10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2024

But no, my story today is about the birds that come in to breed on the heather moorland which dominates the high ground. It’s quite amazing how birds that we are used to seeing much of the year on coastal mudflats, exploiting the intertidal, change their habits and take to the hills to raise their young. And with good reason.

Puffins 214

Puffins Raised Breeding Africa 214

10,000 Birds

APRIL 27, 2023

The Latin species name alphonsiana refers to Prof. And its eBird description as a “large and spectacular pheasant”, which – you guessed it – probably refers to the male. In one group, they added a blue egg to their nests. In the other, they added both such an egg and a peanut half-shell.

Italy 178

Italy China France Eggs 178

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2023

The birds I’m referring to in this post are all flycatchers that occupy woody, forest habitat; but they are very infrequently in the same place at the same time. By constant harassment, egg ejection, and in some cases hatchling removal, the original owners abandon ship and the Piratic Flycatchers move in.

Trinidad 142

Trinidad Abandon Abandonment Abandoning 142

10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2023

During the breeding season, some Cattle Egrets look like teenage girls who have just discovered the existence of make-up, and consequently massively overdo it. While having somebody else raise your chicks like an attractive strategy to me, it is not without dangers. It is probably all downhill from here. What’s next?

Birds 130

Birds Cattle Raised Mammals 130

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2015

Third, observing and photographing breeding birds and their young have become acts of ethical confusion as birders, photographers, and organizational representatives debate the impact of our human presence on the nesting process. And of eggs and nests and birds on nests. Cedar Waxwings exchange berries, carry nesting material, eggs.

Eggs 263

Eggs 2006 Family New York 263

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2021

If you remember that the first edition of Sibley was published with “National Audubon Society” on the cover, raise your hand. The photographs are from VIREO, the ornithological image collection associated with the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, which licenses bird photographs to many guides and reference books.

North America 278

North America America California Condor Birds 278

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2012

Wood Duck ( Aix sponsa ) Female Incubating Eggs in a Nest Box “Many species of cavity-nesting birds have declined because of habitat reduction. This is the female incubating eggs in the nest box… and a couple of weeks later… then, at the ripe old age of 17 days, what’s going on out here? References: 1 Scott, Virgil E.,

North America 204

North America America Barn Owls Fur 204