10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2012

Each year tens of thousands of these gulls go to the islands and each pair will lay three eggs. Most of these clutches of eggs will hatch to produce three fluffy and adorable chicks. Gerald Durrell relates one story in trying to save the endemic herpetofauna of Round Island in Mauritius.

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Animal Rights Rights Animal New Zealand 261

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2011

In the case of the Black Robins this involved cross-fostering eggs and chicks in the nests of Chatham Tomtits and Chatham Warblers , a complicated task that quickly boosted numbers of birds once it began. The methodology was intensive, rather than more hands off.

Species 224

Species New Zealand Rats Seychelles 224

10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2019

It was advisable to remove them at night, to keep them calm, to establish immediately a feeding board on which they would be fed chopped beef and egg to start, then fresh birds, rabbit or squirrel. Feature photo of Tom Cade with Mauritius Kestrel by Carl Jones used by permission of The Peregrine Fund.

Falcons 177

Falcons California Condor Alaska Texas 177

10,000 Birds

JUNE 26, 2018

The Zoo episode focuses on two Pink Pigeon couples: The Stud and Serendipity, a male and female that the zoo people hope will mate and produce a viable egg, and Thelma and Louise, a same-sex pair-bonded couple who the zoo people hope will incubate the egg and nurture the chick. He is the Harvey Weinstein of Pink Pigeons).

Mauritius 101

Mauritius Stud Zoos Eggs 101

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2014

The story of the flightless Dodo, discovered on the island of Mauritius in 1598 and killed off by 1700, is sad and familiar. 32, 1887) and Egg collection (no. Number 10, Stuffed Dodo at the Horniman Museum, London, c. I’m not sure what to make of this. The story of this fake object is, in a way, even more pathetic.

Mauritius 172

Mauritius Egypt Cyprus Collecting 172