10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2016

After collecting nearly 70K bird photos, he felt that it was time to share them, so he now has his bird blog in order to do just that! Once the nest was done, she began sitting on it, preparing to lay her eggs. They’ve been traveling the world ever since! Newly born. Feeding time.

San Diego 161

San Diego Seattle Eggs California 161

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. The photographs are from VIREO, the ornithological image collection associated with the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, which licenses bird photographs to many guides and reference books.

North America 278

North America America California Condor Birds 278

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2012

As a Northeast birder I am familiar with the alarming decrease in the number of Red Knots along Atlantic shores and have signed petitions and written e-mails calling for legislation and rules that will limit the overharvesting of the horseshoe crab, whose eggs Red Knots depend on. million in the late 1990’s. Should the gulls be controlled?

Delaware 176

Delaware New Jersey Eggs Research 176

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

Johnson is collecting myths about owls from cultures around the world and is also presiding over a 12-year Burrowing Owl Project that seeks to collect DNA samples, vocalizations, morphological data and map locations for every Burrowing Owl subspecies the world over.

Owls 197

Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 197

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The Indochinese Green Magpie is one of four species of green magpie (it used to be only three, but one of the subspecies collected enough frequent flier miles to get an upgrade to full species). Altruism, fortunately not of the Sam Bankman-Fried variety, though probably not very effective either.

China 214

China Birds Pythons Eagles 214

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 22, 2024

When not climbing, he collected species, and thus a number of birds are named after him. Interestingly, only about half of the helpers are related to the breeding pair … … and only the ones not related to the pair gained some parentage, either by sneaking in some sex with the breeding female or by adding an egg.

Indonesia 212

Indonesia Birds Charlotte Breeding 212

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2013

And on this visit, we were there in time to see feeding for the kiwi chicks the centre was raising. I’d recommend any visitor to New Zealand check out a kiwi house raising kiwi chicks, even if they plan to see kiwi in the wild, as they are worth a look even if they don’t “count” in a ticking sense.

New Zealand 160

New Zealand Rats Raised Endangered Species 160

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

In the former, a female lays her fertilized egg in the nest of another species, in the hopes that her offspring will be raised by the unwitting hosts. In the latter, three or more adult individuals contribute to the raising of offspring. It turns out that the two strategies may be related.

Breeders 193

Breeders Breeding Science Raised 193

10,000 Birds

APRIL 30, 2011

After mating, a single egg is laid and incubation duties are shared by both parents. The long shifts before swapping duties reduce the number of times that the birds have to run the gauntlet of the gulls and increase their chances of succesfully raising the chick to the age of abandonment.

United Kingdom 159

United Kingdom Brazil Eggs Abandonment 159

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2012

The Natural History section points out that Red-tailed Pennants hold their wings flat or slightly lowered, while the skimmers tend to raise their wings. Common and differing traits will include type of coloring, thorax patterning, how they perch or fly, how they copulate, and how they oviposit, lay eggs.

United States 222

United States Costa Rica Massachusetts North America 222

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

Even the first explorers to Australia documented there was a risk of extinction of birds and animals into the future and subsequently decided to collect as many specimens as possible! In order to raise our awareness, to remind us of what we have lost, and to inspire us to fight for Every.

Species 173

Species Australia Birds Parrots 173

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Superb Starlings avoid this when using helpers, much like rich people presumably reducing the stress of raising kids by hiring a couple of nannies. She also laid eggs in Melba Finch nests. But that is the environment they survive in, get grants, get professorships, etc. Red-billed Firefinch.

South Africa 176

South Africa Africa Cape Verde Birds 176