10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

The male Bar-tailed Godwit are the first to show us breeding plumage and then the Red Knot and Curlew Sandpipers have two beautiful reds-red wine rather than cranberry juice! Here is a little test-there are 6 species of shorebird in the photo-can you identify them? Breeding colour becomes rather obvious!

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2011 Australia Deer China 150

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

A paper starts as follows: “Dongtan (or East Tideland) on Chongming Island in China is an important wintering site of Grus monacha ( hooded crane )” This is exactly where these photos were taken. The global population of the Hooded Crane is about 8000 individuals – it is listed as Vulnerable. ” Take that, spoonbill.

Geese 147

Geese Birds Fish Sparrows 147

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 29, 2022

According to Tim Low (in “Where Song began”), “so easy were they to breed that by 1859 they cost less to buy in London than in Sydney.” ” Funny how the difficulty of breeding a species can be illustrated in simple monetary terms. Is it offensive to say that Australian Zebra Finches breed like rabbits?

Australia 147

Australia Birds Sheep Zebras 147

10,000 Birds

MARCH 25, 2024

Then we are both hopeless … Anyway, the paper tests whether small roads in a forest are a hindrance to birds – are they reluctant to cross? melliana from alleged contact zone(s) in northern Laos and possibly south-western China. I lowered the volume and after a while they got used to it and slowly went back to sleep.”

Burma 179

Burma Vietnam Birds Laos 179

10,000 Birds

JUNE 22, 2023

The best female strategy seems to be to mate with as many of the males as possible, as this means more help in feeding the chicks by all the potential fathers (I guess the fathers do not have easy access to paternity tests). The Tibetan Snowcock at first glance looks a bit like Obelix to me – I guess it is the stripes.

China 130

China Science Birds Mongolia 130

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2021

Our North American bird field guides stopped offering this information decades ago, so it’s handy to have it all collected in one handy volume, especially if you’re doing a state breeding bird survey like some 10,000 Birds writers. Donna). ==. Donna). ==. But craziness is not a requisite.

Colombia 238

Colombia Birds Bald Eagle Guyana 238

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2022

For example, without this blog, would you know that the Barn Swallows of Nanhui are now having their own housing boom, ignorant of the overinvestment that has characterized China’s construction industry? One of the established ways to evaluate self-cognition in animals (including humans) is the mirror test. Sometimes it works.

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Birds Sparrows Mountain Goats Protection 177