are a colonial breeder, nesting only in western Alaska, on a narrow band of coastal sedge meadows 2. Among the several species we did see on the jetty however, is the Black Turnston e ( Arenaria melanocephala ). Click on photos for full sized images. The Black Turnstone is strictly a West Coast phenomenon.

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Sanctuary Breeders Alaska North America 243

10,000 Birds

JUNE 14, 2013

Chester is a “nerd” in the best sense — his patience, attention to detail, and commitment to completeness shine through in every species account, from the common breeders like Great Tit and Snipe to one-off visitors like Gadwall and the introduced, then extirpated, Golden Pheasant.

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Breeders Birds Wildlife Research 237

10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2013

Corey, on the other hand, will spend the weekend reveling in resident breeders all across New York State. Let me know if you’re catching any last vestiges of spring migration in your neck of the woods… Since migration is allegedly over, I’m going on strike until autumn. How about you?

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Breeders 2013 New York Birds 174

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JUNE 7, 2020

But we’re not confined to a wasteland of resident breeders just yet, are we? If May represents the apex of avian observation opportunities in most areas, June signals the slide down the slope towards a truly tedious valley. Hopefully, you’re still finding surprises. Saturday night, a surprise found me.

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2020 Breeders Birds Owls 185

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Are these, I ask gesturing figuratively around me, all the winter visitors or resident breeders we’ll be observing for the next few months? The rush of migration seems to have ended just about everywhere in the world. Thankfully, the answer is no, that the grand dance of avian irruption, digression, and vagary never really ends.

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2019 Breeders Jamaica 2011 188

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2011

Western New York might not boast a phenomenal diversity of resident breeders, but we have lots of fun species summering here. Where will you be this weekend and will you be birding? Share your plans in the comments below. Corey and I both plan to stay local and low key. I hope to run into some!

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Breeders 2011 New York Game 162

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2014

If you go looking for the Yellow-throated Warblers at Connetquot please remember that they are a rarity as a breeder in New York State and should not be disturbed. And it was still singing! And preening! What a great bird to see and digiscope! Just appreciate them from a distance and hope that they manage to stick it out and multiply!

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New York City New York Breeders Breeding 224

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

North American breeders winging their way south for the winter may want to head for the Bahamas, where a new national park offers them protected habitat. Can California Condors be taught to avoid the dangers of power lines ? Staff from the San Diego Zoo think so.

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California Condor San Diego San Francisco Ghana 173

10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2020

Weather patterns have been far from ideal for us to get our last big burst of migrating spring songbirds and the parks seemed relatively quiet this weekend, with few but local breeders there to be seen.

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2020 United States Breeders New York 192

Critter News

MARCH 14, 2009

I am no fan of breeders, I'll admit it. I think there are many disreputable breeders, I think they are increasing a bloated supply of pets, and I think there are many purebreds already available from shelters. I also know there are people who want to buy from a breeder and no one else. Tags: breeders.

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Kittens Kansas Purebred Breeders 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 29, 2011

Interestingly, according to BirdLife International , which lists the Glaucous Gull as a Species of Least Concern because of its large range and population, the populations found in the western Palearctic tend to remain near nesting grounds year-round so it is essentially only the North American breeders that wander during the winter months.

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Breeders Birds Species 210

10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2013

Probably one of the most interesting things about these little birds is that they are cooperative breeders. If you have good ears you can hear them as they call to each other. That is to say they have what are known as supernumeraries, individuals above and beyond the primary breeding pair that help with nest building and feeding young 1.

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North America Breeders America Breeding 223

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

In the case of Acorn Woodpeckers, they are cooperative breeders (as with many other polygynandrous species), which seems to predispose species to polygynandry. Alpine Accentors, on the other hand, are not cooperative breeders and females typically have very little to do with each other.

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2011 Breeders Deer Breeding 235

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 18, 2015

Robins are prolific breeders, capable of producing not one, not two, but three broods in one summer season. , but they remain in trees, where they are more difficult to see. When the ground thaws, they return to lawns and other open areas, creating the illusion that they have just arrived!

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Connecticut Wisconsin Michigan Hawaii 186

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2011

It is even more odd to be birding Central Park in June, when migration has essentially wrapped up and all that is left are breeders and stragglers. It is not every day that one gets to explore Central Park with a friend, birder, and first-time visitor to the Big Apple.

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Fish New York City North Carolina Breeders 190

Critter News

APRIL 14, 2009

Others are accusing him of getting a dog from a breeder. He came from a breeder and did not have a successful first placement, but his is nowhere near the tough stories we hear about in shelters. (It But he wasn't really adopted from a breeder either. Tags: breeders Obama dogs. Yadda, yadda, yadda. Here's our position.

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Obama Breeders Puppies Shelters 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 8, 2014

The last one were breeders also, at Massapequa Preserve. ). I expected a bit of a wait, or perhaps an outright dip, as Least Bitterns are notoriously skulky and I had neither seen nor heard a Least Bittern in New York in three years. ( I was pretty slow on the draw, unfortunately, but I did manage this horrific shot of it.

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Virginia Breeders Fish New York 212

Critter News

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

While there may be responsible and loving breeders out there, they are only contributing to an out-of-control supply problem. Tags: breeders dogs PETA. I am a total supporter of this protest. There are too many animals out there and not enough homes. Why don't they stop making things worse? It's plain supply and demand.

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Protesting Protesters Protest PETA 100

Critter News

DECEMBER 11, 2008

It has about 140 stores nationwide that sell puppies that supposedly come from "good" breeders (are any breeders good? Some of the breeders were found with sick or dead dogs in their cages. but that's another post.) Not so, says the Humane Society. Among the investigation findings.

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Puppy Mills Humane Broker Puppies 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2011

Of our migrant breeders the Hoopoe Upupa epops along with the Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur , European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus , Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais pallida , Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus and Cretzschmar’s Bunting Emberiza caesia fill our forests with their melodious chorus during spring and summer.

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Cyprus Breeders 2000 Protection 157

10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2011

The grasslands have been popping off with breeders for well over a month, but the snow is just now giving way to lush alpine meadows and rocky tundras. This is my time of year to explore thin air and look for unique Colorado breeders. Now, here in Colorado this is the season for the high-country birds.

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Colorado Breeders Wyoming United States 169

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Another difference is that the Christmas Shearwater is a surface breeder whereas the Wedgie breeds in burrows. This shares the island with the Wedge-tailed Shearwater but can be separated by its smaller overall size and dark chocolate brown plumage. I’ll do a post on this special little shearwater later on.

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Albatross Madagascar Breeders Mexico 194