10,000 Birds
JULY 17, 2011
One was “Superdad,” one of the few successful breeding whooping cranes in the entire eastern population. Eastern flyway breeding populations appear to be maxing out their available habitat, and are subject to abundant natural limitations such as ground predation by coyotes, foxes, raccoons and opossums. What if they’re shot?
10,000 Birds
JUNE 4, 2013
The colony has grown supporting up to 3 pairs of owls, all breeding at once! The colony has numbered 17 at one point and fledged as many as 9 owlets during the normal breeding season. The colony has numbered 17 at one point and fledged as many as 9 owlets during the normal breeding season.
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10,000 Birds
AUGUST 31, 2011
All New World Quail are highly gregarious, typically found in coveys or flocks except during breeding season. These could be the beginning of the formation of coveys, post breeding season flocks that form when the chicks become independent at about three months old. The birds scatter, sometimes in different directions.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 1, 2015
These ground birds have been clocked going 20 mph, though their coyote predators can go more than twice that. million breeding birds, Greater Roadrunners have a stable population (according to Partners in Flight). Of course, only thirty minutes later I saw my second roadrunner, this time standing on a lawn adjacent to a busy street!
10,000 Birds
APRIL 9, 2017
He had a lot to choose from with displaying Clark’s Grebes , hordes of western hummingbirds, breeding plumaged American Avocets and all the other goodies that can be found in the diverse habitats of SoCal. Coyote as it stayed just out of acceptable camera-range in Irvine Regional Park.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 12, 2011
Horned Screamer Michael McDonald is a lot like Wile E Coyote and would like to see a Rufous-vented Ground-cuckoo ! Not to mention, its brilliantly bulbous crimson throat, bloated during breeding season must be a sight! My most-desired Brazilian bird? Easily, it’s the Rufous-vented Ground-cuckoo ( Neomorphus geoffroyi ).
10,000 Birds
APRIL 20, 2011
I think the main reason turkey/vehicle collisions are more noticeable this time of year are breeding hormones. Also, a turkey fight and display will attract the attention of predators, I’m sure many a turkey lek gets ambushed by coyotes causing birds to flee in utter panic. Is this turkey contemplating your doom?
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