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.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 2, 2013
A breeding bird atlas is a special kind of book. For the nature lovers and birders who participate in breeding bird surveys, the atlas represents hours, often hundreds of hours, of volunteer time spent within a community of citizen scientists doing what they love, observing birds. So, what exactly does a breeding bird atlas contain?
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10,000 Birds
JANUARY 12, 2023
Up to the mid-20th century, Pygmy Cormorant was a common breeding species of wetlands around Belgrade until most wetlands were drained and the birds were lost, at one moment – from the entire territory of Serbia. With the construction of the huge Iron Gates dam on the Danube, the birds returned to breed in newly flooded river islands.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
That antiquity produces a high level of endemism, e.g. 19% of 62 breeding birds are endemic to the islands! The author, Chris Mason-Parker, has lived in Seychelles since 2009, where he is an active member of the conservation community. On the other hand, the isolation makes for those huge seabird colonies.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 9, 2023
The Collins Bird Guide 2nd edition from 2009 was a much hated taxonomical revolution/nightmare, changing just about everything. Introduced breeding species and species recorded only as escapees now have all species illustrated (they were not in the #2) and those illustrations larger than before.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 20, 2013
They breed on a number of basaltic lakes in southwestern Argentina, and it is not entirely clear where they all winter, but some wintering Hooded Grebes have been found outside their breeding range (and a few none-breeding birds have been found year round at two locations on the Atlantic, apparently).
10,000 Birds
MAY 4, 2012
Queens, New York, May 2009 May is the month of migration in North America. … This post was first published on 04 May 2009 but a post like this shouldn’t be left to languish in the archives ! ……… a.
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