Abandonment Breeding Buffalo Eggs 
10,000 Birds
JULY 13, 2023
Due to heavy rains many clutches of Great Crested Grebes had failed, but we observed both nests with eggs (and left the area immediately) and adults with chicks, some of them piggy-backing their mothers. We sat outdoors, shaded by old plane trees and cooled by a short shower falling in the bright sunlight.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 9, 2012
Each male builds numerous nests, most of which are rejected by the female, who will eventually select a nest she is happy with, allow the proud architect who usually hangs under his masterpiece to mate with her and then begins the breeding process. A Scaly-feathered Weaver takes to wing. Image by Adam Riley in Namibia.
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