10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2015

A parent bird’s instinct to feed and protect their young is very strong, and they will not willingly abandon their babies. Putting a baby bird back in its nest is not always the right thing to do. Unfortunately a bird’s nest location is not always perfect. So: When do you intervene?

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Wounded Rescue Medical Cats 255

10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2016

Had they been able to make the jawbone talk, no doubt its first words would be, “You can’t put a baby bird back in the nest, because the parents will smell your hands and abandon it.”. So right from the beginning, none of this makes any sense. Last year scientists in Ethiopia discovered the jawbone of a 2.8 Probably not.

Wildlife Rehabilitation 174

Wildlife Rehabilitation Porcupines Raccoons Birds 174

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

It was declared a National Park (Monumento Natural) in 1981 to protect the nesting of up to 25,000 flamingos and many other water-foul and birds that depend on this fragile ecosystem, the Puna. Soon we came to a four way split and took the right turn which continued toward the lake, the left turns seem to go off to the western mountains.

Argentina 154

Argentina Rights Owls Abandon 154

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

… The ordinance would allow Minneapolis residents to establish cat “colonies” where abandoned and wild cats can be fed but also vaccinated, neutered and identified in an effort to humanely cut their population and control disease. But it’s something in the right direction.”. First amendment rights? Does it solve it?

Feral Cats 204

Feral Cats Feral Cats Minneapolis 204

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 13, 2016

By the last year of the war, the US increased its military aid to the Greek Government and introduced a new weapon: the first napalm attack after World War II took place right here! Like many others, this village was totally abandoned and only recently repopulated, with a current population of only 18 people.

Bears 268

Bears Greece Europe Slovenia 268

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2011

He is happy the bluebird has returned and he hopes that it will nest by his house in “Downy’s cell,&# that is, the abandoned hole of a Downy Woodpecker. Wicked, right? Burroughs says what he means and you can tell that he really means it. The proposal from U.S. Hat-tip to Stella.

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2011 Deer New York Peru 160

10,000 Birds

MARCH 10, 2011

The thought of an Oriole foraging in bare winter branches is as foreign as a Petrel on a pool and yet, there it was in my yard picking through an abandoned squirrel’s nest for what appeared to be spiders. Wicked, right? The truth is, wintering Baltimore Orioles are unusual, but not unheard of, in the southeast. Hat-tip to Stella.

North Carolina 140

North Carolina 2011 St. Louis Baltimore 140

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2023

One paper describes them breeding in a human settlement in abandoned clay jars. In fact, given the right chromosomes, hybridization is possible between the two species and has been observed ( source ). Another advantage to ballistic food transport is that the fruit seeds are protected from damage when they are swallowed whole.

Rhinoceros 125

Rhinoceros Singapore Transported Hunting 125

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Right: Water Pipits landing on my car and sliding down the windscreen. The road was new, the only sign of the recent times were bullet holes in a few abandoned houses, but that was a rare sight. The scorching sun was right above my head. Overhearing that, the waiter came and introduced himself “I am from Kosovo”.

Bosnia 140

Bosnia Croatia Herzegovina Slovenia 140

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2021

He sat…his crown giving searing shafts of violet as the light caught the feathers at just the right angle. Complementing Dunn’s exquisite descriptions are his photographs of 27 species plus the mysterious Nazca hummingbird geoglyph, an abandoned Juan Fernández Firecrown nest, and the aforementioned photo of Sr.

Costa Rica 264

Costa Rica Brazil Ecuador Bolivia 264

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2011

Now, most people are dealing with grackles on their northward migration right now. If you have been feeding black-oil sunflower and suddenly switch to straight safflower, birds will abandon your feeders. Wicked, right? This is it, it’s called safflower seed. There is technique in offering this seed. The proposal from U.S.

2011 186

2011 Birds Woodpeckers Blackbirds 186

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2012

It’s often considered wasteful that so many nests are abandoned and left to degenerate, but my theory of one of the reasons for this behavior is related to predation. Their nests are also a messy structure due to protective thorns on the outside, but the interior is constructed of softer grasses.

Tanzania 216

Tanzania Buffalo Kenya Namibia 216