10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

.” His classes attracted diverse groups of students, often with little scientific background: “Students have to first pass biology, but most come in knowing next to nothing about birds except that they can fly, that they have feathers, and that they lay eggs.”. But once a week, they were “out the door by 8:05 a.m.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

In Daurian Redstarts , personality traits (specifically, whether a bird is shy or bold) partly determine how good an individual is in rejecting cuckoo eggs in its nest. Apparently, birds that are fast in exploring new things – bold birds – are better at rejecting parasitic eggs ( source ).

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Eggs Bald Eagle Birds Owls 248

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Of course, it should not be hard to find birds angry with Matthew Gonshaw of London, a pig in human form, who was recently jailed for six months after admitting to “ten charges of theft and possession of rare eggs.” …and some seriously pissed off birds. Perhaps he should be launched from the giant slingshot?

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Pigs Eggs Humane Birds 170

10,000 Birds

JUNE 25, 2012

In my case, I used the window of my car, as the location I used to test the product was the puddles in the parking lot at Big Egg Marsh in Queens. Of course, when I take out the adapter for the scope the fact that the scope is already on a tripod should obviate the need for any further bracing.

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Eggs Rights Birds 266

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APRIL 27, 2023

Of course, the Red-billed Leiothrix is a species native to Sichuan – in Britain, it is now discussed whether to regard it as an invasive species ( source ). In one group, they added a blue egg to their nests. In the other, they added both such an egg and a peanut half-shell. Keep that in mind when somebody (Marie Kondo?)

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Italy China France Eggs 233

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Of course, that means that the birds I saw on September 30 are now somewhere in blogpost limbo, not having appeared in the September post but also not legitimately belonging in the October one. When there are cuckoos around – which parasitize Daurian Redstarts – the females have a higher rate of egg rejection.

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Deer China Birds Owls 246

10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2011

And of course, this means the molecules will be split and changed in many ways. Or picture yourself as a bird fetus within an egg. Drinking and peeing through the egg shell? And it can be stored easily by the bird fetus within the egg. Here they are used for all sorts of things, e. And this waste needs to go, pronto.

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Mammals Birds Eggs Fish 262

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2014

Big Egg Marsh in Broad Channel, Queens, hosts a wide variety of shorebirds that come to fatten up on Horseshoe Crab eggs each and every spring. The bulk of the birds is invariably Semipalmated Sandpipers , but there are always Ruddy Turnstones , White-rumped Sandpipers , and, of course, Dunlin.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Of course, Acorn Jay would have been appropriate, as there’s nothing this bird likes more than acorns, as I was reminded during a recent visit to the Greek island of Kefalonia. Not only eggs but nestling birds of many species fall prey to the Jay.”

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Norway Ghana Japan Eggs 240

10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2014

It’s a gamble every year, of course. Now we gamble again (literally as well as figuratively – there’s a split-pot prize for predicting the dates of arrival, egg-laying, and other major events) on the hope that they will lay viable eggs and successfully rear young. The Ospreys have returned to Dunrovin.

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Eggs 2011 Falcons Science 178

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2013

In these situations, the birds have been treated like pests and targeted for extermination, or lost their eggs and nestlings to harvesting of the fields. Of course, the best solution would be for the birds to avoid nesting in farmland at all. federal level, and a Species of Special Concern in California.

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Blackbirds California Cattle Eggs 209

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2012

They generally lay four eggs, but we have only seen a maximum of three surviving chicks after a few days. A good indication that they have eggs or young is the extreme noise that they make. They will often fly at both people and other animals in defense of their eggs and young. Masked Lapwing chick hiding in a cow footprint!

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Breeding Cows Eggs 2012 153

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. This is the female incubating eggs in the nest box… and a couple of weeks later… then, at the ripe old age of 17 days, what’s going on out here?

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North America America Barn Owls Fur 248

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2012

Living in California, I am of course speaking of the Western Bluebird ( Sialia mexicana ). The female alone incubates the usual 4 to 6 eggs for about two weeks beginning the day the last egg is laid. The Western Bluebird , like all bluebirds, is a secondary cavity nester (more about cavity nesters in an upcoming post).

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Washington Eggs Israel California 201

10,000 Birds

MAY 16, 2011

Brown-headed Cowbirds evoke strong feelings in many birders, some of whom can’t abide a bird that lays its eggs in other birds’ nests, often to the detriment of the nest owners’ offspring. But I miss the open land with skies never ending And the challenge of laying eggs in a nest with defending.

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Eggs Buffalo Sparrows Humane 167

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 20, 2013

That of course is true of many birds.) Nearly 90% of the nests failed during egg stage, mainly due to strong winds and depredation by American mink Neovison vison. Biotic includes predation of eggs and chicks by gulls, competition and predation by rainbow trout, and predation of eggs, chicks, and adults by mink.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 16, 2015

I was there for Arts and Birding , a five-day adult course in photography, videography, sketching, painting, writing, or any combination thereof … plus lots of birding. The established courses fill up quickly, so Audubon keeps adding new ones and attracting renowned instructors. What was it like?”

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Puffins Birds Groups West Virginia 276

10,000 Birds

JULY 14, 2012

Of course, this week will largely focus on the adorableness that baby birds bring. Can you handle the cuteness? But, just like with human babies, you have to admit that sometimes you anticipate fawning over a baby bird and instead nearly end up retching instead. We will have some of those less attractive baby birds as well.

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Birds Eggs Humane Experience 202

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 12, 2020

Of course, I always wake up hoping for a lifer or FOY bird. If I had known that these Amanita caesareas smell pleasantly of eggs, I would have taken a sniff. But any birder can tell you that a bad day birding is better than a good day almost anywhere else. The variety of their shapes and colors demanded that I turn my camera earthward.

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Turkey Birds Elephants Eggs 264

10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2012

And everyone always forgets about the brood parasitism that occurs closer to home: over 200 species of birds are known to occasionally indulge in a little intraspecific brood parasitism, that is, leaving an egg or two in the nest of another female/pair of the same species. In the old days, this was par for the course.

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Eggs Neglecting Adoptable Hunting 158

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

There are of course, many other birds which feed on flying insects, such as jacamars and trogons. Having successfully claimed ownership of the nest, the Piratic Flycatchers move in, lay and incubate their eggs, and ultimately raise their young in the pirated nest. Piratic Flycatcher.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 29, 2018

We have been busy walking the beach and keeping an eye on our local Pied Oystercatchers and the two pairs that laid their eggs earliest for the 2018 breeding season and successfully hatched out their chicks have now lost their chicks to predation. They have only laid one egg so far and another may be laid within a day.

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Eggs Feral Cats Feral 2018 145

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2012

Nonnative species have huge impacts on wildlife species everywhere… mice kill seabird chicks in their burrows, rats eat endangered bird eggs, overpopulated deer clear the understory of forests, pigs root out native plants and terrestrial animals, cats kill anything they can get their paws on. For example, when the U.S.

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Animal Rights Movement Animal Rights Wildlife Rights 243

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Another strange aspect – already mentioned further up – is that these owls almost seem to be able to change their shape – from a round egg shape to a very prolonged branch-like shape. Though of course, young owls growing up in such an artificial environment may later turn out to be snobbish and elitist.

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Owls Eggs Woodpeckers Cats 162

10,000 Birds

MAY 28, 2020

Understandably, after all the trouble of incubating the eggs. Of course, being mean, I only show you one of them. Meanwhile, Little Grebes are still in a slightly earlier phase. Little Ringed Plovers are fiercely protective of their cute chicks. A Grey Night Jar does what it does best – being almost invisible.

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Tigers Birds Eggs Farming 190

10,000 Birds

JUNE 16, 2011

It is much more interesting to consider the fact that some (actually, many) dinosaurs were bird-like, and of course, this similarity had to do with their common ancestry. One of the most interesting differences between birds and dinosaurs has to do with their eggs. The nature, distribution, and evolution of bird song is unclear.

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Birds Marsupials Primates Whaling 271

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Feel free to insert your own French joke here (though of course in the US, restaurants now serve Freedom Frogs rather than French Frogs). Of course, hearing about this immediately makes me think I have to show the photo of a Yellow-eyed Babbler below. This included recording a total of 77,760 minutes of video.

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China Birds Pythons Eagles 262

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Jonathan, of course, found this area.) Perhaps the lake’s insects function like the Atlantic Horseshoe Crab eggs that shorebirds gorge on along Chesapeake Bay during their northward spring migration? I was amazed how close to us these Baird’s Sandpipers flew while we were on the lakebed. And, if you are a bird, tasty.

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Ducks 2020 Eggs California 296

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2023

And of course, there is the expected paper characterizing the mitochondrial genome of Collared Finchbill. Fortunately for them (though less so for the cuckoo), in one experiment they ejected 100% of all cuckoo model eggs. My mother is dead already, but she might have pointed out that she told me so.

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Vegan Cats Animal Friendly Eggs 224

10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2012

Of course, that latter name could be applied to most of the Old World warblers, Jochen’s deluded thoughts about which warblers are best notwithstanding , but it particularly works for the young of the Barred Warbler. When the adult male bird has more than one mate, the femaleincubates the eggs and tends to the chicks alone.

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Hungary Eggs Abandon Abandoning 185

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2021

I guess the whole point about this band name is to suggest -ironically, of course – utter blandness. Hints of potential warming in the HBW species description: “Date of first egg-laying on Honshu now 7 days earlier than it was 25 years ago” There are also quite a few Cuckoos.

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LACS Birds France Japan 262

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

We can, of course, count wild, native, species. Of course, there are a lot more rules that apply to both birds that can and can’t be counted, and one of the most entertaining ways to get a bunch of birders to make a Facebook discussion thread go on forever is to innocently ask a question about some esoteric aspect of listing rules.

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Chickens Florida Feral Eating Eggs 234

10,000 Birds

MAY 10, 2020

The adult Pied Oystercatcher that is sitting on the eggs will lay as flat as possible to protect the eggs. Of course Black Kites also breed and at the moment there is a nest very close to the highway. Pied Oystercatchers at a nest site with Black Kites present.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2024

And of course, this entry on the Red-tailed Laughingthrush would not be complete without mentioning a paper that presumably nobody will ever read: “The complete mitochondrial genome of red-tailed laughingthrush ( Garrulax milnei )” As usual, there are many authors (8 in this case), and all seem to be Chinese (also as usual).

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 12, 2011

Platypus have bills, bats and bugs can fly, and reptiles lay eggs, but only birds have feathers. Feathers are the unique ingredient when it comes to birds.

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Reptiles Bats Eggs Humane 212

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Want to see a bird shaped like an egg? And of course, the link to birding at Fraser`s Hill is even harder to make. Orange-breasted Flowerpecker – colorful and almost impossible to get a decent photo of. Orange-bellied Leafbird among leaves: somebody got it right naming this bird. Pygmy Cupwing. Meet Mr. and Ms. Red-headed Trogon.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 10, 2024

Unlike the Common Cuckoo, the young GSC doesn’t eject its foster parents’ eggs or chicks from the nest, but is reared alongside them. It reminded me of a Roadrunner, which is, of course, also a member of the cuckoo family. Apparently if there’s more than one GSC chick in a nest, the younger one is likely to starve.

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