10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2023

I am puzzled as to why Gulls and Terns are almost passed over, with less than two pages of text devoted to a family description and only six species accounts (four gulls, two terns). Family follows family with no page break, making this section a little dense. Woodpeckers are a family of focus for Tuttle-Adams.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Family Birds Collecting 288

10,000 Birds

MAY 10, 2024

I have encountered a few of the more quirky members of the family, including the brilliant and aptly-named African Emerald Cuckoo, India’s ultra-shy Sirkeer Malkoha, and the fascinating Lesser Ground Cuckoo in Costa Rica. It reminded me of a Roadrunner, which is, of course, also a member of the cuckoo family.

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Cyprus Africa Europe Asia 246

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

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

For a few years now, every time they visit their family here, he or they go with me to bird my favorite sites. 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?

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Ducks 2020 Eggs California 301

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2023

It is a bit of an outsider in the bulbul family, being only one of two bulbuls in the genus Spizixos (“chirping bulbul” – a bit strange as many other bulbuls including the omnipresent Light-vented Bulbul also chirp a lot). The Collared Finchbill is a bulbul, even though the name does not state this directly.

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Vegan Cats Animal Friendly Eggs 228

10,000 Birds

JULY 17, 2012

Horned Lark fledglings seem impossibly big to me, like they are larger than the adults (which of course they are not). I had hoped to have some Semipalmated Plover chick photos for comparison but as of last night they seem to be still at the egg stage. Here are five in a nest, close to fledging. With some serious legs.

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Eggs North America Breeding Europe 220

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2024

This is the home of the Rusty-naped Pitta , admittedly one of the less glamorous of the family, particularly the subspecies found in Yunnan, but still a nice sight and still a pitta. No doubt, the Lesser NLT will be relieved not to be bossed around by its erstwhile bigger family member anymore. ” ( source ).

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Burma India Indonesia Thailand 242

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Some other members of the shrike family were a bit less testosterone-driven at Nanhui – like this Bull-headed Shrike … … this rather attractive-looking Tiger Shrike … … or one of the many Brown Shrikes passing through Nanhui on migration. Then, I was not sure whether this was the right thing to do.

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LACS Birds France Japan 263

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2019

Since this is the closest spot to the bird action, this is of course where we all want to be. “Pinto” is rice and beans and comes with your choice of eggs, breaded Tilapia, chicken or other options. Well yes, of course! A “casado” is a full lunch plate and works for when you want to eat a lot.

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Costa Rica Cooking Birds Chickens 244

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 16, 2015

Each year Hog Island offers programs, taught by a stellar staff of naturalists and artists, to groups of all kinds (teenagers, adults, families). 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.

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Puffins Birds Groups West Virginia 277

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 263

10,000 Birds

MAY 2, 2011

Life, Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species. From what I read, birds are the class of Aves [feathered, winged, bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying and vertebrate animals]. But how many families of birds are there?” No surprise: finding the number of bird families is no easy task. Who knew?].

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2011 Family Eggs Rights 138

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 27, 2023

The photo below shows the actual nest with the eggs in, but that may not be initially clear to you, so I have underlined them in a copy of the photo below. Eggs in a Pied Oystercatcher nest I always walk by briefly to confirm the number of eggs, but it is very rarely more than two eggs in Broome. I suppose they know me!

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Eggs Australia Protection Breeding 130

10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2022

In my imagination, the job of a male Australian Brush Turkey is pretty similar – removing or adding bits and pieces to his pile of rotting vegetation in order to get the right temperature to incubate the eggs buried underneath to hatch. The Australasian Figbird is a member of the Oriole family despite not being yellow.

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Australia Koalas Parrots Birds 236

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

It depicted a Common Loon ( Gavia immer ) sitting on eggs on a seemingly crude nest. There were waterbirds and raptors, owls and woodpeckers, thrushes, grosbeaks and crossbills, and of course those charming and indispensable new world warblers. Common Loon ( Gavia immer) This was a different artist.

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Woodpeckers Birds Canada ALA 246

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2015

I also enjoyed reading the company histories of familiar brands like Duncraft, Kaytee, Droll Yankee, and Wagner all of which started as family companies, some as offshoots of other businesses, some as the result of clever inventions. The story of Duncraft is a good example. Margaret A. The writers have created a good book.

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America Squirrels Industry Birds 250

10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2016

Of course, when I get back to the gallery, and I am looking at the shots from the day, I am always impressed with the poise, color and beauty of the bird. They are part of the Penduline family, and resemble the true t**s in most ways, but have sharp pointed bills. One of the smallest of the passerines, the Verdin measures in at 4.5

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Eggs Raised Protection Family 114

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

It is organized taxonomically, with families identified by first scientific and then popular name. Each family section starts with a brief description of the birds within that family, their common physical and behavioral traits, and range of habitat. Richard ffrench died in 2010 at the age of 80.

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Trinidad South America Birds 2011 234

10,000 Birds

APRIL 28, 2011

This past weekend had the family and me visiting my folks for Easter in my hometown of Saugerties, New York, “Where,&# as the slogan says, “The Catskills Meet the Hudson.&# Because I am an absurdly early riser of late I had some time before breakfast on Sunday to get out for some birding.

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Canada Zoos Birds Louisiana 165

Animal Person

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Thanksgiving 2010 will be Baby Sky's first, and our opportunity to introduce her to the notion that our family doesn't eat animals (not to mention that other historical story we'll be correcting). Of course, the world outside of our home tells a different story. But we can bring our story to that world. Because it tastes good.

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Greyhounds Forced Molting Debeaking Vegan 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 22, 2022

Of course, the second explanation makes a lot more sense. While hoopoes are in their own family, DNA studies suggest that the hoopoe diverged from hornbills, and the wood-hoopoes and scimitarbills from the hoopoe. The African Hoopoe looks very much like the Eurasian one but is now considered a separate species by most authorities.

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Zimbabwe Benin South Africa Birds 147

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2013

A particularly good type of fertilizer, for example, drastically increased the population of crabs, spoiling Bermuda’s golf courses. In addition to longtails and rats, Wingate battles developers (of course), a rare Snowy Owl that kills 5% of the cahow population (Wingate shoots the owl, to the dismay of many), and the U.S.

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Rats Breeding Birds 2012 192

10,000 Birds

JULY 1, 2014

They cut down the trees the parrots used for nesting and brought black rats, who ate their eggs, and honeybees who swarmed into their nests, and by 1937 there were only about 2,000 Puerto Rican Parrots left. And, of course, it shows the beauty of the world of the rain forest. Other Europeans came. Africans were brought over as slaves.

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Puerto Rico Parrots New York City 2013 247

10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2023

May is a busy month for birds migrating through Shanghai – and of course, last May was completely missed due to the lockdown. Of course, if you do not like the color red, we can also offer a blue bird – the Siberian Blue Robin. Also, do not smoke as it is not good for your health.

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Birds Cattle Raised Mammals 130

10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2022

A Barred Cuckoo-Dove showed somewhat atypical behavior or had not read its eBird entry about it being “seldom seen out in the open … quick to flee when approached” Of course, Hongbenghe, Yunnan is quite far away from Chicago. “It is not deep enough yet!

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Myanmar Birds China Chicago 147

10,000 Birds

JULY 26, 2019

Pisco’s most famous use, of course, is in the namesake cocktail, the pisco sour. This is a single-varietal pisco made with Muscat grapes, a family with an unfortunate reputation – at least in the United States – for its use in cheap, illicit plonk during Prohibition.

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Peru San Francisco Parrots Chile 141

Animal Person

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Yet he spends time describing the miserable deaths of day-old male chicks and understands what happens in dairy production, and I assume he doesn't partake of anyone's eggs or milk. He is against it for himself and his family. But why does he say "vegetarian?" Factory farming considers nature an obstacle to overcome" (34).

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Factory Farm Factory Farming Animal Vegan 100

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Not in words, of course, but they can answer in ways that we can understand if we are paying attention. How does the health of a farmer’s family and community figure in when they are making the decision to continue industrialized production methods? To the Editor: Re “ Don’t Presume to Know a Pig’s Mind ” (Op-Ed, Feb.

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New York Times New York Gestation Crates Gestation 40

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Birders are always happy to see a turtle or tortoise, and there are times of the year when my social media feeds are sprinkled with photos of turtles beings removed from roads or crawling to land to lay eggs. Or that tortoises and terrapins are considered part of the turtle family. Lovich and Whit Gibbons.

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Turtles Tortoises Family Terrapins 248

10,000 Birds

APRIL 10, 2011

Females seem to be the only sex to sit on the eggs according to literature, but no research appears to have been done on the night time routine. They both take responsibility protecting their young and remain in a family group for a period of time. If you follow the bird you know you will not accidentally stand on any eggs.

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Eggs Shelters Family Protection 179

10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2022

According to an article in the Guardian , “nearly a quarter of black swan families are parented by homosexual couples, the males sometimes mating with a female simply to have a chick. Once the egg has been laid, the female is chased away and the males hatch it.” It seems they kept a pheasant as a pet for the chick.

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China Birds Pythons Breeding 255

10,000 Birds

JULY 25, 2022

When these birds breed, this can lead to highly cringeworthy announcements, for example from Adelaide Zoo : “We have egg-citing news!” Of course, if science is not for you, you can also look for the Spiritual Meaning of Willie Wagtail (“Unlock the amazing secrets of this spiritual symbol”) here.

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Australia Birds Mountain Goats Ducks 263

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Tall grass, grass in burnt areas, leaves stems, small mammals, large mammals, invertebrates, birds, bird eggs, even hyena feces (that’s the Leopard Tortoise). And of course, the birds, over 500 species. Such a great variety of food! Species that belong to the famous “Big Five” get special badges. by Keith Barnes.

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Rhinos Animal Mammals White Rhinos 252

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

There are variations on that theme, of course. 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. Even the non-passerines often follow this pattern. In the latter, three or more adult individuals contribute to the raising of offspring.

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Breeders Breeding Science Raised 239

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

Last weekend we went by vehicle to check on the Pied Oystercatchers that breed along that stretch of beach and there has been continued egg loss over the past few weeks. They are persistent at laying eggs and despite the loss of all the eggs from our last visit there were five new eggs. Pied Oystercatcher shading an egg.

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Eggs Birds Investigation Bears 140

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2022

Wrynecks are fascinating because they are woodpeckers, taxonomically and evolutionarily, yet they do not share many behaviors and anatomical features of most members of the Picidae family. But they are woodpeckers: the genus Jynx of the subfamily Jynginae of the Picidae family. They are beautiful, but in a different way.

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Woodpeckers Hungary Thailand Europe 264

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2013

The compactness of both books (Dragonflies is 208-pages and Butterflies is 224-pages long) of course stems from the small number of each type of insect in Great Britain and Ireland; comparative field guides for Europe and Great Britain are necessarily longer and heavier. The Behaviour paragraph includes flight pattern and mating habits.

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Ireland France Breeding Eggs 207