10,000 Birds

JULY 28, 2013

But I took an opportunity to go down to Manitoba with Travis to see my family. Most troubling for me, because I think of them as my birds, is the abandoned nesting attempt by a pair of Pacific Loons. Better times: Pacific Loon family from two seasons ago. To start off I was away for a couple of weeks. A different Glaucous Gull.

Abandon 169

Abandon Abandoning Abandonment Eggs 169

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2011

That’s an old wives’ tale that says bird won’t take care of a baby bird with a human smell on it–not true at all. Wildlife rehabbers are good, but what human can teach where to flip the best leaves to look for grubby larvae? What human can point out a fox hidden nearby and how to avoid it?

Birds 266

Birds Fox Raised Ducks 266

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

There is something about a mature rainforest, for example, that cannot be replicated by any human. Humans have altered their habitat for hundreds of years, creating various new habitats that some aspects of nature have come to colonize. Even though they belong to the same family, many flycatchers have different habits.

Trinidad 228

Trinidad Family Abandon Abandoning 228