10,000 Birds

AUGUST 31, 2011

In California, coveys break up and pairs begin forming in February or March, followed by nest building and egg laying in May or June. She will usually lay 12 to 17 eggs, averaging five per week 1 , before beginning incubation. Occasionally, larger clutches occur due to egg dumping by other females. References: 1 Baicich, Paul J.

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JULY 18, 2012

Wood Duck ( Aix sponsa ) Female Incubating Eggs in a Nest Box “Many species of cavity-nesting birds have declined because of habitat reduction. This is the female incubating eggs in the nest box… and a couple of weeks later… then, at the ripe old age of 17 days, what’s going on out here? References: 1 Scott, Virgil E.,

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JULY 15, 2012

They owe their awful name to the fact that the former holarctic ”Wren” or “Winter Wren” was recently split into several New World and one Old World form, producing the need to add a geographic reference to the new forms’ respective names. But certainly, very certainly, the Baby Wren won’t.

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JULY 16, 2013

Formerly known as Jackass Penguins , a reference to their strange braying calls, African Penguins have become the unofficial mascots of marine conservation in the region. On the mainland they face predation from domestic cats, dogs, genets, mongoose and Cape Gulls which steal their chicks and eggs.

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JUNE 18, 2014

The featured image above shows a female incubating eggs from my first resident breeding pair back in 2007. The four to six eggs are white and unmarked. It’s not as clear as the photo of the eggs above but I did not want to disturb the female as she was circling the nest to resume her duties.

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Eggs North America 2007 Woodpeckers 177

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Want to see a bird shaped like an egg? However, there are only two lyrical references to birds in the National song catalog, and they are both somewhat generic (“Out of my league, I have birds in my sleeves” in”Squalor Victoria” and “Bird that flys out of order underneath the sky” in “29 years” – the latter is not a bad line).

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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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JUNE 22, 2011

Here’s a photo of a House Finch nest before the eggs hatch and the hatchlings start producing fecal sacs. v=fHSgyxRQXvg References: 1 Birds of North America Online _ Poop Week is a week of themed posts on 10,000 Birds that cover the intersection of poop and birding, a fertile precinct if there ever was one.

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JULY 4, 2012

The female alone incubates the usual 4 to 6 eggs for about two weeks beginning the day the last egg is laid. Here you can see two chicks have already hatched, one egg is split open with the chick ready to emerge and one egg has a hole in it pipped by the chick from the inside. i Kamakawiwo?ole’s

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DECEMBER 7, 2011

The female chooses the nest site, builds the nest, lays around 10 eggs over a two week period and incubates them for about a month. References: 1 Birds of North America Online a. entrance hole. The male seldom sticks around once the female begins incubation. The young are born precocial and leave the nest within 48 hours.

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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 ). The male is, indeed, rather a handsome Thrush.”

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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 219

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OCTOBER 10, 2012

Today, the species has all but disappeared east of the Mississippi River and has declined in western parts of its range, most likely caused by the expansion of the House Wren which destroys and removes their eggs from nest sites 1. References: 1 Birds of North America Online. This is what I am used to seeing.

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OCTOBER 4, 2021

Hints of potential warming in the HBW species description: “Date of first egg-laying on Honshu now 7 days earlier than it was 25 years ago” There are also quite a few Cuckoos. It certainly does not refer to the status of Nanhui. At least, I managed to get a The National reference into the blog eventually.

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JANUARY 2, 2024

Hauber Hauber’s mini-essays focus on specific behaviors, enhanced by references to recent research yet written in a relaxed, personal way. of Chicago Press, 2014). He has spent time studying and teaching in New Zealand and more recently in Germany, which explains some of the bird choices in this book.

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Barn Owls Chicago Penguins New Zealand 243

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FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Occasionally the Tristan Thrush Nesocichla eremita will prey upon chicks from the two-egg nest of the Inaccessible Island Rail but this not enough in any way to threaten the species. Its eggs are not known, it does not migrate, and it feeds, I understand, on insects and worms.

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JANUARY 3, 2023

References to plate numbers (in the Plates section) and photograph numbers (in a Photo Gallery) are also placed prominently next to species name. There is also ample reference material in the front and back of the guide. Harrison, and Nests, Eggs, and Nestlings of North American Birds, 2nd ed. Baicich and Colin J.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The “Owls and Albatrosses” chapter, for example, begins with Doug’s personal experiences observing of the nesting strategies of Malleefowl and a Moluccan Megapode, Australasian “chickens who lay their eggs in unusual ways and do not parent. The text itself refers to the plates in all the appropriate places.

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JUNE 16, 2011

Neornithes together with some now extinct close relatives to the modern birds is referred to as Avialae. One of the most interesting differences between birds and dinosaurs has to do with their eggs. In words, modern birds are called Neornithes. A larger group that includes Archaeopteryx, is called Aves.

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Birds Marsupials Primates Whaling 271

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FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Within a group, 1–7 male co-breeders compete for matings with 1–3 joint-nesting females who lay their eggs in the same nest cavity. References: 1 Birds of North America Online a. Most Acorn Woodpeckers are cooperative breeders and live in family groups of up to a dozen or more individuals.

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Woodpeckers Breeders North America Groups 208

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AUGUST 13, 2014

References: 1 Birds of North America Online. This is an excerpt from that report: “Because much native nesting habitat has been converted to agriculture and stored grains provide an essentially limitless food resource, tricolors have since the 1980s nested in large numbers in association with dairies.

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JUNE 1, 2021

The photographs are from VIREO, the ornithological image collection associated with the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, which licenses bird photographs to many guides and reference books. They expand the definition of this book from identification guide to avian reference book. ” These are all great.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2022

I understand you may well not be able to see the nest clearly in the photo above and here is the same photo with it circled for reference. We could see there was a marker we could use to go by the nest from a distance and establish if they were cooling eggs or chicks. Little Tern nest.

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Isla Rasa was declared a sanctuary in 1964, and egg-collecting and disturbance during the breeding season are discouraged. References: 1 Birds of North America Online , 2 BirdLife International. Heermann’s Gulls form large breeding colonies on arid islands in the Gulf of California, Mexico, from March through July. v=FUBX_tlHySc.

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OCTOBER 7, 2015

They normally lay 3 to 4 eggs per clutch. References: Audubon California 1. Here is a photo of their nest which is built by the male and female, of material brought from under water, the surface, or emergent vegetation, usually near the nest. What a great bird! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbRrxw-H6xA. v=ZbRrxw-H6xA.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

” Since there is no sexual dimorphism between the male and female Bank Swallow you really can’t tell them apart until they begin incubating eggs, at which point the female will have a brood patch and the male will not. References: 1 Birds of North America Online.

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AUGUST 29, 2014

To civilians who may have been puzzled by the wildlife crowd’s tossed-off references to peefas, modos or mice cubes, here is a beginner’s guide to Rehabberspeak. Maureen Eiger categorizes any unidentifiable featherless nestlings as “ Tufted Puffins ;” to Letitia Labbie, they’re “Eggs With Legs.”.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

When we come to Gentoo Penguin again in the South Georgia chapter, for example, we’re referred back to its first appearance in Antarctica, utilizing the outline numbers.). The full-length species accounts are not repeated. It’s an unorthodox arrangement that can be confusing when you first open the book.

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JANUARY 7, 2012

Using the ubiquitous Great Egret as a reference, the Goliath Heron is half a meter taller (from bill-tip to toe) and four times as heavy. The clutch of a Goliath Heron would usually consist of 3-4 pale blue eggs that would hatch after about 4 weeks. For this reason it needs huge wings, outspanning the Great Egret by a meter.

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Hunting Battery Raised Adoptable 225

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APRIL 10, 2013

About three billion birds fly north to the Boreal Forest each spring to build nests and lay eggs. References: 1 New York Times , 2 National Resources Defense Council , 3 Earth Observatory. For many waterfowl, this area is their only nesting ground 2. Sierra Club. Friends of the Earth. National Resources Defense Council.

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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. This video was taken at the Chico Oxidation Ponds where these swans were relaxing with hundreds, if not thousands of ducks. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq1bx7Ic2FY. v=kq1bx7Ic2FY.

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AUGUST 4, 2015

Readers are referred to the text itself for citations of historical periodicals such Bird-Lore, the magazine that preceded Audubon magazine. 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).

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JULY 1, 2015

When I first approached the nest tree I saw an adult squirrel climbing the snag near the sapsucker entrance and, knowing that squirrels will eat bird eggs and nestlings, I was quite concerned. References: 1 Birds of North America Online. Click on photos for full sized images. It should be here later today.

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Squirrels Woodpeckers North America Eggs 157

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AUGUST 10, 2016

Each nesting pair will have 4-8 eggs, and there is some reference to location being a factor on that quantity. Mearnsi are both considered critically endangered. The Loggerheads that I commonly see here in this area are the subspecies L.i. The Loggerhead Shrike is 9 inches over all, and the largest of the shrike family is 20 inches.

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Butcher North America Birds Mexico 161

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AUGUST 9, 2023

The birds I’m referring to in this post are all flycatchers that occupy woody, forest habitat; but they are very infrequently in the same place at the same time. By constant harassment, egg ejection, and in some cases hatchling removal, the original owners abandon ship and the Piratic Flycatchers move in.

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AUGUST 2, 2022

One of Whittaker’s first experiments was to place other birds’ preen oil on the nests and eggs of Dark-eyed Juncos. There is no bibliography, a References section lists articles by chapter, in the order in which they are discussed in the text. 241) that contribute to a bird’s odor.

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MAY 6, 2015

Every spring I look forward to monitoring my bluebird trails when I not only get to watch Western Bluebirds develop from eggs to fledglings, but other cavity nesters as well. References: 1 Eastern Bluebird History. I watched three of the five nestlings fledge but had to leave before the last two left the nest box. v=qxsnESZ2Z6U.

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