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Third Cable Beach Pied Oystercatcher nest to hatch

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The header photo above shows where the family rested shortly after the two chicks left the nest on Tuesday. We had been patiently awaiting the arrival of the two chicks since the eggs were laid a month ago. I took a few photos of the chick that had hatched out and the remaining egg. Chick and egg at the nest site.

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Photo Essay: Green-rumped Parrotlets from Egg to Adult

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Green-rumped Parrotlets: from egg to adult Text and photographs copyright Nick Sly (except Rae Okawa where indicated) and are used with his permission. 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.

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Killdeer from Egg to Adult

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They are cosmopolitan, nesting even in urban areas, but also in golf courses and parking lots. Killdeer on nest Killdeer eggs One day while we were at work my coworker received a phone call letting her know that the eggs had started to hatch. By the next day, when I returned, the entire Killdeer family had vacated the premises.

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Thirteen years of weekly posts

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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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Cyprus Delights – Part III

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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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Birding Shanghai in October 2023

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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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Birding Hongbenghe, Yunnan (Part 1)

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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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