10,000 Birds

MAY 22, 2011

Either that, or I see them in spring with hordes of other shorebirds feeding on the eggs of Horseshoe Crabs. It has an enormous range, occurring in such far-flung locales as New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Alaska, Greenland, and Brazil, to name just a few. Ruddy Turnstone is a Species of Least Concern according to BirdLife International.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Birds are raised from the egg to follow a certain migration timing, but that timing shifts when the egg hatches later or earlier due to changes in conditions. This year, the prospect of the initial birds having four wings instead of two came into greater focus. With global warming, this has meant earlier hatching.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

The lengthy Introduction gives both a personal history and a global history of birds and art, including brief profiles of John James Audubon and the far lesser known Genevieve Estelle Jones, who conceived of a book eventually called Illustrations of the Nests and Eggs of Birds of Ohio in the late 19th century. Western Scrub-Jay (pp.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 18, 2014

The other sub-species, Calidris canutus roselaari , migrates along the Pacific Coast and breeds in Alaska and the Wrangel Island in Russia. For example, in the Delaware Bay, warming coastal waters can cause horseshoe crabs to lay their eggs earlier than normal; conversely, more intense and frequent coastal storms can cause late spawning.

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Endangered Species Protection Delaware Species 160

10,000 Birds

APRIL 27, 2012

In this system, females mate and lay eggs with multiple males over the course of a breeding season, leaving males to incubate the eggs and raise the chicks. A single female often lays a clutch of eggs sired by multiple males, and multiple males will in turn help care for the chicks once they hatch (Briskie 1992, 2009, Briskie et al.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

My current criteria for a dedicated birding trip are having a good probability of seeing several new birds or seeing a birding spectacle ( e.g. , Red Knots and other shorebirds feasting on horseshoe crab eggs in Delaware Bay). Nome, Alaska. A direct flight from Portland is also a plus, as is seeing new parts of America.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2023

To be honest, both the robin and the flycatchers shown above remind me of the easter eggs I hunted for as a child – the same strong colors in front of a green background, same time of the year (feel free to insert your own Proust Madeleine reference here) … Bluethroats apparently are good at imitating other birds.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2015

He’s also worked with the National Wildlife Refuge System, co-led birding tours to Alaska, and co-authored A Guide to the Nests, Eggs, and Nestlings of North American Birds (1997). Baicich worked for the American Birding Association from 1991 to 2003 as editor and Director of Conservation and Public Policy. Margaret A.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 19, 2013

Plus the fact that they only lay one egg per season which is incubated for about four weeks and the chicks don’t fledge for another fifty days gives you some notion as to why these birds are a Species of Special Concern. Photo from Wikipedia Commons taken by Terry Gray.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

The team explored Nevada and Utah, with Ridgway collecting thousands of bird specimen, plus nests and eggs for the Smithsonian. By the age of 16, thanks to Baird, Ridgway was part of the team of the Fortieth Parallel Survey, one of the great surveys of the western frontier.

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Collecting Illinois United States Science 153

10,000 Birds

JULY 1, 2014

They cut down the trees the parrots used for nesting and brought black rats, who ate their eggs, and honeybees who swarmed into their nests, and by 1937 there were only about 2,000 Puerto Rican Parrots left. Spanish settlers arrived in 1493 and called the birds Coterras. Other Europeans came. Africans were brought over as slaves.

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Puerto Rico Parrots New York City 2013 241

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

With a hardiness that belies their delicate looks (but helps explain their phenomenal success), these pioneering pigeons are already sitting on eggs at at least one location in Montana. So right now I’m feeling pretty good about Eurasian Collared-doves. Glad that’s not the case.

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 29, 2006

In recent years, the prevalence of disease-causing bacteria in meat, poultry, and eggs has risen sharply, which is why health authorities insist that these products be carefully handled and thoroughly cooked, if they are used at all. [My emphasis] There are other reasons why families are looking more favorably at plant-based choices.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2018

Jason broke new ground in Alaska, adding Marbled Murrulet and bringing the Upper 1 to 1. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Still all mainland though. Any trips to the islands planned, I wonder?

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 101