10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Their habitats vary widely in both rural and urban landscapes; open habitats are preferred and the species generally shuns only extensively forested areas and wetlands 1. To show how adaptive this species is, the following photograph was sent to me by one of my readers and I use it with her permission.

Hunters 178

Hunters Hunting North America Game 178

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2014

The local Bald Eagles are getting busy, I suspect there is an egg in the nest. The birds were too far away to identify, and I know more than one species does this, but if I had to guess they were starlings. If half the Warblers go extinct, that would be a lot of species but you’d still pretty much have Warbler DNA.

Bald Eagle 182

Bald Eagle Zoos Philippines Apes 182

10,000 Birds

MARCH 25, 2020

In the marshes of the estancia , he discovers what he comes to believe is a new species of rail – one of the “accidentals” of the title. And the nandu, a South American rhea, has an intriguing chick-survival strategy: a week before hatching, the male (who does the incubating) pushes one egg out of the nest.

Uruguay 154

Uruguay 2001 Bald Eagle Science 154

10,000 Birds

APRIL 24, 2012

Greater White-fronted Geese are one of many species that mate for life. Aside from geese, various albatross, alcids, eagles, owls, cranes, swans and condors have life partners as well. After laying eggs, they have little to do with the upbringing of their chicks, leaving the male to handle things.

Albatross 197

Albatross Lifestyle Birds Raised 197

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2021

ospreys are mostly right-“handed,” and carry their food, while flying, in one foot only, to fight off kleptoparasites like bald eagles with the other), and of detail, as well, of the process involved in taking that particular photograph. Each image is accompanied by a page of prose detail on the bird (e.g., Dragan). ==.

Colombia 245

Colombia Birds Bald Eagle Guyana 245