Breeding Collecting Protection Raised 
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
Sadly, they no longer breed in Algeria, while in Turkey no free-flying birds remain. (In Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills of the World states that “disturbance by local people, tourists, and egg and zoo collectors has similarly reduced the colonies, and more protection is vital”. In 1890 an estimated 3,000 pairs nested in Birecik.)
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
Counting the Birds I was in my teens when I undertook my first bird-survey: it was field work for the British Trust for Ornithology’s The Atlas of Breeding Birds in Britain and Ireland. The breeding and wintering birds of Britain and Ireland. Published in 1976, The Atlas was, I believe, the very first work of its kind.
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10,000 Birds
JANUARY 15, 2014
With birds, this happens when one takes prey or other food caught or collected by another. Instead of hovering, some gulls have set up territories within breeding colonies of Humboldt seabirds. This system of “fee” in exchange for protection from being overwhelmed by many thieves seems to work.
10,000 Birds
JULY 4, 2022
As with Chinese male humans, having your own building is still vital to raising young. So, the birds start collecting mud and small sticks. There was a breeding pair at Binjiang Forest Park this June. If it is, then waterboarding should be protected as US-American culture. Nest building: a good activity for a rainy day.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 13, 2014
Various bird species continue to be affected by those destructive days of deforestation and the subsequent edge effects but thankfully, protected areas were established before any of the regional or country endemic bird species were gone forever. This Costa Rican enigma came to light after being collected by C.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 7, 2014
Even the first explorers to Australia documented there was a risk of extinction of birds and animals into the future and subsequently decided to collect as many specimens as possible! The population decline is generally blamed on habitat destruction and introduced predators, but inter-breeding may also be to blame. Preface,p.xxiv.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 12, 2012
It is at the same time of year that the migratory shorebirds that spend part of each year in Broome are also breeding, but in the Arctic. As the tide dropped the birds started to take it in turns to collect food from a nearby reef and it took about 8 minutes for each trip.
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