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A special Pied Oystercatcher

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I have followed the breeding activity of the Pied Oystercatchers in Broome along Cable Beach since July 2000 when I found the first nest site and the birds have continued to use the same territories, though there have been some partner changes. I can also monitor any movement along the coast during the year when they are no longer breeding.

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Inaccessible Island Rail Atlantisia rogersi

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Also from BirdLife International: In general it prefers areas where vegetation, boulders or other landscape features at ground level provide tunnels in which to shelter and to breed. Its eggs are not known, it does not migrate, and it feeds, I understand, on insects and worms.

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An Osprey Nest and The Migratory Bird Treaty Act

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We are all watching intently as these two beautiful raptors attempt another successful breeding season without further disturbance. After all, we want to see this Osprey pair flying in every Spring to carry on their very successful display of breeding prowess without human interference.

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Cliff Swallows and Pest Management

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In addition to their homing tendency, breeding swallows are attracted to old nests. It is illegal for any person to take, possess, transport, sell, or purchase them or their parts, such as feathers, nests, or eggs, without a permit. Completed nests during this breeding season cannot be touched without a permit from the U.S.

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Puffin Trip in Maine

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Fortunately, just like when we visited Washington State , Daisy was amenable to taking a boat ride to see some puffins so on the evening of Saturday, 27 May, we (me, Daisy, Desi, and my mother-in-law) found ourselves on a boat in New Harbor watching Black Guillemots swim in the harbor while we waited for our boat to head out to Eastern Egg Rock.

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Journeys With Emperors: Tracking the World’s Most Extreme Penguin–A Book Review

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They breed in colonies scattered around the Antarctic continent (the number ranges from 60 to 70, and as Kooyman points out, the colonies can drastically change in size from year to year) on the ice (and one of the things I learned from this book is how many different kinds of ice there is in the Antarctic) in the darkest months of winter.

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Hornbills of Sabah

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Basically, hornbills get paid by evolution to eat fruit, digest the fleshy parts, and regurgitate or defecate the rest – a means of seed transportation that is apparently quite attractive to many plants despite the yuck factor involved. One paper describes them breeding in a human settlement in abandoned clay jars.