10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2023

May is a busy month for birds migrating through Shanghai – and of course, last May was completely missed due to the lockdown. During the breeding season, some Cattle Egrets look like teenage girls who have just discovered the existence of make-up, and consequently massively overdo it. It is probably all downhill from here.

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Birds Cattle Raised Mammals 130

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Me, as a management consultant, I sometimes have to pretend to like challenges but of course, I would rather have some easy tasks. In the non-breeding season, Common Merganser all look pretty much like females. Not a bad look though – more attractive than the male breeding plumage, I think.

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Birds Germany India 2018 208

10,000 Birds

APRIL 3, 2023

Such programs are somewhat inefficient anyway – in one study , the breeding success of wild male pheasants was 2-5 times higher than for hand-reared and released ones while for females, hand-reared birds were 3 times as vulnerable to predation as the wild ones. And of course, the photos here show a female, as far as I can tell.

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Blackbirds Birds Indonesia Bhutan 192

10,000 Birds

APRIL 27, 2023

Of course, the Red-billed Leiothrix is a species native to Sichuan – in Britain, it is now discussed whether to regard it as an invasive species ( source ). According to the McMurray hatchery , the “Silver Pheasant is considered a good ‘starter’ breed for people who want to learn more about raising pheasants” Hm.

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Italy China France Eggs 185

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Field guides listed two subspecies – delicata (which would eventually become the highly migratory Wilson’s Snipe ) and paraguaiae (breeding resident South American Snipe ) – which were extremely difficult to discern from one another in the field. On Trinidad it took me some more time until I saw my first snipe.

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Trinidad Welfare North America Emotional 265

10,000 Birds

JULY 13, 2017

According to their website , Lassen Volcanic National Park provides habitat for approximately 216 species of birds in which 96 have been known to actually breed in the park. Near Summit Lake we have been able to witness Williamson’s Sapsuckers ( Sphyrapicus thyroideus ) raising their young in a snag near the campground.

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Woodpeckers Sacramento Squirrels Raised 101

10,000 Birds

MAY 12, 2015

Eastern Bluebirds live in “ open country around trees, but with little understory and sparse ground cover ,” which today attracts them to fields, parks, yards, and even golf courses. Both species are notoriously aggressive, and out-competed bluebirds for the nesting cavities they needed to raise their young.

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New York New York City United States 2010 160

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2023

One paper describes them breeding in a human settlement in abandoned clay jars. ” While this species is not explicitly associated with infanticide, the fact that the bird lays 1-3 eggs but only ever raises one chick also implies that the species should also be closely watched by child protection agencies.

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Rhinoceros Singapore Transported Hunting 126

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2023

Not a cover species The Black Kite is not actually black, but of course, misleading bird names are not exactly rare. It is mostly a question of economics – raising just one is troublesome enough given the resources required to feed and educate the chick. But then, sanity (or maybe respect for you, the reader) prevailed.

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Iraq Birds China Ireland 130

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Fortunately, the very abundant 2018 rains raised the water level to heights I had never seen, and so far, that seems to be making up for this year’s poor rains. Oddly, I saw no Snowy Plovers, even though these apparently breed by the lakeshore. The west half of the lake is never more than a few feet deep.

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Ducks 2018 Pelicans Europe 132

10,000 Birds

MARCH 31, 2022

The Blue-crowned Laughingthrush (Wuyuan) is listed as Critically Endangered, as there are only about 250-280 birds spending the breeding season in Northeastern Jiangxi (and according to the HBW, it is not clear where they spend the non-breeding period). And of course, I would have been wrong.

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San Diego Malaysia China Zoos 203

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Of course, the exact wording would have to be toned down a bit, but a premise such as “I want to adopt you because I would really like to f*ck your mother/father” would certainly find its audience. If that isn’t a great basic plot for a soap opera, then what is?

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South Africa Africa Birds Fish 147

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Some of the lazier Common Moorhens apparently try to pass the arduous work of raising their chicks on to other species -a paper describes how Little Bitterns are utilized as surrogate parents. However, the authors call this a “new breeding tactic”, which seems to mix up the discovery of the tactic with the use of the tactic.

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Geese Birds Fish Sparrows 147

10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2022

This is also why you very rarely find a photo of a giraffe on top of one of these posts – the other reason of course being that a giraffe photo would be relatively pointless in a birding blog. The Brown Crake is not that easy to see in Shanghai even though it is breeding here. ” ( source ).

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Mountain Goats Singapore Giraffes Birds 147

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 26, 2021

This book is essentially about those birds that breed on the continent south of the Sahara, a topic few birders are familiar with. His employers were magnanimous in granting him time to research what was to be his magnum opus, published over the course of 20 years – the four-part Birds of the Belgian Congo.

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Congo Africa Madagascar Kenya 264

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Several European zoos had this species in their collections at the time, but they either made no effort to breed it or it did not breed well in captivity. It is correct, of course, to think of extinction this way during the Holocene Extinction, which we are living through right now. … Extinction is forever. What a horror!

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Cuba Columbus Parrots DC 242

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

We hypothesized that trends in waterfowl hunter numbers, as indicated by Federal Migratory Bird Hunting Conservation Stamp (duck stamp) sales, have become independent of breeding duck populations, and we assess the impacts on habitat conservation. And, of course, bird watchers are in a sense free-loading on the duck stamps as well.

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Ducks Hunters Hunting Wildlife 209

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

A captive breeding program was established with a facility at Gustavo del Solar’s property, not far from where the birds were re-discovered. This flock is composed of about 54 birds including nine breeding pair. In order to raise our awareness, to remind us of what we have lost, and to inspire us to fight for Every.

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Collecting Peru Neglecting Ecuador 268

10,000 Birds

MAY 11, 2013

Speaking of birds in nests, five Chilean Flamingo chicks who were raised by a human “surrogate dad” at a British wildlife center have now graduated to joining the adults in the center’s colony. The hope is that their presence while inspire the grown-ups to breeding success. Of course not!

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Michigan Chile Tennessee North America 147

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

It persists in captivity at a breeding facility on Guam and in a number of American zoos. Notwithstanding any successes we may have breeding Guam Rails in captivity we are unlikely to be successful in addressing the reason for its decline. There are any number of concerns one could raise. So wither the Guam Rail now?

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Puerto Rico Guam Virgin Islands Feral 184

10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2012

But when the biological imperative to breed is on the brain, and springtime is peak time for thinking about breeding, they can become raving psychos, each bird desperate to lay claim to a nest box that would allow it to raise young and thereby pass on its DNA to the next generation and win the evolutionary sweepstakes.

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New York City New York Jamaica 2010 169

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 18, 2015

It returns to Broome with a mottled breeding plumage pattern and gradually changes its moult during its stay. This past breeding season the pair that inhabit this area of reef successfully raised three young birds and the last chick finally left its parents at the end of 2014 and they now have the area to themselves once again.

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Birds 2014 Australia Breeding 145

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2016

Migrants will be around but their hormone driven urges to get back to the breeding grounds for procreation make them less than reliable on count day. The high point of scouting was of course seeing a bunch of birds, something guaranteed at Eilat, especially during March. Raising $67,000 plus for conservation! :

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Israel Costa Rica Eagles Raised 171

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2012

They are feathered jewels with extraordinary breeding dances almost unrivalled in the bird world. The females, having selected a mate, will raise the chicks on their own. Of course, now I want to see the rest of them. … There are few families of birds as bewitching as the birds-of-paradise. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VGongXYDGo

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Indonesia Guinea Australia Cooking 188

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Then a little later there was a spot of bother with DDT, but we pulled out of that one ok, with a toolbox that would surely stand us in good stead if we only had the will to use it – legislation and literature, captive breeding programs, nest platforms. We could do it! Then the 80s happened. … Extinction is forever. What a horror!

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California Condor Guam Whales Whaling 196

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Kirtland’s Warbler is a classic niche species; they breed in only very specific conditions, which occur in only a very specific area. this species breeds. Fortunately, there were still a handful of immature birds alive at sea, and a few years later they were back on Toroshima breeding again. What a horror! What a disaster!

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Albatross Endangered Species Bald Eagle Alaska 202

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

Another 170 are in captivity, many of them breeding stock for reintroduction efforts. Hunting sandhill cranes in the Eastern flyway will put those 100 whooping cranes at even greater risk of being brought down by gunfire, hunter education courses and handy color brochures notwithstanding. Quick: what’s this? Nobody needs to eat them.

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 241

10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2019

Raised in and around the West Texas steppe country where temperatures reached 100 degrees with regularity, he began life as the Dust Bowl and Great Depression converged. ” By 1970 the man who championed Peregrines had convinced Cornell University to build a Hawk Barn for captive breeding of these birds. He came for the hawks.

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Falcons California Condor Alaska Idaho 176

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Of course, the evolutionary processes that produce this variety generally take place on a scale that prevents us from noticing any change at all over the course of our lifetimes. Birders are generally happy when this happens. More birds mean more potential lifers.

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Ohio India Hawaii United States 113

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Here’s a diagram, available on the Audubon site , that compares its 2000 range with its anticipated 2080 range: Only 1 percent of the bird’s breeding range remains stable between 2000 and 2080 if global warming continues on its current course. … Extinction is forever. What a horror! What a disaster! What a wrong!

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Species Los Angeles Science 2000 174

Animal Person

APRIL 16, 2009

This is why I didn't campaign for a greyhound--it raises their profile. Perhaps if there were a heartfelt message followed by action that supported it, no matter what breed were rescued, adoptions would increase. More people become interested for the wrong reasons, and then who knows, maybe racing would actually be reinvigorated!

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Obama Greyhounds Rescue Shelters 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 14, 2016

It was organized to boost eBird use, raise funds for bird conservation, and just get more people out birding. If you live in the northern hemisphere, of course there isn’t! Last year, the Cornell Lab Of Ornithology had this really cool idea to get as many people counting as many birds as they could, in as many places as possible.

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Costa Rica 2001 2016 Battery 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2015

Third, observing and photographing breeding birds and their young have become acts of ethical confusion as birders, photographers, and organizational representatives debate the impact of our human presence on the nesting process. Some people love books like that. Northern Flicker eggs in nest and nestlings.

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Eggs 2006 Family New York 263

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

This is particularly poignant if the bird has disappeared during the course of my birding days or “on my watch” as I like to think of it. Then rumors leaked out that at this same site the mythical Red Owl could easily be seen, Madagascar Serpent Eagle was breeding and other rare birds and lemurs abounded.

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Madagascar Lemurs 2006 Owls 235

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

However, you can’t come to this small Central American country to see the following birds because they are gone: White-faced Whistling-duck : Yes, this cool looking duck used to build nests, breed, and dabble around the wetlands of Costa Rica and this is why you will see it illustrated in Stiles and Skutch. What a horror! What a wrong!

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Costa Rica Species Panama Falcons 215

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Thus, the cattle we raise for meat and dairy are sometimes called Bos taurus while the extinct wild form is always called Bos primigenius. Some time after the Spanish encounter with the Turkey, birds were brought back to Europe where they were raised and became an important source of food and fancy feathers.

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Turkey Columbus Spain Fowl 200

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2012

Yellow-throated Warbler by Carlos Sanchez Of course, for many local birders, part of the excitement in this hobby is finding the unusual or rarely recorded, and winter offers perhaps the greatest deal of excitement in this regard. After all, a very significant portion of their lives are spent on their wintering grounds.

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Florida Miami Cuba Bahamas 158