2020 Australia Breeding Family 
10,000 Birds
JULY 19, 2020
Our first Pied Oystercatcher eggs for this year’s breeding season were laid early and were due to hatch last weekend. The eggs usually hatch out quite close together and then the family can all move away from the nest site. We were hopeful of finding the family moving through the dune system.
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OCTOBER 11, 2020
On a rising tide the Pied Oystercatcher family soon found a good position to watch and wait until the reef was exposed once again. Pied Oystercatcher family at roost. The Pied Oystercatcher family will remain together for some time yet. They do not attempt to breed for about seven years. Oriental Plover.
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JUNE 2, 2020
It’s the bird family that most people don’t know is a bird family. For many years it was thought the two bird families were related taxonomically. Introduction. It includes a table listing the species, subspecies, author and date of original description, which I found quite handy in sorting out the birds.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 3, 2020
The goal of Around the World For Penguins is simple: Describe the 18 species of penguin and their breeding grounds “from the perspective of a traveller.” But, unlike most books focused on a bird family, this one is organized geographically. A scientific analysis of the bird family was written by Lloyd S.
10,000 Birds
JULY 4, 2023
The species are taxonomically divided into two families: Tytonidae, Barn-Owls, and Strigidae, Owls, encompassed in one order, Strigiformes. The chapters on courtship and breeding and roosting and migration are the longest, which isn’t surprising. Jennifer Ackerman is one of my favorite bird authors. This is a great summer read.
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JANUARY 5, 2020
It has been strange being away from our home in Broome, Western Australia, at this time of year. Driving through dairy country we soon added Australian Wood Duck , Pacific Black Duck , Grey Teal , Grey Fantail , Wedge-tailed Eagle , Laughing Kookaburra , Eastern Rosella and Superb Fairy-wren to the 2020 Year List.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 25, 2022
With the end of the year approaching you could consider where you would like to go birding in Australia in 2023. Wherever you dare to go in Australia you won’t be disappointed by the birds that you encounter. Some places around Australia we only visited for a short time and others for much longer. Sarus Cranes.
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