10,000 Birds

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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JANUARY 1, 2012

These birds are often present in Broome on the green areas, like the school sport’s fields, golf course and the local parks. They are often in large groups in these areas when they are not breeding. They will often fly at both people and other animals in defense of their eggs and young.

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APRIL 2, 2013

A breeding bird atlas is a special kind of book. For the nature lovers and birders who participate in breeding bird surveys, the atlas represents hours, often hundreds of hours, of volunteer time spent within a community of citizen scientists doing what they love, observing birds. So, what exactly does a breeding bird atlas contain?

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Pennsylvania Breeding Sparrows Birds 225

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APRIL 11, 2024

It’s a bird that rarely occurs inland, and outside the breeding season it spends its time far out to sea. In March, as the days start to lengthen, so the wandering birds return to their breeding cliffs. Adult pairs are very site faithful, and if their breeding is successful, they will return to the same colony year after year.

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Russia Breeding Alaska Wildlife 210

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APRIL 20, 2024

Then sometimes when you see these birds actively regaining their energy and getting ready for defending territories and breeding, they give the impression that their migration had just been a short jog around the block rather than a marathon across desert, mountains, and oceans.

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Soreing Owls Eagles Woodpeckers 172

10,000 Birds

MARCH 23, 2024

Jacob suggested the Wagbachniederung, a well-known wetland that is particularly popular amongst photographers for being one of the few locations in Germany where Purple Herons breed. We still focused on the birds of course and saw quite a good number of species, although few were unexpected.

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Squirrels South Africa Germany Ducks 194

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MARCH 17, 2022

I’m talking, of course, about “my” flock of American White Pelicans. They migrate north through the Western United States, breeding in pockets all the way up through Canada. They migrate north through the Western United States, breeding in pockets all the way up through Canada.

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Pelicans United States Arizona Canada 225

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JUNE 9, 2014

And, of course, because it was that kind of day, I did. I was home by noon after what was undoubtedly my most successful search for some of New York’s coolest breeding birds ever! Grasshopper Sparrows don’t seem to sing terribly loudly but their song carries a long way. The only downer was that they did not come close.

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Breeding New York Downers Breeders 152

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JUNE 3, 2024

The species is a cooperative breeder – chicks from previous breeding attempts help bringing up the next batch of chicks, like baby-sitting teenagers, though the latter are not related to the kids they babysit and also mainly do it for money, so I guess these two things are not really comparable at all. ” Hurray for science.

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Killing Birds Breeding Breeders 169

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JULY 20, 2024

My award-winning picture of a Feral Pigeon was of course taken in Rotterdam. Many species come here to winter, breed or moult despite the presence of six refineries. For instance, Lesser Black-backed Gull s have a substantial breeding colony right next to a chemical plant. While enjoying a cold beer or a hot coffee.

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Feral Transported Blackbirds Canada 211

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JUNE 15, 2024

Black-headed Gulls were also breeding in the wetlands in large numbers, becoming very agitated when a Western Marsh-Harrier quartered low over the reeds. Their breeding mounts in the wetland were removed, probably because things were getting out of control with photographers.

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Sri Lanka South Africa Transported Africa 207

4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 30, 2012

While at BlogPaws we saw an adorable company that offered custom dog breed art prints in a variety of styles and colors. The process is quick and easy, and with over 60 breeds to choose from you are sure to find what you need. And of course, you can add your dog’s name to the print as well! We could not be happier!

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 23, 2023

Before I was born, it used to be a rare breeding species in mountainous areas south of Belgrade, but became extinct after the 1960s due to intensive poisoning of wolves. There’s an eagle… a White-tailed Eagle , a relatively common and numerous breeding species of riparian forests along large water courses and fishponds.

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Bulgaria McDonalds Eagles Wolves 262

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FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Feel free to insert your own French joke here (though of course in the US, restaurants now serve Freedom Frogs rather than French Frogs). The breeding ecology of the Yellow-bellied Warbler was actually studied exactly here at Nonggang in 2019 by 3 Chinese researchers. This included recording a total of 77,760 minutes of video.

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China Birds Pythons Eagles 224

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JULY 21, 2021

Of course, I also go there several other times each year; I have, after all, seen 160 species at this endemic-rich site. All sightings southeast of the species’ Puerto Vallarta-to-Los Mochis breeding area are of migrating birds. Not that I measured him, of course. But I never, ever miss a February and July in Paso Ancho.

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Nicaragua 2015 2016 Mexico 261

4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 28, 2013

And of course, we like our pet products to look great too, and Plexidor certainly does. And of course, it’s always fun to see the door in action, especially when it’s in an adorable video like this one! The post PlexiDor Dog Doors: A “New Breed” of Dog Doors! That’s right friends, a MINI PIG DOOR !

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Dogs Breeding Designer Dog Pigs 100

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

This can mean some interesting birding, if you can bear the Shanghai heat … Of course, the egrets and herons described in my last post are still around. Not sure if they are breeding but certainly they are trying, though I am not fully convinced of their competence. Another new breeding record for Shanghai . Brown Shrike.

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Tigers Cattle Bears Breeding 178

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2021

The bibs will change to black like their parents in due course. A lot of birds have been breeding around Broome in recent months. The shorebird migration has started and it won’t be long before they are on their breeding grounds in the Northern hemisphere. The main difference is the colouration in their bibs.

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Family Breeding Birds Australia 240

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NOVEMBER 24, 2023

They are, of course, a smaller more compact goose, but picking out the various distinguishing features (such as the yellow eye ring) at such range is invariably challenging, to say the least. A feature of the autumn is the abundance of Great White Egrets – up to 200 on the lake – but as far as I know they have yet to breed here.

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Greece Pelicans Buffalo Geese 206

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MAY 19, 2021

Of course, plenty of non-endemics also turned up to have their picture taken. And breeding season allows me to notice certain details that I might miss during the rest of the year. I had never seen the orange legs that this breeding adult is showing, as opposed to the yellow-green legs of the immature one below it.

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Woodpeckers Hunters Falcons Breeding 216

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MARCH 1, 2024

Black-tailed godwits winter in large numbers on the estuaries of both Norfolk and Suffolk, and we know that nearly all these birds breed in Iceland. In breeding plumage islandica godwits develop a deeper red plumage than their limosa cousins. They are of the race islandica , a sub species of the nominate race, limosa.

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Lithuania Morocco Iceland Ireland 130

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JULY 6, 2023

Fortunately, there are a few more such breeding species than most Shanghainese are aware of. While the HBW states that it breeds at 300 – 2450 meters, in Shanghai – where such elevations are not available outside of the upper floors of a few highrises – it makes to with an altitude of about 0 meters as well.

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DECEMBER 11, 2022

The nest in the header photo in a Poinciana tree belongs to a Little Friarbird and they have been breeding recently and there are many juvenile birds about. The Magpie-larks have also been breeding recently and also using the Poinciana trees for nesting. They also offer an excellent opportunity for birds to nest.

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Breeding Australia Hunting Family 147

10,000 Birds

JUNE 29, 2024

Cirl Bunting Rock Bunting , of course, eluded me once again as they always seem to do. Eurasian Linnet Red-backed Shrike It was interesting to see that many birds were breeding in the low stone walls forming the terraces of the vineyards, including Blue T**s and Black Redstarts.

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Europe Breeding Groups Birds 130

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Citrine Wagtails are rare in Shanghai but apparently quite common around Chaka, though unfortunately most of the ones we saw were not in breeding plumage. The Brown Accento r certainly ranks among the less attractive accentors, though of course, some species in this family set a rather high bar. I blame this on covid-19.

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China Austria Birds ALA 245

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MAY 13, 2021

On the other hand, in April, some other species start breeding here in Shanghai. Nearby, two Grey-headed Lapwings have apparently decided to stay in Shanghai and start preparations for breeding. Of course, looking stylish in black and white is easy. No danger of stumbling over people trying to upgrade their golf courses here.

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Birds Farming Alaska Breeding 175

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AUGUST 21, 2022

We are really enjoying the experience of observing another bird species that is black, white and red breed in our local patch. Of course the Pied Oystercatchers are also breeding at this time of year and we continue to monitor their progress along our coastline. Mistletoebird chicks out of the nest.

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Family Breeding Raised Experience 147

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MARCH 19, 2022

Three live and breed here, two migrate through the country in large numbers (one of those also breeds here in small numbers), and another migrates through and winters in Costa Rica. They won’t build a nest or look for a mate but other than that, their behavior in Costa Rica is pretty similar to that of their breeding grounds.

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Costa Rica Pennsylvania Panama South America 260

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 29, 2023

These birds (usually juveniles) are clearly linked to the growing breeding population in the region. Pallid Swifts were already back at their breeding sites, while the marshes provided a host of waders, including year-ticks such as Whimbrel, Curlew Sandpiper and Kentish Plover. These are Dunlins.

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Estonia Portugal Greece Barn Owls 222

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FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Both species can theoretically breed in central Mexico, but in my experience are almost exclusively winter visitors. Of course, the super-abundance of marsh birds at Iramuco was not really a good thing, as it resulted from severe environmental stress factors. It preferred to not get out in front of the reeds, but was very close to me.

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Mexico Investigation Science Experience 212

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JULY 12, 2024

The Sinaloa Martin is a large swallow, which seems to breed only along a narrow band of the Sierra Madre Occidental, in the Mexican states of Sinaloa, Durango, Nayarit, and Jalisco. Of course, Paso Ancho is also a hotspot for many other beautiful species and endemics.

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Mexico South America 2020 America 208

10,000 Birds

MAY 28, 2020

May is also a good time for herons and egrets, as they are in their full breeding plumage. Of course, being mean, I only show you one of them. Lesser Coucal breeds in Nanhui, coastal Shanghai. The local equivalent to a popstar in this month is the Japanese Paradise Flycatcher. I guess you can see why. Chinese Pond Heron.

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Tigers Birds Eggs Farming 162

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JUNE 19, 2024

Status In Alaska: Breeding resident. Status in Alaska: In Alaska, Steller’s sea eagles are considered vagrants, meaning they are occasional visitors rather than resident breeding birds. Status in Alaska: Breeding Residents. And, of course, bring a camera to capture those majestic wing stretches and dramatic dives.

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Alaska Eagles Bald Eagle Deer 207

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

It is not quite clear why they do this as it apparently does not affect breeding success. They have written a paper on the “Feasibility of counting breeding Pied Avocets and Black-winged Stilts using drones” It seems to work, actually – though about 20 percent of breeding pairs are being missed by drone surveys.

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Eggs Bald Eagle Birds Owls 198

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2021

I guess the whole point about this band name is to suggest -ironically, of course – utter blandness. Breeding in Northern Japan and wintering in the Phillippines, some seem to take a migratory rest stop (and slight deviation) at the Shanghai coast. Possibly my favorite Nanhui bird this September was the Chestnut-cheeked Starling.

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LACS Birds France Japan 225

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2018

Last week I introduced you to the new bird-watching hut at the Broome Poo Ponds and now I will let you know it is not just about the ponds, but the adjoining Broome Golf Course! Some bird species are regulars at the Golf Course, but we have also had rare birds how up over the years such as the Banded Lapwing in 2011. Golf Course birds!

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Ducks 2017 Birds 2011 100

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OCTOBER 14, 2020

Mexican Whip-poor-wills , of course, have a Spanish accent! (As As, of course, are Vermilion Flycatchers. While some American Kestrels breed in central Mexico, most are migratory. Fortunately, I knew that Cuerporruín is the local name for the Mexican Whip-poor-will. This one is an almost-mature male.

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