10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 7, 2021
This may have been partly a leftover from the Victorian fascination with egg collecting (the infamous passion known as oology), but probably more from people’s burgeoning interest in the nests and eggs found in their gardens and fields, gateway artifacts to a newer hobby called birdwatching. Baicich and Colin J.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 3, 2013
As of 27 August 2013 the California Bird Records Committee has voted to add the introduced Nutmeg Mannikin to the state checklist. The use of eBird data is interesting and it shows just how valuable the collected reports of birders can be in figuring out the status and distribution of species.
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 7, 2014
The two have built up a devoted following through years of triumph – like last season, when they fledged three young – and tragedy – like the season before, when their eggs didn’t even hatch. Ozzie and Harriet with the 2013 brood.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 2, 2015
And of eggs and nests and birds on nests. In the all too brief introduction to the book, they state, “This book aims to shed light on the family lives of birds, a topic that has captured our collective imagination and enriched our language despite being shrouded in mystery.”. Egg biology, from Part I. Peregrine Falcon nests.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 14, 2013
They packed up in June of 2013 and headed south from San Diego with the southern tip of South America as their destination. Clutch size, incubation period, time to fledge, and eggs are all undescribed. Kathi Borgmann and Josh Beck are living the dream of many a North American birder.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 18, 2014
In the former, a female lays her fertilized egg in the nest of another species, in the hopes that her offspring will be raised by the unwitting hosts. There are two patterns that are fairly extreme that fall into this category: brood parasitism and helper-at-the-nest strategy. Photo of a Fairy Wren from HERE. Feeney, W. Somveille, M.,
10,000 Birds
JULY 1, 2014
I enjoy collecting children’s books about birds and nature that I come across in the expected (book stores) and unexpected (academic library conference reports) places. Here are three excellent but very different children’s books I enjoyed this year (two were published in 2013, one in 2011). SeaGrove Press, July 2013.
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