10,000 Birds

JUNE 24, 2012

Which these days involves a frenzy to breed and raise a brood. I discovered that one of the Pacific Loons was back, and the first breeding plumaged Purple Sandpiper I’ve seen (having only seen them on fall migration), and Arctic Hare cavorting in their changing coats. In breeding plumage! And now mergansers.

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Bald Eagle Breeding Whaling Whales 188

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Greater flamingoes winter in large numbers Kerkini’s wintering Flamingoes probably breed in Turkey Forty years ago Flamingoes were rare visitors to Greece: several thousand now winter on Kerkini Lake Kerkini is an artificial lake, its depth varying considerably throughout the year. Both Bewick’s and Whooper Swans occur in good numbers.

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Greece Pelicans Geese Buffalo 246

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

It was therefore an absolute thrill when I heard the news that biologists from The Peregrine Fund, whilst surveying for endangered Madagascar Harriers in November 2006, had discovered a small population of these diving ducks at a very remote crater lake 330km north of Lake Aloatra!

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Madagascar Lemurs 2006 Owls 255

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.

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Costa Rica Species Panama Falcons 261

10,000 Birds

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. The Australian Painted Snipe nest was positioned on higher ground in between the fence and the highway.

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Breeding Eggs Raised 2017 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Letters from Eden (Houghton Mifflin, 2006) will soon be followed by a memoir about the birds she has raised, healed, studied and followed throughout her life. They reach breeding maturity at four to seven years of age, produce only one chick per nesting season, and only one in three offspring survive to fledging age. It’s free!

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 263

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2012

Wood Duck ( Aix sponsa ) Female Incubating Eggs in a Nest Box “Many species of cavity-nesting birds have declined because of habitat reduction. The wood duck was very scarce in many portions of its range, at least in part, for the same reason and probably owes its present status to provision of nest boxes and protection from overhunting 1.”

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North America America Barn Owls Fur 253

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Conservationists at the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) have been using remote controlled drones to watch the nests of endangered breeds and monitor the progress of reintroduced species. Over time, it’s these physiological changes that can disrupt animals’ breeding or rearing habits.

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Idaho Bears Protection Birds 214

10,000 Birds

MAY 13, 2022

The Asian Koel is a cuckoo species and thus freed from the obligation to raise its own chicks (though the birds like to refer to themselves as brood parasites, which sounds a bit less obviously selfish). Lesser Whistling Ducks are “not threatened by hunting as they are not considered good to eat” ( Wikipedia ). Lucky ducks.

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Singapore Birds Zebras Feral 263

10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2024

Being a westerner — raised in California, and now living in western Mexico — I was perhaps most excited about the migratory birds that breed in eastern North America. Like the previous park, there were no ducks, coots, or grebes to be seen. Then, around 4:00 p.m.,

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Mexico Birds Raccoons Baltimore 243

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

I was eager to see if our winter ducks and shorebirds had arrived. That suits our winter ducks just fine, except when this part of the lake dries up completely, as it does in some dry years. That suits our winter ducks just fine, except when this part of the lake dries up completely, as it does in some dry years. All Wigeons.

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Ducks 2018 Pelicans Europe 154

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

Over the next few days, the Alpine Accentors ( Prunella collaris ) will arrive on their high-Alpine breeding grounds – it is time to start singing, despite that the treeless Alpine landscape is still under metres of snow. all Alpine Accetor photos digiscoped (c) Dale Forbes. all Alpine Accetor photos digiscoped (c) Dale Forbes.

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2011 Breeders Deer Breeding 235

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 28, 2014

Egyptian Vultures raised is isolation used rocks to crack eggs presented to them. Interestingly some of these ponds are favored by these herons for foraging and have ducks that are fed by people. Just a bit of ingenuity can make a big difference for these herons and their progeny if they are breeding. The behavior was inherent.

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Fish Ostriches Woodpeckers Breeders 165

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

Another 170 are in captivity, many of them breeding stock for reintroduction efforts. Letters from Eden (Houghton Mifflin, 2006) will soon be followed by a memoir about the birds she has raised, healed, studied and followed throughout her life. There are 400 whooping cranes left in the wild, 100 of them in the eastern population.

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 244

10,000 Birds

APRIL 27, 2017

Is Belgrade the New Berlin is a question recently raised in Vogue by Marry Holland. Best birds: Common Shelduck , Garganey , Ferruginous Duck , Little Bittern , White-tailed Eagle , Black and Whiskered Terns , Eurasian Penduline Tit , Bearded Reedling , Savi’s Warbler , Common Reed Bunting. eBird checklist. Main eBird checklist.

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Birds Eagles 2017 Otters 214

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 108

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2020

So, curious about which birds nest in two places, I quickly found out that it’s Phainopepla, a western bird, a relief because I was concerned that it might have implications for my data collection for the NYS Breeding Bird Atlas. copyright @2020 by David A llen Sibley. The Portfolio of Birds is comprised of 87 2-page spreads.

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2020 Birds North America Sparrows 264

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2017

Each Species Account includes one to three drawings of the bird, a range map, common and scientific names, and a one to three sentence description of the bird, which may or may not include its migratory and breeding habits, feeding behavior, plumage, habitat, and demographic status—whatever helps identify the bird quickly.

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North America America Sparrows Birds 189

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2023

I am not sure about the security situation in Iraq these days but at least some people do ornithological research there – resulting in papers such as one titled “Breeding observations of the Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus (Desfontaines , 1789) in Iraq” Impressive.

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Iraq Birds China Ireland 130

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2016

I discovered very much by accident that questions have been raised by British birders about the accuracy of some of the book’s photographs; this is the to-do at Birdfair I referred to in the beginning of the review. The chapters, however, offer very good introductions to each bird group. Is the bird pictured what the caption says it is?

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Ireland Birds Falcons Turtles 181

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2021

If you remember that the first edition of Sibley was published with “National Audubon Society” on the cover, raise your hand. I didn’t.). And now we have the third iteration in Audubon’s guide book history: National Audubon Society Birds of North America. This is a fairly large book: 907 pages; 7.38

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North America America California Condor Birds 279

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2020

The source of this ranking, BirdLife International, lists Bolivia as currently having 1,439 bird species, including 18 breeding endemics. Like most maps, colors are used to indicate seasonal status (breeding resident, Austral migrant/visitor, Boreal migrant, etc.). Distribution maps are also different from other field guides.

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Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 221

10,000 Birds

JUNE 24, 2021

The fields near the Tiaozini mudflats look very much like a lunar landscape, but this does not seem to keep a number of species from breeding there, sometimes directly on dirt roads. But now back to birds … Little Ringed Plovers also seem to like to breed directly on the road. Blandness sells.

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Uganda Birds Breeding Rats 262

10,000 Birds

APRIL 24, 2012

This week at 10,000 Birds, it’s all about how birds get around to bumping uglies (I’m talking about cloacas here), who they do it with, and how this actually leads to raising chicks…the birds and the bees of birds, you might say. Ducks, like these Chiloe Wigeon , are infamous for their violent, sometimes forced copulations.

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Albatross Lifestyle Birds Raised 236

10,000 Birds

MAY 16, 2011

The more I learn about ducks, the more impressed I am with their blatant promiscuity. Mallards , of course, bring new meaning to the term dabbling duck , what with all those wild mallard hybrids and domestic cross-breeds running around. But apparently, all the Anas -species ducks are overly amorous or at least indiscriminate.

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Ducks North America Denmark America 252

10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2011

Let us for once judge a book by its cover, and take a thorough look at a Black-headed Gull in breeding plumage. • Explore These Related Posts Tree Swallows Return, It Must Be Spring Stalking a Kiwi Icon Polygynandry and the Alpine Accentor Duck Migration Finally Saw-Whet.Or They’re Back! Dan: thanks so much!!

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2011 Birds Deer Europe 196

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2013

Mt Bruce, since you ask, is the Department of Conservation’s premier endangered bird breeding centre. Long-finned Eels swam in the rivers, and in their pens the breeding Blue Ducks where whistling away. And on this visit, we were there in time to see feeding for the kiwi chicks the centre was raising.

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New Zealand Rats Raised Endangered Species 171

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks , Muscovy Ducks and Blue-winged Teals were around us, together with Green , Great and Little Blue Herons , Cattle and Great White Egrets , Black-crowned and Yellow-crowned Night-Herons , plus one locally rare Pinnated Bittern in the floating vegetation, as well as several dozen Neotropical Cormorants.

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Costa Rica Nicaragua 2019 Farming 264

10,000 Birds

JUNE 25, 2017

The most common member of the Grebe species around Broome is the Australasian Grebe- Tachybaptus novaehollandiae and it has taken advantage of our exceptionally good Wet Season early this year and has been breeding very successfully. During breeding season the Australasian Grebe has a very distinct pale yellow patch at the base of the bill.

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Breeding Geese Ducks Eggs 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 29, 2013

Our first stop was Cable Beach to find the Pied Oystercatchers in their territory even though the breeding season is over. There were plenty of Australian Pelicans, Royal Spoonbills, Black-winged Stilt and Gull-billed Terns, but the numbers were down on the Plumed Whistling Ducks which normally line the edge of the ponds in their thousands.

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Ducks Parrots Birds Australia 154

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 3, 2013

I knew I would not be seeing the bird in its rosy-breasted breeding plumage, but somehow seeing the bird in all its forms helped crystallize its appearance in my head. or birds that look very different in their breeding and non-breeding plumages (Shorebirds! I studied it. Sadly, I still did not see the bird.

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Ireland 2013 Breeders United Kingdom 184

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2016

These ponds and the larger Cedar Lake and collection pond hold Tufted Duck , Greylag Goose and Eurasian Moorhen. The Black Swans were adopted to the trust’s coat of arms and breed here during the northern winter. A few other remnants of the former collections might raise eyebrows in some circles.

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Collecting South America Blackbirds Adoptable 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

There is one exception–ducks. The following section encapsulates a chapter of biological facts into one dense paragraph–breeding location, breeding time of year, nesting notes, timing of fledging, migratory routes to and from breeding areas, staging locations, foraging locations, and more.

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Albatross Penguins Family Groups 279

10,000 Birds

MAY 24, 2014

It features lakes which can usually be relied upon for Neotropic Cormorant and White-faced Whistling Duck on the water with Kiskadees seemingly perched on every bank-side tree. A pair has been nesting by the roadside for some years, but they are not so predictable outside of the breeding season. Look out for the Howler Monkeys too.

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Brazil Birds Transported Game 160

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2019

Mandarin Duck, Central Park, NYS. It is very possible that Mike and Corey will penalize me for including the Mandarin Duck–also known as the “Hot Duck,” “Mandy” only to tourists and the Gothamist–in this list, but its celebrity cannot be ignored. Everybody wants to know about the Hot Duck. ” [[link].

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2018 Michigan North Dakota New Jersey 197

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2022

On May 23, I decided to go up to Lake Cuitzeo, in spite of the fact that the lake can seem much less interesting after our winter migrant ducks, waders and shorebirds have left. And it also turned out, to my great surprise, that not all those migratory ducks had left yet. So yes, this appears to be a breeding population.].

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Mexico 2018 Ducks South America 263

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2022

As with Chinese male humans, having your own building is still vital to raising young. There was a breeding pair at Binjiang Forest Park this June. The one for bird photographers (a Spot-billed Duck ) is shown below. So, the birds start collecting mud and small sticks. Nest building: a good activity for a rainy day.

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Birds Sparrows Mountain Goats Protection 241