10,000 Birds

JULY 19, 2020

This offers a lot more protection than the exposed nest site. The post The first Pied Oystercatcher chick of 2020 appeared first on 10,000 Birds. There are dangers around the nest site and the sooner they could move the family away from the exposed nest site the better. In the photo below it is a lot clearer.

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2020 Eggs Feral Cats Breeding 172

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2020

This was the month we (in the northern hemisphere) had all been waiting for, but what a strange month May 2020 has been. The potential for contagion through clicking on links has long been acknowledged and with a desire to protect our precious readers, the links have been discontinued. Palm Tanager (Thraupis palmarum).

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2020 Sparrows Niger Woodpeckers 152

10,000 Birds

JULY 26, 2020

Following on from the sad loss of our first Pied Oystercatcher chick of 2020 the other eggs are now also hatching. Hopefully they will be able to protect this chick until it can fly in a few weeks’ time. The pair of Pied Oystercatchers that nest to the north of the vehicle beach access were due to hatch this week.

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Eggs Family 2008 2020 159

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Though these decoys are erected in hopes of warding off all birds, it’s protection from corvids in particular that’s invoked by the scarecrow. The crow’s reputation as a formidable agricultural pest is embodied across farm country in the scarecrow.

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