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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. We have observed Pied Oystercatcher parents chase of White-bellied Sea-Eagles and unfortunately there are feral cats and feral foxes have become more prevalent too.

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Feather Trails: A Journey of Discovery Among Endangered Birds–A Book Review

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The tiercels (young Peregrines) must deal with Golden Eagles, Ravens, adult Peregrines, and foxes; they must also learn to navigate the skies and make their own kills, luckily these skills appear to be innately learned. It’s not easy. As of 2024, the ‘Alala are extinct in the wild though they live on in captivity.

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Pied Oystercatchers continue to nest

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There has been one successful clutch of three eggs since 2000 that we are aware of and that was in 2014. The animal is most likely a feral cat along that stretch of beach, but we also can’t discount a feral fox having encountered a dead one close to Broome recently. Pied Oystercatcher nest in the rocky sandstone.

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Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City–A Book Review

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Species order follows the AOU Checklist of North American Birds up to the 2015 supplement (so warblers come before sparrows), with a variation– certain subspecies are treated as full species (Eurasian Teal, Western Willet, Audubon’s Warblers, Red Fox Sparrow, and more). .

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Comebackers

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On the short list of wins for wildlife during the Bush II era, Short-tailed Albatross were officially listed as Endangered in 2000. In the mid 1700s, fur-traders began introducing foxes up and down the Aleutian chain, in order to generate some more raw material work with.

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Birding Shanghai in December 2023

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Some ornithological research is surprisingly simple. For example, researchers fenced in part of the nesting area of Northern Lapwings , thus excluding ground predators from some nests. For example, researchers fenced in part of the nesting area of Northern Lapwings , thus excluding ground predators from some nests.

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Flight to Freedom

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Four lions, rescued by Animal Defenders International (ADI) from a Bolivian circus when the country banned the use of animals in circuses have a new home, and a life of luxury at the ARK 2000 sanctuary in Calaveras County.

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