10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2024

Given that according to the HBW, the species prefers dense primary and secondary montane forests, the note that the bird also forages among kitchen waste (in the same HBW entry) seems somewhat incongruous. Fish & Wildlife Service has a web page for this species – but it contains absolutely no information. ” ( source ).

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

While these birds are very much liked by Chinese birders, the species could unfortunately not be named the National Bird of China as the Latin species name of the bird is Grus Japonicus. 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 199

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

This would be a night drive, cold, dark, uncomfortable seats, loud engine in the giant 26-seater truck, scanning the brush and the roadside with three or four strong spotlights wrangled by volunteers among the nature-loving tourists, and of course, the headlights of the truck. And, of course, something interesting came along.

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Feral Cats North America Feral Cats 254

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2023

So, in order to show a few more photos of the bird than the usual two or three had I included this bird in a post of birds seen around Wolongshan, Sichuan), here is one dedicated to the species. The Latin species name is semitorques , which means something like “half-twisted” – but I have no idea why.

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Vegan Cats Animal Friendly Eggs 175

10,000 Birds

MAY 10, 2024

There are 154 species of cuckoos in the world, and they’re all a fascinating bunch. It’s not a species you are likely to overlook, either, as it is extremely noisy, its cackling call carrying great distances. 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 214

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2023

This leaves Shanghai in June with basically just the year-round species and the summer breeders, maybe with a few added ultra-lazy individuals of migratory species. Fortunately, there are a few more such breeding species than most Shanghainese are aware of. Such as the Black-winged Cuckooshrike.

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Birds Eggs Breeders McDonalds 130

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Even the Latin species name soror (“sister”) indicates the similarity to another pitta species (blue-naped). The eBird description of the Small Niltava starts with the surprisingly dull statement that “size distinguishes this species from other niltavas” Who would have thought.

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China Birds Pythons Eagles 224

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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2018 Agenda Science Massachusetts 263

10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2023

This area offers Mexico’s greatest concentration of endemics, as well as very few species an American birder might have already seen up north. So I took him to Paso Ancho, of course. And for the first time, I saw a Bronzed Cowbird (which lays its eggs in other birds’ nests) checking out one of these nests.

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Mexico Oregon Squirrels Falcons 147

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2022

Wikipedia seems not too impressed with the species, stating that “the brown honeyeater is a medium-small, plain grey-brown honeyeater” The Latin species name indistincta (indistinct, obscure) sounds similarly underwhelming. The species was bred at the zoo of Memphis, Tennesee ( source ). ” ( source ).

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Australia Parrots Birds Memphis 147

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. tridactylus).

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Woodpeckers Birds Canada ALA 213

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2021

I pointed at the bird shown below but he insisted it could not be that species – no long tail … For people of a certain age, gender and background, at some point The Smiths were the most important band in the world. I guess the whole point about this band name is to suggest -ironically, of course – utter blandness.

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LACS Birds France Japan 225

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2015

And of eggs and nests and birds on nests. Into the Nest , as the title says, is about the courting, mating, egg-laying, nesting, and parenting behavior of “familiar birds”. Some chapters focus on one species (Yellow Warbler), some on several related species (Chickadees and Nuthatches). And of birds courting and mating.

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Eggs 2006 Family New York 263

10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2022

It was an undeniably dank morning at the top of this island watershed, and even though we were able to discern some other species like Rufous-tailed Jacamar and the endemic Trinidad Motmot , activity was a bit slow. We were hoping for some of the more secretive species, however. From hidden perches, Blue-backed Manakins vocalized.

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Trinidad Woodpeckers Ducks Abandon 235

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 22, 2022

Colorful bills and heads seem quite popular among Letaba’s bird species – see the African Jacana (blue and black) … … the Striated Heron (yellow and blue) … … and the Yellow-billed Stork (yellow and red). The Latin species name vermiculatus (worm-like) refers to the markings on the upperparts.

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Zimbabwe Benin South Africa Gabon 147

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. A cuckoo species with a sense of honor, being a non-parasitic cuckoo. Meanwhile, Little Grebes are still in a slightly earlier phase. Little Ringed Plovers are fiercely protective of their cute chicks.

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Tigers Birds Eggs Farming 162

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2023

It covers 403 species: 172 nonpasserine species and 231 passerine species in the Species Accounts, 198 species beautifully illustrated by the author in the Plates section. The scarcity of information on the young of some avian species is astounding.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Birds Family Collecting 253

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2023

In total, there are eight species of hornbills in Borneo – the best place to see them seems to be the Kinabatagan River area (also known as Sukau). Another paper reviews information on Oriental Pied Hornbills raiding the nests of various bird species in Singapore and even pet bird cages.

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Rhinoceros Singapore Transported Hunting 126

10,000 Birds

JULY 17, 2022

Even going on the same route twice a day we have noticed different bird species at different times and every walk is a time to enjoy time together in nature very close to home. Mistletoebird egg incubation is about 10-12 days and then there will be a further 15 days when the young will remain in the nest.

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Australia Eggs Species Birds 147

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. Note to other species: better do not rely on mature primary forests, as this may lead to extinction. This is also reflected in the Latin species name of sparverioides , which just means sparrowhawk.

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Birds Cattle Raised Mammals 130

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. And while this poisonous species is usually red and spotted, older examples can lose their spots and take on an orange hue. Then I saw its shiny partner.

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Turkey Birds Elephants Eggs 259

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

There are of course, many other birds which feed on flying insects, such as jacamars and trogons. Their name is no accident – Piratic Flycatchers closely monitor the nesting activities of pendulous-nesting species like Crested Oropendolas and Yellow-rumped Caciques.

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Trinidad Abandoning Abandon Abandonment 210

10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2022

So, the basic idea is to show 15 species of Australian birds in each post and give you the usual trivia about them. This species has also eliminated the need for childcare – the chicks emerge from this pile on their own and never even get to see their parents. Similarly, the Grey Shrikethrush is neither a shrike nor a thrush.

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Australia Koalas Parrots Birds 184

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

In late July, I travelled a half hour north of Morelia to Lake Cuitzeo (kweet-SAY-oh) to see if our two inevitable first migratory species from up north, Baird’s Sandpiper and Wilson’s Phalarope, had begun arriving. At that point, neither species was yet present, and there wasn’t much of a lake, either.

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Ducks 2020 Eggs California 252

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2022

According to the HBW, when breeding, male birds do most of the incubation and parenting while females often leave the nest up to one week before the eggs hatch. According to Couzens, after laying the eggs, females sometimes immediately abandon their first mate and pair up with another male. But maybe that is actually a good thing.

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Birds South Korea Japan Abandon 162

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2020

When it comes to one’s most exciting bird sightings, of course, it all comes down to context. Plus a few truly difficult species. Sure, it is an introduced species in Germany. So seeing this beautiful (though common) European species was a special treat. But… Been there, done most of those.

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Austria Spain 2019 Germany 146

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. The Crested Serpent Eagle is another species bound to suffer from a naming error in perpetuity.

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Myanmar Birds China Chicago 147

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Wikipedia grudgingly admits that the species “has dramatic coloration unlike any other member of its genus”. To be called Lesser Racquet-tailed Drongo – what does this do to the morale of a species? 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.

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Malaysia Birds Asia Morals 201

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2019

Travel to Tiquicia for birding is high on the list of most birders because it’s not too far from Canada or the USA, there is good tourism infrastructure, and most of all, it’s pretty easy to see hundreds of eye-catching bird species. Since this is the closest spot to the bird action, this is of course where we all want to be.

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Costa Rica Cooking Birds Chickens 202

10,000 Birds

MAY 20, 2014

I’d seen pictures of them, of course – the stocky, flamboyantly-beaked little seabirds who always seem to be wearing expressions of sympathetic concern – but I’d never seen one “in bird” (the avian equivalent of “in person”). There are boat trips to Eastern Egg Rock, as well as to other small islands. There’s one!”.

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Puffins Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle Eggs 274

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 166

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

The lengthy Introduction gives both a personal history and a global history of birds and art, including brief profiles of John James Audubon and the far lesser known Genevieve Estelle Jones, who conceived of a book eventually called Illustrations of the Nests and Eggs of Birds of Ohio in the late 19th century. Cleaning brushes, for example.

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Birds Eggs Laws Oregon 147

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2024

Osborn, a passionate field biologist who participates to the core of her being three re-introduction projects aimed at saving three very different, endangered species: Peregrine Falcon, Hawaiian Crow (‘Alala)*, and California Condor. Sophie Osborn’s stories are personal and inspiring, but this is more than a personal memoir.

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California Condor Falcons California Coyotes 175

10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2012

But the honeyguides, indigobirds, and a single species of duck all do the classic cuckoo strategy (obligate interspecific brood parasitism) as well. This behavior is most common in colony nesters, since popping next door to drop off an egg is a lot easier than hunting down another nest through acres of forest or grassland.

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Eggs Neglecting Adoptable Hunting 155

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 19, 2015

Kind of a dull example of the species but it was still a Lark Sparrow ! I went out into Big Egg Marsh hoping for a Nelson’s Sparrow and found one, though this shot is of a Saltmarsh Sparrow. I went out into Big Egg Marsh hoping for a Nelson’s Sparrow and found one, though this shot is of a Saltmarsh Sparrow.

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New York City New York Sparrows Eggs 152

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

We can, of course, count wild, native, species. We can count vagrant species that made it to the area we are in under their own power. We can count introduced species that have met the criteria of the “Bird Police” for the area to which they are introduced. There are lots of birds we can’t count.

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Chickens Florida Feral Eating Eggs 196

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. federal level, and a Species of Special Concern in California. (For Of course, the best solution would be for the birds to avoid nesting in farmland at all.

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Blackbirds California Cattle Eggs 185