10,000 Birds
JULY 19, 2012
It breeds across much of North America, is present year-round in the Caribbean, northern Central America, and the west coast of northern South America, and in winter is found across the rest of Central America. By the next day, when I returned, the entire Killdeer family had vacated the premises.
10,000 Birds
JULY 17, 2012
Green-rumped Parrotlets: from egg to adult Text and photographs copyright Nick Sly (except Rae Okawa where indicated) and are used with his permission. She lays an egg every day or two until completing a clutch of anywhere from five to ten eggs. Empty out the rubber boots of any nighttime invaders before pulling them on.
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10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
The “Owls and Albatrosses” chapter, for example, begins with Doug’s personal experiences observing of the nesting strategies of Malleefowl and a Moluccan Megapode, Australasian “chickens who lay their eggs in unusual ways and do not parent. And then we go back to the evolution of clutch size.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 25, 2020
At mid-life crisis, the mother, Lili, decides to leave her husband (Gabe’s father) and return to take up farming on her family estancia in eastern Uruguay, far from the delights of Montevideo where most of her rambunctious, rollicking family resides, overseen, not always approvingly, by Gabe’s quirky abuela.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 1, 2021
Yes, it’s nice to have information on 817 birds, and it’s wonderful to have full descriptions and photographs of birds commonly seen in Central and South America. Using the icons to locate specific bird families takes a little getting used to, but if you do it often it works well as a finding tool. SPECIES ACCOUNTS.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 22, 2012
It seems strange that I’ll miss the return of the Sun this year, as I leave this week for a trade show and then a short trip out west to see my family. I’ve family to raise and no time for modeling.” Typically there are four eggs in a brood especially on good year. “Do you mind? This was a later nest.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 5, 2013
It is organized taxonomically, with families identified by first scientific and then popular name. Each family section starts with a brief description of the birds within that family, their common physical and behavioral traits, and range of habitat. Richard ffrench died in 2010 at the age of 80.
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