10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Featured image: a Mississippi Sandhill Crane egg begins to hatch, courtesy of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Among the most famous of these is the Sandhill Crane – with its oldest confirmed remains dating back 2.5 million years to the Lower Paleolithic.

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APRIL 3, 2013

If you live near water, you can try some duck nesting tubes. I see them all over in marshes in Minnesota but I had never seen a duck use one. I was shocked when I saw a hen Mallard actually incubating eggs in one of these things–they do work…and how do the mallards get in there?

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APRIL 10, 2013

More than 1 million birds, including tundra swans, snow geese and countless ducks, stop to rest and gather strength in these undisturbed wetlands each autumn. About three billion birds fly north to the Boreal Forest each spring to build nests and lay eggs. National Wildlife Federation. Sierra Club. Friends of the Earth.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2018

I haven’t even been to all of the best national wildlife refuges for birding. 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).

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DECEMBER 2, 2014

Quentin won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition (junior section) with the first-ever photograph of a nesting Chest-nutheaded Thrush. So, we start with Megapodes (scrubfowl), Pheasants, and Partridges, then on to Ducks. Browsing this field guide is a visual pleasure.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

To that end please enjoy this quick guide of where to go birding and wildlife watching when based at any of the many World Cup locations. Don’t forget you can also see some wildlife on the road as you go ! North of Dunedin is Orokonui , a wildlife Sanctuary modeled on Karori with a fence to keep introduced mammals out.

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APRIL 7, 2020

Local farmers view it as a threat to domesticated wildlife. 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.

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MARCH 7, 2011

This happened to me recently on a birding trip, with somewhat egg-on-the-face results. • Explore These Related Posts Tree Swallows Return, It Must Be Spring Stalking a Kiwi Icon Polygynandry and the Alpine Accentor Duck Migration Finally Saw-Whet.Or I was on a birding quest trip with my friend Geoff Heeter. The proposal from U.S.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2024

And then there was a Green Heron , not only showing us its nest, but also an egg. Like the previous park, there were no ducks, coots, or grebes to be seen. Still, this sort of wildlife experience is available in pretty much any Mexican city. And yet, there it was. It felt unethical to photograph a nest from so close.

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MARCH 13, 2011

Carpet Shark washed up Carpet shark being returned to the sea I hope you have enjoyed this little insight into our varied wildlife here in the north of Australia. • Explore These Related Posts Autumn colours Tree Swallows Return, It Must Be Spring Stalking a Kiwi Icon Polygynandry and the Alpine Accentor Duck Migration.Or

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JULY 25, 2022

When these birds breed, this can lead to highly cringeworthy announcements, for example from Adelaide Zoo : “We have egg-citing news!” Its only black plumage is a bold stripe that runs across the bird’s face” Scientific research has found that these ducks get together more closely if you feed them with bread.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Fish and Wildlife Service. On the short list of wins for wildlife during the Bush II era, Short-tailed Albatross were officially listed as Endangered in 2000. But within a couple of decades, it’s effects on both wildlife and humanity became apparent. A curious Laysan Duck takes a stroll at Midway Atoll.

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Albatross Endangered Species Geese Alaska 203

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FEBRUARY 16, 2014

It is an excellent place to find a huge variety of ducks and many of these ducks we would not see in Broome during the year, so a real incentive to spend as much time as possible walking and birding around the lake. There were also plentiful numbers of Pink-eared Ducks , Grey Teal, Pacific Black Ducks and Hardheads.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

Plumed Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna eytoni. White-faced Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna viduata. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis. West Indian Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna arborea. West Indian Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna arborea. Wood Duck – Aix sponsa.

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DECEMBER 7, 2021

This may have been partly a leftover from the Victorian fascination with egg collecting (the infamous passion known as oology), but probably more from people’s burgeoning interest in the nests and eggs found in their gardens and fields, gateway artifacts to a newer hobby called birdwatching. The Harrison guides are out of print.

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JANUARY 5, 2019

Plumed Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna eytoni. White-faced Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna viduata. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis. West Indian Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna arborea. West Indian Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna arborea. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

Trinidad Lake SP–Watchable Wildlife Trail. Ra’s al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary–Flamingo Hide. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. Yellow-billed Duck – Anas undulata.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2018

Plumed Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna eytoni. White-faced Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna viduata. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis. Fulvous Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna bicolor. Wandering Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna arcuata. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

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OCTOBER 6, 2018

Ra’s al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary–Flamingo Hide. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. Yellow-billed Duck – Anas undulata. Red-billed Duck – Anas erythrorhyncha.

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AUGUST 4, 2018

Yellow-billed Duck – Anas undulata. Red-billed Duck – Anas erythrorhyncha. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Tuttle Marsh Wildlife Area. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Battle Creek Wildlife Area. Rondevlei Nature Reserve. 14 Jun 2018. Rondevlei Nature Reserve.

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JUNE 2, 2018

Plumed Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna eytoni. White-faced Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna viduata. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis. Fulvous Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna bicolor. Wandering Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna arcuata. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh.

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JULY 7, 2018

Plumed Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna eytoni. White-faced Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna viduata. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis. Fulvous Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna bicolor. Wandering Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna arcuata. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 100

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MARCH 3, 2018

Plumed Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna eytoni. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis. Fulvous Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna bicolor. Wandering Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna arcuata. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Muscovy Duck – Cairina moschata. Western Australia.

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MAY 6, 2018

Plumed Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna eytoni. White-faced Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna viduata. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis. Fulvous Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna bicolor. Wandering Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna arcuata. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh.

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2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100

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APRIL 7, 2018

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Eastern Spot-billed Duck – Anas zonorhyncha. ???–?????? San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Blue-billed Duck – Oxyura australis. Musk Duck – Biziura lobata. Wood Duck – Aix sponsa. Perdue Pond Wildlife Area. Alphabetic Taxonomic. Thames Beach.

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2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100

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OCTOBER 1, 2016

Plumed Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna eytoni. White-faced Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna viduata. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis. Fulvous Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna bicolor. Fulvous Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna bicolor. Bund Baretha Wildlife Sanctuary.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2016

Plumed Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna eytoni. White-faced Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna viduata. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis. Fulvous Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna bicolor. Fulvous Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna bicolor. Bund Baretha Wildlife Sanctuary.

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JUNE 4, 2016

Blue-billed Duck – Oxyura australis. Musk Duck – Biziura lobata. Maned Duck – Chenonetta jubata. Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Plumed Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna eytoni. White-faced Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna viduata.

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AUGUST 6, 2016

Plumed Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna eytoni. White-faced Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna viduata. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis. Fulvous Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna bicolor. Fulvous Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna bicolor. Bund Baretha Wildlife Sanctuary.

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JULY 2, 2016

Blue-billed Duck – Oxyura australis. Musk Duck – Biziura lobata. Maned Duck – Chenonetta jubata. Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Harlequin Duck – Histrionicus histrionicus. White-winged Duck – Cairina scutulata. Western Treatment Plant (Werribee). 22 May 2016.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2018

Plumed Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna eytoni. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis. Fulvous Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna bicolor. Wandering Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna arcuata. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Muscovy Duck – Cairina moschata. Western Australia.

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DECEMBER 15, 2012

Felonious Jive really likes a ravishing returning rarity – a Falcated Duck. This bird spent the 2011-2012 winter at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge in northern California, migrated someplace exotic and distant in February, and returned to the same pond at the beginning of this month. And, no, I am not kidding.

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Animal Person

SEPTEMBER 5, 2009

I was watching a news segment on a wildlife rehabilitation center here in Florida. From 2002-2005 I was heavily ensconced in a bird and waterfowl phase with sometimes daily drama of the life-and-death variety that led to my unintentional education about all things duck (Muscovies, in particular).

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. Yellow-billed Duck – Anas undulata. Red-billed Duck – Anas erythrorhyncha. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The Crossley ID Guide: Waterfowl covers every residential, migrating, vagrant, exotic, and introduced swan, goose, dabbling and diving duck in North America (Canada and the United States): 62 Species Accounts on four swan species and one vagrant subspecies; 15 goose species; 46 duck species; plus accounts for hybrid geese, ducks and exotics.

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