2013 Breeding Protection Rights 
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. One of the surviving Pied Oystercatcher chicks in 2012 made itself famous right here.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 14, 2022
Birdlife South Africa has previously done two of these types of trips before, previously called Flock to Sea – Namibia in 2013 and Flock to Nowhere in 2017, in partnership with MSC Cruises. I learned of the trip right as it had been delayed and made a vow that I would be on that ship. I waited…and waited…and waited. and seabirders.
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10,000 Birds
JANUARY 21, 2016
Right: Robert McCormick, by Stephen Pearce. Unlike Darwin, who was a self-funded gentleman naturalist on board, McCormick was bound to the Beagle by his duties and was furious that a civilian passenger on board had usurped his rightful position as ship’s naturalist. There are 11 species of birds that breed in the Ross Sea region.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 6, 2013
We’re particularly interested in recognizing bird species that were of significant conservation interest in 2013, but that also had a compelling story and rallied the public around it.” These Burrowing Owl photos were taken at a rare breeding site in Vacaville California. Click on photos for full sized images.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 1, 2016
Photo: This area holds 3 to 4 breeding pairs of White-tailed Eagles , which represents the biggest density per square mile anywhere in the country. Wigeons are only migrants and not a breeding species in Serbia and August is a bit too early for any longer distance duck movements. Photographed by Szekeres Levente. and one ad.).
10,000 Birds
JULY 9, 2015
India, February 2013. In the morning, still sleepy, we enter the jungle, where a sounder of Indian Boars (a long-maned subspecies Sus scrofa cristatus ) is watching us, standing among the first trees, right next to the road. Even in protected areas of north-east India, prey densities are very low. Against snakes,” he said.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 11, 2014
And asking yourself the right question is more than half the way towards the answer. Large windows and unobstructed views of the river are a criterion for the right observation point. And that is how my hanging out with (some call it monitoring of) the cormorants started, almost 20 years ago.
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