10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

In theory the eggs are laid, the adults share the incubation of the eggs for 28 days and then fluffy chicks emerge. Well, basically it is a good area for putting a nest as there is ample food nearby and the dunes offer protection and good views of incoming predators. If only it was that easy!

Family 184

Family Eggs 2007 2008 184

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 20, 2013

During the breeding seasons 2009/2010 and 2010/2011 we monitored 251 lakes on the main plateaus of Santa Cruz province, southern Patagonia, Argentina, where the entire population of Hooded Grebes spends the breeding season. We only observed 6 breeding colonies, two in 2009/2010 and four in 2010/ 2011, totalling 242 nesting attempts.

2010 198

2010 South America 2011 Argentina 198

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

Egg loss to predation has been extraordinarily bad this year and all of the nests mentioned in the last post were lost and all of the pairs of Pied Oystercatchers laid a new clutch of eggs. In fact they have not just laid once again, but many pairs have laid up to five clutches of eggs this season.

Breeding 134

Breeding Eggs 2011 2008 134

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2015

And of eggs and nests and birds on nests. Into the Nest , as the title says, is about the courting, mating, egg-laying, nesting, and parenting behavior of “familiar birds”. Cedar Waxwings exchange berries, carry nesting material, eggs. Egg biology, from Part I. Oops, the curmudgeon in me slipped.) Peregrine Falcon nests.

Eggs 263

Eggs Family 2006 New York 263

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Some pesticides killed pelicans directly, while DDT contamination led to thin-shelled eggs that broke under the weight of the parents. The species reached pre-pesticide numbers by the late 1990s and was fully delisted in 2009. Pelicans are protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. The Brown Pelican is Louisiana’s state bird.

Pelicans 157

Pelicans North America Peru Fish 157

Animal Person

MARCH 17, 2009

March 2009 Contact: David Cantor, 215-886-7721 or RPA4all@aol.com Arriving at all 50 states’ governors’ offices in mid-March, a special request: Get our land-grant universities (LGUs) out of the meat industry. . _ Press Release Governors: Stop Ecodestructive University Training! Many say you can’t eat meat and be an environmentalist.

Meat Industry 100

Meat Industry Industry Meat Responsible Policies 100

Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

Journal of the American Dietetics Association 109(7), July 2009: 1266-1282.] I shall endeavor to protect and take care of all living creatures. One cannot produce eggs or dairy products on a large scale without the wholesale exploitation of animals. And, as noted above, the original divinely-prescribed diet was a vegan diet.

Lacto-Ovo 40

Lacto-Ovo Vegetarian Vegan Veal 40