10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

In the case of the two pairs of Pied Oystercatchers that did actually hatch their eggs and have chicks for a few days they did lay once more, but then they failed to even hatch the second clutch and then no longer attempted to breed. In 2007 one Pied Oystercatcher was fledged along this stretch of beach and none succeeded in 2009.

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Breeding Eggs 2011 2008 157

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

It has been twelve weeks now since the first pair of Pied Oystercatchers attempted to breed along the stretch of beach that we survey and as with each year there have been setbacks. There was a long stretch of beach that did not have a breeding pair, but it was in amongst the vehicles and nudists that frequent the area at this time of year.

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Family Eggs 2007 2008 247

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AUGUST 19, 2012

I thought you would like to know that there are some birds here on the Australian mainland that actually have protection. In October and November 2009 we spent time in Portland, Victoria with Grant’s work and it enabled us to see some new birds and animals along a very picturesque coast.

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Protection Portland Fox Birds 214

10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2011

Outside of the tropics, nesting would usually take place in the spring (in the southern hemisphere, spring and the height of the breeding season occurs before Christmas); these pictures were taken in March as the weather in Cape Town is beginning to cool. During the day, thick-knees will often be seen standing singly or in pairs.

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2011 Deer Africa Peru 223