10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Habitat destruction combined with hunting has pushed them away from their former breeding grounds. In breeding season grazing cattle may walk through the nest, breaking the eggs, while wild and domestic pigs may eat both eggs and chicks. What treats do they face?

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Serbia Romania Hungary Hunting 150

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 27, 2014

These birds even lay their eggs on piles of cow or horse dung, most likely to elevate them from the cold ground and possibly provide some heating through the process of rotting plant material. Sociable Lapwings breed in several areas along the Kazakhstani – Russian border and overwinter in Iraq, Sudan and northwest India.

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Sudan India Ukraine Camels 252

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2014

They were protecting the last three pairs that were left in West Germany from egg thieves! They used to breed throughout the country, but were wiped out mostly through hunting more than 100 years ago. Since the 1920s, the species was protected from hunting and a slow yet steady recovery set in.

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Eagles Germany Breeding Hunting 217

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

They may be about bird eggs ( The Most Perfect Thing: The Inside (and Outside) of a Bird’s Egg , 2016), or a 17th-century ornithologist ( Virtuoso by Nature: The Scientific Worlds of Francis Willughby, 2016), or How Bullfinches learn songs from humans ( The Wisdom of Birds: An Illustrated History of Ornithology.

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Dissection Birds Europe Eggs 264

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

They have special adaptations to stay warm and to keep their eggs and chicks warm. So, which came first, the underwater flight, the ability to hunt fish, the exceptional ability to live in the cold, or the tuxedo-camouflage?

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Penguins Seals Peru Leopards 251

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2024

This laughingthrush is a cooperative breeder – nestlings are fed by all members of a group, often 6-12 (not just 2 as in Wham!): “A female may share a nest with another, and 3 or more adults may take turns incubating the eggs and feeding the chicks.” ” ( source ).

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Burma India Thailand Indonesia 246

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 28, 2015

During the 1980s, the Pacific Coast Population swans became the source of eggs for several restoration programs in Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Iowa 2. The Trumpeter Swan Society lists these as: Lead Poisoning – occurs when swans ingest lead shot or lead fishing sinkers in wetlands and lakes.

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North America Iowa Wisconsin Michigan 199

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2015

He’s also worked with the National Wildlife Refuge System, co-led birding tours to Alaska, and co-authored A Guide to the Nests, Eggs, and Nestlings of North American Birds (1997). The 2011 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation , p.36, Margaret A. The writers have created a good book.

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America Squirrels Industry Birds 250

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.

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Birds Eggs Laws Oregon 201

10,000 Birds

MAY 5, 2016

So when a local Osprey ( Pandion haliaetus ) nest that had been occupied for at least the last eleven years was removed by the local park and recreation department, after the Osprey pair had already arrived to nest, people were upset.

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Transported Eggs Killing 2009 124

4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Their natural habitat is under threat, as housing developers plan to build on the neighboring wetland, effectively destroying the owls’ remaining hunting ground. The owls themselves are amazing creatures, and we have already begun to observe their nesting process, as they are expected to lay eggs any day now.

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Owls Eggs Hunting Family 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 28, 2011

At least it made for a sunny Easter egg hunt… Get to Esopus Bend Nature Preserve. Once I had used my allotted time birding I made my way from the preserve and back to my folks’ house pausing once to utter a primal scream as the sun finally broke through the fog and made the day absolutely gorgeous.

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Canada Zoos Birds Louisiana 185

10,000 Birds

MAY 22, 2019

Cars whiz past the nesting sites, mere feet from where the seabirds incubate their eggs and where their chicks will inevitably explore. Though the terns actively feed throughout the day, the skimmers wait until dawn and evening to hunt for prey in small flocks, flying low and fast across the water.

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Florida Protection Eggs Hunting 113

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Not only were they a common bird, they were a common bird nearshore; indigenous peoples hunted them up and down the coast. The most notorious effect is that their eggshells become so thin that a parent bird will crush it’s eggs while attempting to incubate them.

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Albatross Endangered Species Bald Eagle Alaska 253

Sales and Marketing Management

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Do you think you can hunt for new business and win without stepping on any toes? To make a great omelet you've just gotta break eggs. It travels in packs but gets the hunting done. Be principled in your negotiation. So what are you afraid of most? Is it your success? Ruffling feathers? An Experiment. Just add them on LinkedIn.

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Sheep Psychology Hunting Compassion 131

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2018

Where does the female Emperor Penguin go after she has produced that one egg and handed it over to the male for incubation? And, what about that female Emperor Penguin, who disappears for two months after handing her one egg over to her mate? Technology to the rescue!

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Albatross Penguins Research Breeding 127

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

The Centre takes kiwi eggs from the wild, when they are vulnerable to introduced predators, and rears them until they are old enough to survive in the wild. If you can prise yourself away from the spas be sure to head for the Kiwi Encounter Centre.

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New Zealand Penguins Sanctuary Fur 157

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 2, 2014

The two-page spread, shown above, gives a history of the species interaction with humans (fortunately, it does not taste good so it is not actively hunted) and documents records for each of the four areas covered by the guide. Browsing this field guide is a visual pleasure.

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Brunei Asia Birds China 233

10,000 Birds

JULY 17, 2012

Sunbitterns prefer hunting along the edges of fast-flowing, clear streams and tend to immediately retreat to the shade when approached, making a prolonged sighting difficult. Sunbitterns like to hunt in clear, fast-flowing streams But probably the least known aspect of the Sunbittern’s life history is its breeding and nesting.

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Costa Rica Suriname Eggs Hunting 260

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2023

Shockingly, the Ashy-throated Parrotbill apparently is a species heavily hunted for bird fighting in Guizhou Province, China ( source ). If being hunted by evil humans was not enough, Ashy-throated Parrotbills are also hosts of the parasitic Common Cuckoo. Some individuals even rejected their own eggs when they were in the minority.

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Eggs China Mammals Birds 245

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

The nickel was placed in the nest for the photo to show me the size of the egg for identification purposes, then removed. Even though the female lays only two eggs per nest attempt, they enjoy a protracted breeding season in which multiple nesting attempts can occur every 30 days, and in Southern locations, nearly year round.

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Hunters Hunting North America Game 235

10,000 Birds

JUNE 24, 2024

Surprisingly, the chance of a nest being robbed is greater in the forest interior than close to the road, as three of the four predator species listed above (all except the magpie) prefer hunting there. Spiderhunters : As their name suggests, they specialize in hunting spiders and other small invertebrates, although they also consume nectar.

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Vietnam Birds Woodpeckers Bangladesh 246

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2023

A rather clever approach of evolution to reduce hunting by that rather misnamed species Homo sapiens. One thing that is quite common in Mandarin Ducks is intraspecific parasitism – females leaving their eggs in the nests of other females of the same species.

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Ducks Adoptable Eggs Hunting 263

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2024

He has written and co-written over 400 scientific papers on brood parasitism, Common Cuckoos, egg rejection and other nesting behaviors, and fairy wren learning in addition to T he Book of Eggs: A Life-Size Guide to the Eggs of Six Hundred of the World’s Bird Species (Univ. of Chicago Press, 2014).

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Barn Owls Chicago Penguins New Zealand 244

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2011

A female red-tail may leave a nest to hunt for her two chicks and return to feed a rabbit to three chicks without noting an increase in the number of chicks a rehabber has placed there. When that isn’t possible, many raptor rehabbers keep tabs on nests and will place an abandon chick in a foster nest. Owls are a little different.

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Fox Birds Raised Geese 266

10,000 Birds

APRIL 30, 2011

A big moon gives enough light for the gulls to hunt by, so the shearwaters seldom come onto land while the full moon is up. After mating, a single egg is laid and incubation duties are shared by both parents. Shearwater remains litter the island with the carcasses picked clean, leaving just the wings, breastbone and girdle.

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United Kingdom Brazil Eggs Abandonment 197

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2012

The biggest threats to their continued survival in the wilderness are habitat destruction and hunting, for both food and for the pet trade (though they are not considered in the least bit endangered). The female of the species lays ten to thirty eggs in a burrow she digs about 65 days after mating.

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New York Reptiles Eggs South America 203

10,000 Birds

MARCH 29, 2015

Double-striped Thick-Knee nests are shallow depressions in the ground, with a typical clutch of two eggs. It is also classified by Birdlife International as vulnerable, due to the disappearing rainforest habitat and “its susceptibility to hunting” (I can’t imagine anyone hunting this bird; I wonder if its for the feathers?).

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Honduras Birds Costa Rica South Africa 263

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2013

To assess their populations, draw their blood, test them for lead, and discover what kind of impact feeding on gut piles might have on these iconic raptors, particularly the young ones, as hunting season begins in Montana. To gain knowledge of migration routes, wintering sites, survival rates. To understand, and thus to protect. I salute you.

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Eagles Tethering Wounded Science 234

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2014

The eider is the most common bird for hunting and eating, it lives near all of Greenland’s coasts and breeds on small islands such as Kitsissunnguit. When their nests are ready the birds lay two eggs, and in rare occasions only one or three. Rock Ptarmigans are Greenland’s only gallinaceas and are found in all types of terrains.

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North America Eagles Breeding Eggs 231

10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2014

European Red Foxes were brought into Australia in the 1850′s for recreational hunting and soon spread rapidly. We have seen them on remote beaches hunting shorebirds and taking their eggs and they have been responsible for much of the egg loss in breeding Pied Oystercatchers along the Broome coast.

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Australia Species Feral Cats Feral 157

10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2019

Today, we know a little more, such as the fact that an eagle couple produces one egg every two years, but numbers remain low, too low. And, he tells us about the time he was attacked by a parent Philippine Eagle as he handled an egg at the nest, hundreds of feet above the ground. This film could not be made without them. link] [[link].

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Eagles Philippines Eggs Monkeys 203

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Another item they feed on is hunting edible bird nest swiftlets, which are quite common in edible swiftlet houses in Sabah, Malaysia ( source ). The first attempt in hunting was made by the male hornbill which was seen snapping at a passing swiftlet, but was unsuccessful.

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Rhinoceros Singapore Transported Hunting 186

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). Thankfully, as the authors note, this focus on animals to hunt has given way to visitors’ fascination with a range of creatures.). Such a great variety of food!

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Rhinos Animal Mammals White Rhinos 252

10,000 Birds

MARCH 25, 2024

In Grey-backed Shrikes (at least those breeding on the Tibetan plateau), the eggs laid during one breeding attempt get larger with time – presumably an attempt to at least partly overcome the disadvantages the last chick faces ( source ). The species is also hunted for local consumption in Meghalaya (India), according to the HBW.

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Burma Vietnam Birds Laos 246

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Box after box of egg. ” I feel that way about hunting as a conservation tool too sometimes, wondering if perhaps its best to not tell people what conservationists and scientists do because people get angry about the wrong things. The large room the collection was held in was a profoundly weird place.

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Collecting Solomon Islands New Zealand Fiji 272

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The drongo perches above the flock, snatching insects that they disturb, and keeping an eye out for predators that might go unnoticed by its hunting flock-mates. The species is classified as Near Threatened for all the usual depressing reasons – pollution, drainage, hunting, and the collection of eggs and nestlings ( source ).

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Sri Lanka Taiwan Birds Cats 246