10,000 Birds

JUNE 15, 2016

Two different females among the captive group have laid eggs , and scientists are keeping a watchful eye on a few others. While it’s still a bit early to say how many of the eggs will develop into healthy chicks, this is wonderful news for the Spoonies and their fans worldwide. Both photos by the WWT).

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 25, 2019

It has been a few years since I could share some good news about the Pied Oystercatchers breeding along the coast near Broome. We continue to have egg predation at many of the nest sites and chick loss, but one pair of Pied Oystercatchers is being successful in raising two chicks so far.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2020

There are still newly laid clutches of Pied Oystercatcher eggs on the northern section of Cable Beach , so there is hope still of more survivals. We are very pleased that at least one Pied Oystercatcher chick has survived this year when there has not been much good news for 2020. They do not attempt to breed for about seven years.

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Critter News

APRIL 10, 2009

Good news following an investigation of farm animal abuses by Mercy for Animals. Sometime soon, David Radlo of Radlo Foods says his sign in front of the former DeCoster Egg Farm will be coming down and all his business at the massive egg operation in Turner will come to an end. Here's a link to the investigative video.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

I decided to look online for some information regarding the "Organic Free Range Eggs" that Trader Joe's, my favorite store, sells. A Note About Eggs At Trader Joe's we listen to what our customers tell us about the choices we give them. Thanks to their valued feedback, in 2005 we made an important change in our egg selection.

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 2, 2008

Fresh-egg farmers acted together through a series of export shipments, organized by United Egg Producers, an industry cartel whose 250-plus members include virtually all of the nation's big egg producers. By removing a small fraction of eggs that would have been bound for U.S. It's in the Wall Street Journal.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

I am a firm supporter of reforming factory egg farming. And I'm willing to pay for more expensive eggs if it allows for that. Organic eggs are more expensive than the standard egg carton. Tags: proposition 2 eggs factory farm food chickens. I believe that chickens should have room to stretch and walk around.

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Critter News

APRIL 12, 2009

On March 19, 2009 a company representative emailed Compassion Over Killing: "…I am pleased to let you know the BOCA brand will be eliminating eggs in all of its products by the end of this year. We anticipate all BOCA products will be egg free in 2010." They are striking a blow against the cruel egg industry.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 1, 2018

This year is the eighteenth year since we discovered our first Pied Oystercatcher nest on Cable Beach in Broome and it didn’t take us long to realise that they are not at all successful at raising young due to egg and chick predation. Each year we hope for anther success, but so far it has not happened. Pied Oystercatcher nest.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 27, 2016

A pair from the released batch set up housekeeping last month and lo and behold, eggs gave way to chicks. For a bird that’s teetered on the brink of disaster for a century, and even still suffers tragedies, the birth of twins is wonderful news! To keep up with the latest, check out the Whoopers’ Facebook page.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 13, 2013

His character, a barber who seems slightly out of place amongst the other tall-tale tellers in the barbershop, also speculated on why robins’ eggs are blue (while displaying a remarkable lack of understanding of biology). News Birding Bruce Willis Saturday Night Live' See it for yourself here.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2014

Why else would they build their nest, which already contains two eggs, on the fire escape of the college’s science center? News Common Raven nesting birds webcam Wellesley' Common Ravens tend to avoid nesting around lots of humans. But clearly, this pair was looking for attention.

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Critter News

APRIL 7, 2010

Tags: animal abuse eggs farm animal welfare factory farm chickens.

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Critter News

JANUARY 25, 2012

To offset yesterday's crappy news about California, here's good news from the EU! Full article on Food Safety News. The law, finalized in 1999, comes after a 12-year "phase-out" period meant to allow egg farmers time to implement the costly transition away from battery cages. As of Jan.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2016

Although I was going to tell you more about our trip away after introducing you to Burra Rock Conservation Reserve last week there has been some interesting news in Broome! Traditionally since 2000 we have encountered our first Pied Oystercatcher eggs in the first week of July, but this year one pair have decided to start laying eggs early!

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

One scientists posits that harvesting of horseshoe crabs (their eggs are a preferred Red Knot food source) at a crucial refueling stop on the birds’ migration could be part of the problem. News Conservation Red Knots research' Let’s hope the netted birds provide more information that points researchers to solutions.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Not only is this earth-shaking, pants-wetting news for the numerous hardcore state and county listers that reside in California, this courageous decision has implications for the entire nation. Just as interesting is the nugget that Pin-tailed Whydah , an introduced species itself, has adapted to using Nutmeg Mannikins as a host for its eggs.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Surprising to me at least. The editorial advocates a national standard that establishes humane standards in all parts of the country.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 31, 2014

It is likely that in the future most Least Terns will nest exclusively on rooftops as new generations hatched there are likely to return and nest at a setting similar to where they hatched. Photo Courtesy of Audubon Florida News. By early May most terns have laid eggs.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 28, 2015

By studying Zebra Finches and domestic chickens, the scientists discovered that multiple sperm appear necessary for a fertilized egg to progress to the embryo stage (a process called “polyspermy”.) This differs from humans and other mammals, in which the addition of extra sperm essentially destroys the egg.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

But, getting the nest set up, amorous acitivites, the laying and hatching of the egg, all that, happens earlier. The bird flu, in Asia, has been out of the news but that’s just because the news ignores anything that happens for more than three days in a row that is not an election. But individual birds are not migrating sooner.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

This news is from early September and is reported by Wayne Pacelle of the Humane Society. on Prop 2 charges that the United Egg Producers (UEP), the No on 2 campaign, and its donors are concealing out-of-state contributions to the political campaign against Prop 2 , in clear violation of California campaign finance laws.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 26, 2009

Hatched just four weeks ago, Walker eats plenty of fish, krill, hardboiled egg and cereal and as an adult will feed on a special diet formulated just for flamingos. Tags: cute animals news. Walker, a Caribbean flamingo, explores his habitat at SeaWorld in Orlando. To learn more about Caribbean flamingos, go to SeaWorld.org.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 20, 2013

Also, Grebes share two characteristics that end up being bad news given the state of the planet we are in. Nearly 90% of the nests failed during egg stage, mainly due to strong winds and depredation by American mink Neovison vison. At both breeding seasons five lakes contained near 85% of the population.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Achieving it involved £750,000, full commitment from the islanders, and more than 1000 poison-filled boxes to kill off the islands’ rats, which predated on chicks and eggs. As a bonus, another seabird has returned to the officially rat-free islands: the European Storm-Petrel. None had been seen in St. Agnes or Gugh for generations.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2018

Birds are able to fly away, but their nests and eggs can be destroyed. Vicki states that fire benefits several bird species, like the Black-backed Woodpecker which feeds off the bark and wood-boring beetles that lay eggs in the charred trees. Fire can also cause wildlife to be burned, dehydrated and malnourished.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2016

Birds like cuckoos, who lay their eggs in songbirds’ nests, and whose young then off the hosts’ own chicks, tend to avoid cities. The scientists, who studied bird populations in Europe and China , speculate that urban areas may have some appeal for passerines that rural areas otherwise lack.

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Critter News

AUGUST 15, 2010

This New York Times article argues that it could lead to other states following suit. A recent agreement between farmers and animal rights activists here is a rare compromise in the bitter and growing debate over large-scale, intensive methods of producing eggs and meat, and may well push farmers in other states to give ground, experts say.

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Critter News

JUNE 28, 2009

Nearly 95 percent of the 90 billion table eggs produced in the United States come from high-density cage systems. The value of all egg production in 2007 was $6.68 In South Carolina egg sales tally about $90 million annually. Tags: battery hens eggs USDA farm animal welfare us agribusiness.

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Critter News

JULY 8, 2011

history, the United Egg Producers (UEP) has agreed to support national legislation that will, upon enactment, improve the welfare of all laying hens in the nation. July 8, 2011 – In a groundbreaking move that should result in the greatest advancement for farmed animals in U.S.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 29, 2022

I saw them at Ayers Rock which while I was there had the worst floods in memory (my parents in Germany thought I must be traveling under a bad star, as they heard about these floods in the German news and knew I was there at that time). Good to finally see them outside of cages.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

Thanks to Mercy for Animals for their undercover work exposing this egg industry practice. Tags: animal cruelty eggs farm animal welfare factory farm. This is the second time this year that I've heard of this group capturing headlines. I'd never heard of them before. I'm very impressed by their courage and tenacity.

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Critter News

JULY 19, 2012

Invading rats with bodies up to 8 inches (20 centimeters) long have begun eating eggs and chicks, and some experts fear that unless the rats are eradicated, they could tip the Humboldt penguin toward extinction. From the Huffington Post.

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Animal Person

JUNE 17, 2009

And that's fine, as we all want to spread the news of fantastic work that needs support. From the 6th -10th of July we are asking everyone to get their aprons on and bake with free-range or organic eggs. We bloggers often get e-mails from individuals and organizations in search of promotion. Case in point: AnimalEquality.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2011

This happened to me recently on a birding trip, with somewhat egg-on-the-face results. Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S. I was on a birding quest trip with my friend Geoff Heeter.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 17, 2012

On April 20th 2010, the world received news that eleven men working on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig died in an explosion on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect. BP officials reacted to this alarming news by demanding that it be kept secret. The babies that hatched from these eggs were released on Florida’s east coast.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2018

Scientists were largely limited to studies birds in breeding colonies, at least those we knew about and that were accessible (and, if you think that’s a complete list, you haven’t read the news that came out this week about a new colony of Adélie penguins found in the Danger Islands, Antarctica). Technology to the rescue!

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