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On Betraying Your Family

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Yesterday, in the comments of An Affront to the Idea of Family , Brian wrote: I understand your concern for those cows that were beat by that man and the unfortunate death of all the cows that died in the snow storm. I am always working for the best environment and the most comfortable situation for my cows, who I consider part of my family.

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Big Ticks; What Was Your Last New Family?

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But there is one kind of tick that I genuinely do enjoy, and as I do more and more birding it becomes harder and harder to get; new families. Getting entirely new families is easy when you start birding. Sometimes you may even lose them, like the aforementioned woodswallows which are probably no longer a family.

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Pied Oystercatcher breeding season is here again!

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This year the first clutch was laid at the end of May and this is the first time we have had eggs laid in May along Cable Beach since 2000. The eggs hatched out around 20th June after 28 days of incubation and the Pied Oystercatcher family were soon on the move. The walk over two kilometres is done over a few days.

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What’s Going On

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A very vocal (though not too visible) family of Steller’s Jays turned up, which was a shock, because here in central Mexico I had never before seen this conifer-loving species below 2900 m (9500 ft). These birds, however, were seen at “only” 2300 m (7550 ft). This was my best photo of a low-altitude Steller’s Jay.

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Thirteen years of weekly posts

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The nest site has moved occasionally since I first observed one on Cable Beach in 2000. I could observe where the family had come down to the ocean at night on the big tides. One large Pied Oystercatcher family ! This pair of Pied Oystercatchers are using the same nest site as last year, which does make it easy to find.

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Broome’s Pied Oystercatchers are breeding again

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Since I found the first Pied Oystercatcher nest on Cable Beach in July 2000 I have learnt that the eggs rarely hatch due to predation and if they do hatch then a fully fledged chick is a rare and wonderful outcome. Family footprints. I have written many articles about our resident Pied Oystercatchers over the past twelve years.

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Birding around Chaka, Qinghai, China

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Chaka is a small town, with just about 2000 people. The Brown Accento r certainly ranks among the less attractive accentors, though of course, some species in this family set a rather high bar. Fortunately, I share this preference with birds, which we found away from the lake, mostly in some semi-desert areas.

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