10,000 Birds

JULY 28, 2024

They begin to show up in August and peak in September as they make their way south to their Antarctic breeding grounds. European Storm Petrel The European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus is the other species of storm petrel that’s around in the summer months and these are birds from local breeding colonies.

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Portugal Breeding Hunting Species 289

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MARCH 25, 2021

The adventure of the second European Breeding Bird Atlas, or EBBA2, was the topic of one of my first posts here at 10,000 Birds: In a warm Catalonian March, Barcelona is filled with sunlight and full of Rose-ringed and Monk Parakeets. In a very short time, we get two responses, two birds calling from opposite directions.

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Europe Breeding Denmark Russia 264

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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. The highlight however was a Black-necked Grebe in full breeding plumage at short distance – easily my best sighting of this very attractive bird.

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Squirrels South Africa Germany Ducks 245

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JUNE 9, 2024

The bright yellow shrivelled-up skin of the naked head is most repulsive…and yet it must be repeated few birds present a finer sight when on the wing… ”. The most recent estimates suggest that some 1,500 pairs breed in Spain. That’s about half of the entire European breeding population. Its stronghold is the Iberian Peninsula.

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2004 Spain Italy Agenda 285

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AUGUST 20, 2013

They breed on a number of basaltic lakes in southwestern Argentina, and it is not entirely clear where they all winter, but some wintering Hooded Grebes have been found outside their breeding range (and a few none-breeding birds have been found year round at two locations on the Atlantic, apparently).

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2010 South America 2011 Argentina 242

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JULY 7, 2024

But no, my story today is about the birds that come in to breed on the heather moorland which dominates the high ground. Oystercatchers Haematopus ostralegus are present everywhere, flying to and fro, chasing rivals or freaking out with some potential predator that gets too close.

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Puffins Raised Breeding Africa 264

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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 246

10,000 Birds

JULY 25, 2021

On our recent walks along Cable Beach checking on the pairs of Pied Oystercatchers that are currently breeding we have often observed a Little Egret. The water is clear and it would be easy for the Little Egret to see the fish that are present. There is only ever one Little Egret and it runs around in the shallows of the Indian Ocean.

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Fish Australia Breeding Species 264

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JUNE 11, 2016

In Costa Rica, June is breeding bird count season. As one might expect with a breeding bird count, it also gives me an idea of which birds are where, and whether or not other species are still around (side benefits for guiding on that same route as well as future Big Days).

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OCTOBER 25, 2021

barbata , but present name has priority. perdix , and also that race przewalskii (sometimes subsumed within suschkini , but generally paler) was basal to other taxa included within the present species. ” According to the HBW, the diet of the Pine Bunting during breeding season is mainly invertebrates.

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China Austria Birds ALA 264

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MAY 10, 2024

Perhaps the most curious thing about the Great Spotted Cuckoo is its distribution, for it is both a non-breeding Palearctic migrant to Africa, and a trans-Africa migrant. According to The Birds of Africa Volume III , “In much of the tropics present throughout the year, with breeding and non-breeding birds usually indistinguishable”.

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Cyprus Africa Europe Asia 246

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JULY 1, 2018

It is not unusual for only one Pied Oystercatcher chick to survive throughout the whole breeding season despite in excess of sixty eggs being laid by sixteen pairs. It is for this reason that there was not an update last year on Pied Oystercatchers breeding success , because there was not any. Nest site with a view. Eggs in the nest.

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JULY 2, 2024

A section in the Appendix, “Rare Shorebird Vagrants,” lists 16 additional species that do not show up annually in North America but who have more than ten records; the list notes where the species breed and where their vagrant paths have taken them within North American borders.

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North America America 2006 Delaware 264

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JULY 24, 2014

From experience, these primarily frugivorous birds do show local movements that may depend on the local ripening of fruit outside the breeding season. During the 1986-1991 Florida Breeding Bird Atlas, breeding was confirmed in three quadrangles that more or less reflect its present distribution.

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JUNE 23, 2013

Once again Pied Oystercatcher breeding season is fast approaching in Broome and we can expect the first batch of eggs to be laid within the next few weeks. Where the beach has a reef alongside it on the northern section of the beach the pairs stay together throughout the non-breeding season. It is a spectacular and noisy sight.

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Eggs Breeding Australia Raised 210

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MARCH 20, 2022

Willie Wagtails are present across much of the mainland and they are a large fantail. The shorebirds are starting on their Northward migration to go and breed and the Dollarbirds that have bred here over our wet season are also now departing to the North.

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Australia Breeding Species Birds 278

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APRIL 25, 2022

Though I usually do not mention this in public presentations, as kids (or fathers) might be present in the audience. So, as a preemptive strike, I present to you the Golden-headed Cisticola. Contrary to alleged preferences among humans, the golden-headed cisticola has a shorter tail during the breeding season ( source ).

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Australia Koalas Parrots Birds 248

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The first step in preparing for the breeding season is getting ready for courtship. Gifts are presented, heads are bowed, and tails are cocked. The shift in season is mirrored by the animals, some migrate, others sprout antlers, others prepare for hibernation. Are we ready to welcome the next season?

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Cattle Bears Breeding Animal 244

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JULY 24, 2022

We had encountered a Yellow-billed Spoonbill in the area last year that appeared to have a stick embedded in its breast, but we have no idea if this is one of the birds now present. We know that Yellow-billed Spoonbills breed further south and no doubt start to roam around once they leave the breeding colony.

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Breeding Ducks Species Birds 247

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AUGUST 27, 2020

Presented in numbers, Bird Families of the World has 2417 field guide style paintings, plus 797 bird photos, followed by 252 distribution maps. The text deals with Related Families, Similar Birds, Description, Habitat, Food, Breeding, Conservation and Relationships. Because this book is nothing short of spectacular. It weighs 3.7

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Family Birds South America Breeding 299

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MARCH 27, 2014

These wild birds migrate out of Florida to northern breeding areas in the spring and are not present in Florida during the mottled duck breeding season. Wild mallards normally winter in Florida in widely scattered, small flocks and are seldom seen in large concentrations except in some of the northern counties.

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Florida Ducks New Zealand Feral 253

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DECEMBER 1, 2019

They are not present in Western Australia or the Northern Territory, so not a bird species that we get to observe very often. They head north from Victoria and New South Wales to Southern Queensland and return in July and August to breed. Yellow-faced Honeyeaters migrate in huge numbers between March and May.

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Australia Breeding Species Rights 248

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2013

Burrowing Owls have been present at our school camera location since at least 1984. 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. One of the owls with a frog after a rainstorm.

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Owls Florida Raised Coyotes 252

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

Tallamy presents data to demonstrate the stark difference between native trees and exotic trees in their ability to support insects. The latter figure very significant when you remember that many breeding passerines depend on the humble caterpillar to feed themselves and their offspring. Black capped Chickadee.

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North America Wildlife Mammals Breeding 264

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MARCH 27, 2022

They are present throughout much of Australia and as their name would suggest they have a black face! They are often nearby and breed locally, but we don’t always have them at the water. Black-faced Cuckoo-shrikes – Coracina novaehollandiae are a common bird species around our home in Broome, Western Australia.

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Australia Zebras 2014 2012 277

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JANUARY 10, 2024

White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus) Notwithstanding the fact that nearly all of the endemics and other native species are extinct the islands of St Helena and Ascension remain very popular for birdwatchers and especially photographers because they are both major breeding sites for seabirds. BirdLife international has designated St.

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Madagascar ALA 2000 Birds 246

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MARCH 18, 2012

They breed in the arid inland areas in Mongolia and northern China and then migrate south into coastal parts of south-east Asia and northern Australia. They will roost amongst the Oriental Pratincoles and the Little Curlew and all of these species will be higher up the beach than the other shorebirds that are present.

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Mongolia Asia China Shelters 223

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AUGUST 9, 2023

Frequently the field guide presents a curated selection of species on the same plate to illustrate key differences essential to nailing a positive identification. The largest and bulkiest of the three is the more or less ever-present Streaked Flycatcher. In reality these species are rarely in the same place at the same time, however!

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Trinidad Abandoning Abandon Abandonment 192

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JULY 13, 2011

The birds are not allowed to breed on the runway, but many loaf around on it. Around 100,000 of these terns breed on almost every available space on the island, and walking through groups of them is a deafening and quite painful experience. This species doesn’t breed on Tern Island itself, but does sometimes turn up there.

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Hawaii Breeding Wildlife Eggs 194

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

Recently, a group of nature photographers were spotted using live fish to bait a family of Grey-headed Fish Eagles in Singapore, where the species is listed as Critically Endangered, with only about 12-18 breeding individuals left in the wild. Doing so, however, presented a few problems.

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Eagles Singapore Ethics Fish 269

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AUGUST 14, 2012

Carmine bee-eaters occur throughout most of Subsaharan Africa, and many populations migrate widely post breeding. After breeding they also disperse over the rainforests and savannas of West and Central Africa, where they hunt for aerial insects. Two populations exist, the westernmost breeds in the western Sahara (e.g.

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Africa Gabon Uganda South Africa 266

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MARCH 4, 2020

These isles of Saint Giles are beaten tirelessly by the wind from the open ocean, the hardy vegetation present is gnarled and contorted. Both Brown and Red-footed Boobies actively breed on Little Tobago as well as Saint Giles. Presently, I’m comfortable with identifying perched birds which I can examine for some time.

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Fish Rights Breeding Species 263

10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2013

The freshwater ponds provide an oasis in the desert and thirsty desert birds take advantage as well as waterfowl and shorebirds that would never be present in an environment so inhospitable for them if it weren’t for the water. You would certainly not see an American Avocet in the middle of the desert without water being present.

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Las Vegas Nevada Birds Blackbirds 248

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JULY 22, 2012

I’ve written before about the two near identical plovers that breed here in Arctic Bay, The Semipalmated Plover and the Common Ringed Plover. I live in one of the few places in North America where both species breed and occur regularly. It is a big island, by the way, the fifth largest in the world.

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Seals North America Breeding Species 236

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Eurasian Oystercatcher: Not all of them are breeding at Claire`s beach in Australia. Whimbrel: Looked big in Nanhui without Far-Eastern Curlew present, but not so big here Black-faced Spoonbill: Not the spoonbill I was looking for. Black-bellied Plover: Known as Grey Plover in Europe and Asia. Point for American birders, I am afraid.

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China Birds Asia Fish 306

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JANUARY 3, 2013

Quite a few species are well-established and breeding from San Diego to Los Angeles and beyond. Red-crowned Parrots have been present in southern California since at least 1963 but weren’t added to the California checklist until 2001.

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Parrots California Los Angeles San Diego 240

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JULY 17, 2012

You don’t really know a bird until you’ve studied it on its breeding grounds. Getting intimate with a species over the course of the breeding cycle is one of the more rewarding aspects of birding, and field research too. I present here an annotated collection of photos documenting the entry of new parrotlets into this world.

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Eggs Venezuela Porcupines 2008 269