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He is supposed to help out at that stage of the breeding process. He often lands high up in a nearby tree and looks down. He will have to start to pull his weight once the chicks start demanding food! Male Mistletoebird. When the female Mistletoebird returns to the nest she dives straight in and then turns around and faces outwards.

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JUNE 21, 2020

At this time of year we are on the lookout for the start of breeding season in Pied Oystercatchers. They use the same nest site for subsequent clutches if any fail during the breeding season. There are still two eggs and although this pair has not been successful for many years at least they are attempting to breed.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

One of the places that we visited was Kununurra and discovered that not only are the Pied Oystercatchers busy attempting to breed along Broome’s coastline, but so are the Comb-crested Jacanas. The post Comb-crested Jacanas breeding appeared first on 10,000 Birds.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

This large flock is generally the non-breeding birds and on one occasion we have observed a nest there, but we do not know the outcome of it. In recent years there have been Pied Oystercatchers attempting to breed along the shores of Roebuck Bay. Many of the migratory shorebirds still have some of their breeding plumage.

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JULY 31, 2022

Well, it is that time of year again and shorebirds are breeding. Hopefully all of the migratory shorebirds that left Roebuck Bay earlier this year have been successful at breeding in the Northern Hemisphere and will soon be heading back to our shores. I have also learnt to not count my chickens before they hatch.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2022

Every year we observe both egg and chick loss amongst our Pied Oystercatcher pairs along Cable Beach and also in Roebuck Bay during their breeding season. The breeding season starts around the end of June and there are still eggs being laid and chicks hatching, but now these are the second clutches of eggs.

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JULY 22, 2021

In the breeding grounds for many migratory species, I look forward to warblers, flycatchers, and more. Even without a binoculars or camera, the bright purple/red breeding plumage of a gorgeous Purple Finch jumped out at me. The post Spotting My Florida Birds on their Maine Breeding Grounds appeared first on 10,000 Birds.

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MAY 10, 2020

We really don’t like the presence of Black Kites along the beach when the Pied Oystercatchers are breeding. Of course Black Kites also breed and at the moment there is a nest very close to the highway. The post Black Kites breeding appeared first on 10,000 Birds. The forked tail is evident when they perch on beach debris.

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JULY 4, 2021

Meanwhile, the other pairs of Pied Oystercatchers along Cable Beach have begun to breed as well. The post Pied Oystercatcher breeding season is here again! We can expect another clutch of eggs in about ten days and another twenty eight days of incubating. Pied Oystercatchers feeding alone. We rarely know the exact cause of the loss.

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JUNE 28, 2020

Cattle Egret should not be in breeding plumage in June in the north of Australia! We do occasionally see Cattle Egret around Broome, but never in breeding plumage and always with cattle. I got as close to the fence as I could to take photos of the Cattle Egret with its beautiful breeding plumage. Cattle Egret.

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MARCH 5, 2023

Magpie Geese don’t breed in the Broome area every year, so if you live in an area that normally encounters them and they appear to be “missing” then it is highly likely that we are enjoying their presence at the moment!

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JANUARY 10, 2021

The post Australian Hobby breeding in Broome appeared first on 10,000 Birds. We have enjoyed watching the development of the Australian Hobby family over recent weeks. It was nice to have a bird species that we knew for certain that we could find on New Year’s Day and add to our 2021 year list!

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 10, 2020

Cavapoos, Whoodles, and AKC Moyen sized Poodles for your family!

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DECEMBER 18, 2022

Australian Magpies are not a common sight in Broome. There appears to be a pair that reside between the Broome Senior High School and the Boulevarde Shopping Centre and we have observed them in that area since we moved here in 1999.

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AUGUST 20, 2023

Earlier this year when we first observed Comb-crested Jacanas close to Broome they had just arrived from further north in Australia. Often we have had to travel further north to observe Comb-crested Jacanas , but when we have high rainfall during our wet summer months we can expect to observe them.

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JUNE 2, 2014

But when spring comes and they get into high breeding plumage, wow! When Dunlin are in breeding plumage you certainly don’t need that field mark! Suddenly, when they are in their nuptial finery, they can rival the brightest wood-warblers with their colors. Just look at the plumage detail in the above picture.

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JULY 1, 2018

It is not unusual for only one Pied Oystercatcher chick to survive throughout the whole breeding season despite in excess of sixty eggs being laid by sixteen pairs. It is for this reason that there was not an update last year on Pied Oystercatchers breeding success , because there was not any.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Just two thrushes breed across much of the Iberian Peninsula: The Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula) and the Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus). Two others have a limited breeding distribution in the north: Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos) across the Cantabrian Mountains and the Pyrenees, and Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus) in the Pyrenees.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2015

In the case of the two pairs of Pied Oystercatchers that did actually hatch their eggs and have chicks for a few days they did lay once more, but then they failed to even hatch the second clutch and then no longer attempted to breed.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2017

Whilst enjoying the Magpie Geese breeding around Broome recently we also noticed a Magpie-lark nest close to the highway in one of the very few trees beside the road. The last few months have been exceptionally good for the bird-life around Broome and many species have been breeding or are in the process of breeding.

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OCTOBER 6, 2024

When the days lengthen and the snow gradually starts to melt, some of these birds get into breeding plumage and nest in the deep forest while others migrate even further north to breed. I am familiar with the western end… Source

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OCTOBER 27, 2024

Broadly speaking, Scopoli’s Shearwaters breed in the Mediterranean Sea… Source These two sister species were considered a single species until fairly recently when they were separated as full species based on genetic evidence.

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APRIL 2, 2017

Over the past few months there have been a lot of birds breeding around Broome with the excellent rain events that we have been having and the vegetation is at long last revived. Masked Lapwings have been busy breeding for some months now and some may well be on their second clutch of eggs.

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JUNE 16, 2024

The White-rumped Swift Apus caffer , a tropical African breeding species, was only discovered breeding in Europe in the 1960s. Little Swifts breed in Tangier, just a few kilometres on the other side of the Strait so it would have been logical to expect these to have made the short sea crossing into Europe.

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JANUARY 20, 2013

It is breeding season and they are looking for mates! The breeding plumage of these birds is a lot darker now than during the rest of the year and the head, neck, breast and belly are almost black with chestnut wings and tail feathers. In Broome at the moment we are constantly hearing the dull descending sound of the Pheasant Coucal.

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AVMA News

JULY 24, 2024

A company that bred Beagles for research will pay more than $35 million after pleading guilty last month to violating the federal Animal Welfare Act (AWA) by neglecting thousands of dogs at its Cumberland, Virginia, breeding facility. The payment includes the largest ever fine in an animal welfare case.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2017

It did seem highly probable that the Magpie Geese would breed in the area this year. It has been an excellent breeding season for Magpie Geese around the Broome area in recent weeks and hopefully for other bird species too! This week we discovered that what we had suspected was indeed true. Ten young Magpie Geese with parents.

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APRIL 23, 2017

Not only have the Magpie-larks been busy building their mud nests and the Tawny Frogmouths been breeding at the supermarket car park, but other birds arrived and started to breed. This year has been very wet and the local birds have taken advantage of the situation.

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JUNE 11, 2016

In Costa Rica, June is breeding bird count season. As one might expect with a breeding bird count, it also gives me an idea of which birds are where, and whether or not other species are still around (side benefits for guiding on that same route as well as future Big Days).

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MAY 13, 2018

After an incredibly wet start to 2018 as a result of several tropical cyclones and other rain events the land remains saturated around Broome and as a result of this there are several bird species breeding that we don’t even encounter in dry years. Our first ever encounter was just over seven years ago near Broome.

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JULY 3, 2016

This is not surprising at all due to the fact that we have monitored the Pied Oystercatcher breeding success (or lack thereof ) since 2000 along a twenty three kilometre stretch of beach and it is very rare for any of the sixteen pairs to succeed. This pair of Pied Oystercatchers has been successful on one occasion and that was in 2012.

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JUNE 14, 2011

In The Second Atlas of Breeding Birds in New York State one can see that only the southern tip of our southernmost borough, Staten Island, had breeding Bobolinks between 2000 and 2005. So far as I can tell, Bobolinks haven’t bred in Queens since the first breeding bird atlas, in the 1980s.

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JUNE 4, 2017

After a very good Wet Season with substantially more rain than normal over the first few months of 2017 the land was flooded and a huge variety of birds arrived in the Broome area to take advantage of the ideal conditions for breeding.

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JUNE 23, 2024

They breed early and now it’s time to move out into the Atlantic. It’s only with the return of the low pressure systems in October that the Balearic Shearwaters come back and get ready to make the most of the winter and early spring productivity to breed. They are now finishing the breeding season and leave the breeding colonies.

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JULY 28, 2024

They begin to show up in August and peak in September as they make their way south to their Antarctic breeding grounds. European Storm Petrel The European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus is the other species of storm petrel that’s around in the summer months and these are birds from local breeding colonies.

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DECEMBER 19, 2011

The breeding grounds of the Blackthroat Luscinia obscura have been discovered in the Qinlang mountains of China’s Shaanxi Province. The seven singing males were almost equivalent to the total seen in the wild since the bird was discovered in the 1800s.

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JANUARY 1, 2012

They are often in large groups in these areas when they are not breeding. These birds are often present in Broome on the green areas, like the school sport’s fields, golf course and the local parks.

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