10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2014

The breeding season in the north of Australia starts from about July 1st and there are often several attempts if the eggs fail, are lost or the chicks don’t survive. On July 1st 2007 an egg was laid by a Pied Oystercatcher that was known to be an adult in 2002 and had been banded in nearby Roebuck Bay.

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2007 Eggs 2014 2002 173

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2015

It’s about packaging, marketing, distribution, transportation, and lobbying. million by the EPA in 2012 and was sold to Global Harvest Foods in 2014. He’s also worked with the National Wildlife Refuge System, co-led birding tours to Alaska, and co-authored A Guide to the Nests, Eggs, and Nestlings of North American Birds (1997).

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America Industry Birds Squirrels 243

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2023

One interesting paper argues that contrary to what might seem logical, cuckoos do not aim to lay eggs specifically into the nests of those parrotbills whose egg color and pattern match their own. The rationale includes the speed of the laying (too fast to check for color matches) and the low number of egg-laying attempts (i.e.,

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Pandas Birds Eggs China 226