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. When out birding, I prefer completely wild habitat. Piratic Flycatcher.
10,000 Birds
JULY 18, 2022
According to the HBW, when breeding, male birds do most of the incubation and parenting while females often leave the nest up to one week before the eggs hatch. According to Couzens, after laying the eggs, females sometimes immediately abandon their first mate and pair up with another male. How efficient. How surprising.
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10,000 Birds
JANUARY 16, 2020
Egg-laying starts in late March to early April and they remain in the vicinity till early June. For two good reasons always remember to keep your distance from the nest: to avoid the disturbance of birds and abandonment of the nest, but also because this is an aggressive owl known to strike human intruders in the face.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 29, 2022
The Sacred Ibis was seen as the incarnation of the god Thoth, who (with gods apparently better at multitasking than humans) was (or maybe still is, who knows?) ” Somebody should have warned the poor kites not to copy everything that humans do. Possibly also for doing the dishes. .” Two ways of life folded at once.
10,000 Birds
JULY 28, 2013
Most troubling for me, because I think of them as my birds, is the abandoned nesting attempt by a pair of Pacific Loons. I could see from the road there was an egg in the nest and when a Glaucous Gull began circling the nest I expected one of the pair to lift from the lake and return to defend the nest. A different Glaucous Gull.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 26, 2018
The Zoo episode focuses on two Pink Pigeon couples: The Stud and Serendipity, a male and female that the zoo people hope will mate and produce a viable egg, and Thelma and Louise, a same-sex pair-bonded couple who the zoo people hope will incubate the egg and nurture the chick. Because, Ms. On the WCS web page, Ms.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 9, 2023
One paper describes them breeding in a human settlement in abandoned clay jars. ” While this species is not explicitly associated with infanticide, the fact that the bird lays 1-3 eggs but only ever raises one chick also implies that the species should also be closely watched by child protection agencies.
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