10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 10, 2015
The Squirrel Cuckoo is the most common and widespread of all New World cuckoos. The Squirrel Cuckoo is more often seen as it flies from tree to tree or across a clearing in the forest. Many of the old world cuckoos are brood parasites, laying their eggs in other birds nest. Photo: Christoph Diewald (Flickr).
10,000 Birds
JULY 1, 2015
A pair of Williamson’s Sapsuckers ( Sphyrapicus thyroideus ) nesting in the same snag as a Douglas Squirrel! Note the baby squirrel sticking its head out at the top of this photo. Those concerns were quickly squelched as I watched the female sapsucker dive bomb that mama squirrel as it scurried down the snag and out of sight.
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10,000 Birds
MAY 24, 2013
Montana has four species of chipmunk and six species of ground squirrel. Ground squirrels, to those who are not used to them, are more curious beasts, caught in a taxonomic middle ground between the larger marmots and prairie dogs and their smaller chipmunk cousins. Mammals ground squirrels rodents'
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.
10,000 Birds
MAY 23, 2014
Birds hatch out of eggs, like some species of snakes, who also have no boobs, although with a snake the fact is more readily apparent. While snakes protect their eggs, and may protect their young for a short period of time after they hatch, baby snakes are very soon on their own. Milk + Wildlife = Big Mistake.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 4, 2015
And squirrels. Aggravatingly, many squirrels. How to choose bird feeders; how to make nutritious bird food; how to create a backyard environment that will attract birds; how to survey your feeder birds for citizen science projects; how to prevent squirrels from gobbling up all your black oil sunflower seed (sorry, none of that works).
10,000 Birds
JUNE 5, 2015
Salami for an American Kestrel, salted popcorn for a baby squirrel,” wrote Sigrid Warren. “I I took in a Flying Squirrel they’d been feeding chocolate covered coffee beans,” wrote Letitia Labbie, to which Sandi Lancaster Leonard replied, “OMG! And scrambled eggs,” added Hilary Lewis. “I Like they aren’t crazy enough?”. “I
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