10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 16, 2012
Pied Oystercatcher breeding area-July to October Pied Oystercatcher sitting on eggs-July We are now at the time of year when Flatback Turtles come ashore to lay their eggs along our coastline and they usually do it during the night around high tide. Apparently the eggs were laid and she finally returned to the sea at 7pm.
10,000 Birds
JULY 22, 2012
Feral cats are a huge problem in Australia and they do take a lot of the eggs. There are four pairs with eggs currently after the first pair lost their eggs, which they laid in the same location as last year. This pair laid a white egg last year on their second attempt in the exact same nest.
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10,000 Birds
JULY 17, 2012
Why can’t a baby bird just hatch out of the egg and fly away, or at least, be able to fly a little and not require weeks of constant feeding and attention? Baby turtles and crocodiles are born as miniature versions of adults. Some birds do this a little. That is an oversimplification of what happens.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 17, 2012
Officials reported 48 marine mammals, mostly dolphins, and 87 dead sea turtles during the first two months alone. We documented the relocation of several turtle nests. The babies that hatched from these eggs were released on Florida’s east coast. Turtles continue to die at significant rates in the Gulf of Mexico.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 7, 2015
The Pied Oystercatcher pairs are all in their breeding territories and we can expect to find eggs laid in the first week of July along the coast here. They are a lot more successful than the Pied Oystercatchers at breeding, but their eggs and chicks are somewhat smaller and appear to be less attractive to predators. Hawksbill Turtle.
10,000 Birds
JULY 17, 2011
This is the time of year when the Pied Oystercatchers breed and already three of the sixteen pairs along this stretch of beach have successfully laid eggs. The first pair to lay eggs this season have only a few more days of sitting and then they will be very busy guarding their chicks from predators.
10,000 Birds
JULY 13, 2023
The northern half of the lake added Corn Bunting , European Turtle Dove , Dalmatian Pelican , Purple Heron , Eurasian Hobby , Eurasian Golden Oriole , Eurasian Green Woodpecker , and only the first of the several Masked Shrikes of the tour (cover photo by Kostas Papadopoulos).
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