Family Protection Strategy 
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 2, 2011
Sometimes called “Poor-me-ones&# on account of their haunting calls, these bizarre denizens of the night come in 7 different flavors from the family Nyctibiidae within the order Caprimulgiformes. In reality though, this is actually a pretty stellar nesting strategy. Potoos that are brooding simply look plumper than normal!
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 15, 2014
I had taken the short drive to the park to search for a family of American Dippers sighted near the visitor center by a fellow birder a few days before. In October of 2012, the Institute for Bird Populations released “ A Conservation Strategy for the Black-Backed Woodpecker in California 3.” It was July of 2012.
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10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 9, 2015
Red-billed Curassow ( Crax blumenbachii ), a large, ground-dwelling bird belonging to the same family as the more familiar Plain Chachalaca of southern Texas, was never a very widespread species. Our strategy on each day was to be the first people on the road in the morning. Is that all we are going to get? Or so we thought.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 13, 2023
We have also observed pairs of Pied Oystercatchers choosing sand over rocks and each pair appears to use the same strategy year after year. The Red-capped Plover family group will move back and forth up and down the beach as the tides rise and fall and try to avoid the vehicles that use our local beaches at this time of year.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 29, 2013
The Pied Oystercatchers are actually incredibly predictable when it comes to the dates that they lay eggs, the locations that they choose and the various strategies that each pair use in order to protect their young. Pied Oystercatcher family. Pied Oystercatcher family looking for food.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 11, 2022
Our observations recently have shown that the adult Pied Oystercatchers are roosting amongst the shorebirds where possible and it may well protect the juvenile Pied Oystercatchers. As the tide drops the birds all move forward to bathe and feed and the Pied Oystercatcher family becomes more visible. Pied Oystercatchers on the move.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 23, 2014
Each pair has a strategy and sometimes it is successful and sometimes it is not. Over the years some pairs of Pied Oystercatchers appear to learn how to protect the eggs and their young much more effectively and are therefore successful where other pairs may fail. Family of five-adult Pied Oystercatchers on the right.
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