10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2022

Tragically, I never saw any birds near the nest later on – I guess they abandoned it, decided to quit procreating, or just got eaten by some other bird or cat. The male at work. The juvenile Chinese Blackbirds get older but still look kind of stupid.

Birds 147

Birds Sparrows China Abandon 147

10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2022

Jianfengling National Forest Park is a park in the West of Hainan – the tourist websites claim that it is “the largest and best-preserved tropical original forest in China”, which – if true – is a rather sad statement given the wide inroads that commercial agriculture has made into the park. But then, who knows?

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Birds Egypt China Thailand 231

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 29, 2022

This means its parents did not abandon the incomplete nest, as they do when a potential predator is nearby: “Grey Fantails desert incomplete nests in response to the attention of predators [which we tested] by placing a mounted Pied Currawong (Strepera graculina), a common nest predator, near fantail nests that were under construction.”

Birds 147

Birds Australia Sheep Zebras 147

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2022

According to Couzens, after laying the eggs, females sometimes immediately abandon their first mate and pair up with another male. Maybe better not to ever meet such a “mother” (given that I have been living in China for too long to be up-to-date regarding political correctness etc., But maybe that is actually a good thing.

Birds 162

Birds South Korea Japan Abandon 162

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 22, 2019

Even in the comparable wilderness of coastal Shanghai, it is far more likely to see the tree sparrow near an abandoned hut than in a more pristine spot. Still, a bird that has its moments – and I am always surprised how this sparrow really seems to enjoy human presence, however destructive it may be.

Latvia 121

Latvia Birds Sparrows Abandon 121

10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2022

If you are looking for a use of a cardboard box, one of the more interesting ideas is to use it to house an abandoned juvenile Striated Heron. When Cattle Egrets go to the local discotheque, they tend to overdo their makeup a bit. There is a nice description of the process until the release of the bird into the wild here, with photos.

Singapore 147

Singapore Mountain Goats Birds Giraffes 147

10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2022

At this moment, Baihualing is the eBird hotspot in China which has by far the largest number of species – 486. With 398 species, Nanhui is trailing far behind despite being covered by a much larger number of checklists (2225 compared to 608). So, it is certainly justified to cover this spot in more than one post.

Litter 198

Litter China Species Abandon 198