10,000 Birds

APRIL 26, 2012

Predators that rely on lemmings, like the Snowy Owl , took advantage of the bounty and had great breeding success, raising large broods which, after the lemming population crashes, dispersed far and wide. We always see one or two of them about town in the spring, this year they are in groups of six or seven. I’m a messy eater.

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Rabbits Breeding Litter Raised 252

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2011

I was fortunate to have been born and raised in Africa, and although I have traveled extensively around the world, it remains my home and in my blood. Vangas, asities, mesites, Malagasy warblers, ground-rollers and cuckoo-roller are all mouth-watering groups with very special members.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 5, 2014

The group is called WING-IT (Wildlife In Need Group In Tulsa) and is now part of Tulsa Audubon , a mutually beneficial partnership which furthers the goals of both. He was right; a cheerful, enthusiastic group of parka-clad people eventually arrived to watch slides, listen to tales of bird rescue and rehab, and buy some of my books.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

In fact, crests occur in at least 20 of the 30 orders of extant birds, and in all major groups of passerines. Their main use is to display – either to communicate with other members of the species or to scare other species, as a raised crest makes the bird appear larger. Crests are made of feathers.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2022

Active feeders, they move across the surface in tightly-packed groups, heads dipping beneath the water over and over and over in search of fish. I cross my fingers that they make it safely, raising voracious chicks before returning to the Sunshine State once more.

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Pelicans United States Arizona Canada 264

10,000 Birds

JUNE 11, 2011

They like to fly in pairs or groups and in the evening they come together in big groups to roost in a favorite ‘dormitory’ tree. Mating pairs are faithful for life and share the tasks of raising the young. The Hyacinth Macaw is more than just another pretty face; these birds are social with strong family values.

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Protection Brazil Parrots Paraguay 247

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 19, 2023

A little further, there’s a family group of Savannah Elephants with two two-year olds. Those that crossed the road first are waiting for the rest of the group at the other side. They raise their trunks, sniffing the air. The dirt road winds in between rocky outcrops – kopjes, by Burchell’s Zebras and Greater Kudus. Sniffing us.

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South Africa Africa Game Elephants 277

10,000 Birds

JUNE 15, 2011

Many avid fans even wear bracelets… But then again, boobies as a group are pretty spectacular and first among equals must be the booby with the blue feet. Perhaps that explains why the Galapagos Conservation Trust raises funds to help protect the Islands’ unique wildlife and habitat through the celebration of Blue-footed Booby Day.

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Ecuador Peru Hunters Pelicans 243

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

At Bird Uganda Safaris, Herbert and his team established a project Saving Primates through which they have been raising funds to support these groups with food relief, seeds to plant, and will further continue supporting the with more skills in various services that are demanded by tourists.

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Uganda Rwanda Wildlife Reserve Kenya 264

10,000 Birds

APRIL 27, 2023

According to the McMurray hatchery , the “Silver Pheasant is considered a good ‘starter’ breed for people who want to learn more about raising pheasants” Hm. In one group, they added a blue egg to their nests. But then, would a lady pheasant be pleased to be described as “large”? What a weird world.

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Italy China France Eggs 260

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2014

It confirms many of the once-radical notions put forward or refined by Shannon Hackett and her colleagues in 2008, and several since, and it proposes solutions to some of the most deeply unresolved questions about how major bird groups are related to each other. ( “Metaves” was purported to contain the groups in Jarvis et al.’s

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Family Parrots Birds 2014 279

10,000 Birds

JUNE 15, 2016

As a backup plan, researchers captured some Spoonies in Siberia in 2011 and brought them to England , where they’ve been raised at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT) in Slimbridge, Gloucestershire. Two different females among the captive group have laid eggs , and scientists are keeping a watchful eye on a few others.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2014

So they are raising money to buy more. Snowy Owl being harassed by an American Crow. Unlike Desi, the researchers involved don’t think the owls are curling up in a nice warm bed in a hut in the woods, but they don’t have much better answers than that, at least not yet. That is where YOU come in! That is not cheap.

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Owls Science Research Raised 247

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2013

A little further, there’s a family group of Savannah Elephants with two two-year olds. Those that crossed the road first are waiting for the rest of the group at the other side. They raise their trunks, sniffing the air. The dirt road winds in between rocky outcrops – kopjes, by Burchell’s Zebras and Greater Kudus. Sniffing us.

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Africa South Africa Elephants Rhinos 246

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2013

You may not realize it when you look at those bizarre looking waders with the massive bills and the vacant expression, but you’re looking at a group of birds that has inspired humankind for literal centuries. The group has a worldwide distribution; 28 species living and two additional extinct.

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North America Charlotte Birds Miami 250

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Wikipedia has a paragraph on their interesting mating system : “Home ranges are occupied by breeding groups of 3 or 4 males with 3 or 4 females. DNA fingerprinting has been used to show that, within broods, there is often mixed paternity, although the female is always the true mother of the nestlings raised within her nest.

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China Birds Sheep Monkeys 260

10,000 Birds

JULY 28, 2019

Better, though, is finding a way to raise the quality of your bird sightings and enjoyment of them. Somehow, we managed to flip the script on that by spotting all kinds of birds that the whole group could enjoy. How is that working out for you?

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2019 California Birds Raised 174

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The HBW accurately hints at the difficulties of getting a photo of this bird: “Generally hiding deep in shrubbery, where it forages in small groups for seeds on and near the ground, and revealing itself only when singing from the top of a bush, this is not an easy bird to study.”

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China Mongolia Birds Russia 250

10,000 Birds

MAY 11, 2021

For example, the panel (see below) included three members of the pro-change Bird Names for Birds group (more representation than the Cornell Lab of Ornithology , the National Audubon Society , and the U.S. Given the broad desire to consult a diverse group of stakeholders, anything faster seems wildly impractical anyhow.

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Birds Russia Hawaii Woodpeckers 264

10,000 Birds

JUNE 16, 2021

Birdathons are typically used by state programs and chapters to raise critical funding for conservation and research programs. To make sure our staff, volunteers, and members stayed safe, we asked birders to stick to their backyards, and we aggregated tallies across groups: staff vs. members. Zooming in on the Orchard Oriole.

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Florida 2020 Mexico Raised 213

10,000 Birds

MAY 10, 2020

The header photo shows the small group of trees where the Black Kites have chosen to nest this year. The adult Black Kites will no doubt find enough roadkill to raise their young. The one tree with no foliage has become the nesting site for a pair of Black Kites. Black Kite nest. Two young Black Kites in the nest.

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Breeding Eggs Raised Protection 207

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

In a soft release, you let the bird you’ve raised go but continue to provide food until they choose to be independent.) Even though I hand raised her from a baby, she was very wild so this was no easy task. I called my vet, all my fellow rehabbers, and I posted for help in the Wildlife Rehabbers Blog Group on Facebook.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Tennessee Vet Raised 211

10,000 Birds

JUNE 18, 2013

But when you think about it, climate change might be more important to the people who read 10,000 Birds than a lot of other groups of people. Migratory birds are at particular risk, requiring multiple and specialized habitats to breed, raise their young, migrate and overwinter. We should be expecting sea level rise.

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Maryland Penguins Birds Wildlife 271

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2012

But I am still foxed in finding a name for a group of Skylarks which was the reason for looking in the first place. In Hong Kong, I found a small group of 5 Oriental Skylarks and the field guide confirmed that they do form flocks during the winter, but gave no indication of the correct venery term. Dunlins really come in a Fling )?

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Hunting Collecting Fox Groups 174

10,000 Birds

JULY 15, 2024

Here is what the paper says: “In the first group, we added a blue, non-mimetic egg to the nest of the host, while in the second group we added a blue, non-mimetic egg and a peanut half-shell.” So, potentially plenty of cuckoo chicks would have been raised by the bulbuls.

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Eggs Birds Japan Myanmar 246

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 11, 2022

T]he Association had suffered net losses and has a net deficiency in net assets that raise substantial doubt as its ability to continue as a going concern.”. Nevertheless, I believe there ought to be a group that represents birders, so I renew my membership every year.).

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 11, 2013

We were able to spend hours sitting right in amongst super-groups of 500-600 Geladas that just carried on with their daily business in total oblivion to our presence. The basic Gelada social unit is a harem (or unimale group) made up of a dominant male and several females (1-12), their young and sometimes subordinate males.

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Ethiopia Primates Mammals Fur 197

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 26, 2021

A few years ago, in the American Birding Association FB group I posted a question: Where would you go if funds weren’t a problem? In September 2015 a group of eight intrepid bird watchers linked up with the African Wildlife Foundation and arranged for a 10-day stay in Yemi [DRC].

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Congo Africa Madagascar Kenya 264

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2012

Seabirds are one group of birds that go for the latter strategy. Unique among the auks, indeed among seabirds, they will attempt to double brood, to lay another clutch after successfully raising the first chick. Some birds pump em out by the dozen in the hope that at least one or two survive. So why do it?

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Eggs Puffins Breeding Albatross 210

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

In fact, Juan Gundlach collected a number of birds from the a flock that regularly came to feed in a group of trees at the town of Zarabanda just outside the modern day boundaries of Cienaga de Zapata National Park. In order to raise our awareness, to remind us of what we have lost, and to inspire us to fight for Every.

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Cuba Parrots Columbus DC 259

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The 1st edition from 1999 was a complete revolution in just about everything, but predominantly the quality and realism of illustrations, showing what a field guide could be and seriously raising the threshold for other publishers. That made everyone happy (with the possible exception of other publishers).

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Europe Birds Woodpeckers Ireland 264

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 22, 2012

I’ve family to raise and no time for modeling.” But then all hell will break loose, and much of the activity will be driven by one of my favourite summer visitors, the Baird’s Sandpiper ( Calidris bairdii ). “Do you mind? ” The Baird’s Sandpiper is by far our most numerous shorebird here in Arctic Bay.

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South America Eggs Family Raised 211

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Moreover, the pair I saw was feeding from a livestock trough alongside a group of cattle. Over a decade from 1993 to 2004, conservationists released 289 captive-raised Whooping Cranes into Osceola, Lake and Polk counties in Central Florida. Hardly the elegant, natural picture deserving of some seriously stunning birds!

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Buffalo Florida Louisiana 2004 262

10,000 Birds

JULY 26, 2012

South American seriemas also belong with this newly recognized group, as explained in my earlier post. But as I and others have said before, it does raise a very practical question about what field guides, which have for the most part been slavishly devoted to taxonomic order, are going to do. I wrote about this last year.

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Falcons Parrots California Hawaii 214

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

In the Spring, the reserve is alive with nesting Redshanks , Skylarks , and displaying Lapwings , while Marsh Harriers cruise the reed beds looking for food for their young, and Brown Hares raise their young safe from men with dogs.

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Shelters Cattle Wildlife Hunting 246

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 23, 2014

This year one pair of Pied Oystercatchers has once again proven to be able to raise young. They are one of the older pairs and they have raised several young over the years, but only ever one has been fledged each year. They are still grouped together with their parents and there is a short “peep” as I approach.

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Eggs Raised Breeding Family 165

10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2014

When the land is flooded after rain it will move inland and breed at the ephemeral lakes and raise its young there. The Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus is a large black and white shorebird that has distinctive long pink legs. It has a fine straight bill and is found in a variety of places around Broome. Juvenile Black-winged Stilt.

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Australia Raised Eagles Breeding 182