10,000 Birds
JULY 19, 2020
Our first Pied Oystercatcher eggs for this year’s breeding season were laid early and were due to hatch last weekend. This pair of Pied Oystercatchers never seems to have a problem with incubating their eggs. They take it in turns over the twenty eight days sitting or hovering over the eggs. Pied Oystercatcher egg.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 11, 2020
The fully fledged Pied Oystercatcher chick is the bird on the right. There are still newly laid clutches of Pied Oystercatcher eggs on the northern section of Cable Beach , so there is hope still of more survivals. They moved around a bit to get comfortable on the rocky outcrop. Pied Oystercatcher family at roost.
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10,000 Birds
JULY 26, 2020
Following on from the sad loss of our first Pied Oystercatcher chick of 2020 the other eggs are now also hatching. Somehow the twenty eight days passed without the eggs being run over. Pied Oystercatchers always try and move away from the nest site as soon as possible once both eggs are hatched. Pied Oystercatcher family.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 7, 2020
It didn’t occur to me till I started reading The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird that there was also a possible threat to the eagle herself: poachers, who steal raptor eggs and chicks. McWilliam realizes he’s dealing someone special, a career falcon egg-thief.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
I’m not sure what they think of 2020’s low water levels, but they looked happy! Birding on Lake Cuitzeo is a real challenge right now, because what little water has gathered in the center of the lake is surrounded by extensive mud flats. That’s a lot of Northern Shovelers. I came south early, just to pose for you.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 7, 2022
The Wryneck is full of stunning photos of Wrynecks–anting, flying, nesting, writhing, being ringed, their habitat areas, nests, eggs, and closeups of museum specimens. I somehow knew right away that the bird I saw was a Wryneck. copyright © 2022 Gerard Gorman.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 12, 2022
In spite of our proximity, it spent a good while positioned as if it had eggs there. That number was a bit better than my first-day total from 2019, though a bit worse than 2020’s total. So, as they say here in Mexico, we got out of bed on the right side! Was it practicing?
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