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The first Pied Oystercatcher chick of 2020

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This offers a lot more protection than the exposed nest site. Feral cats are also a problem in Broome. 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.

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Don’t Ignore the Barnacles – they’re Real Birds

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However, though there have been records of feral Barnacle Geese nesting in Suffolk for many years, the number of pairs remain small, and certainly not sufficient to account for flocks of the size now seen every winter. The Atlas was published in 2020, so these numbers may have been grown since then.

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Collaborative List ? May 2020

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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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The Glitter in the Green: In Search of Hummingbirds–A Hummer Book Review

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It is also a story about conservation: the danger hummingbirds have always been in from all sides, natural and human-made, and the ways in which individuals, community groups, and larger organizations are working to protect them. Lovette (2020). Billerman, and I.J. Hummingbirds (Trochilidae), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (S.