10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2022

Europe has one species (Eurasian Spoonbill), the Americas have one (Roseate Spoonbill), Australia two (Royal and Yellow-billed Spoonbill), and Asia has two as well (Eurasian and Black-faced Spoonbill). To add a bit of scandal to the story some of the more experienced brood helpers do sometimes unsuspectingly mate with the breeding female.

Ostriches 147

Ostriches Parrots Eggs Africa 147

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

Owls live and migrate from Arctic circumpolar to Colorado prairie to South American rainforest to Southeast Asian islands, Galapagos islands, Canary islands–many many islands–to coastal Australia and onward. The chapters on courtship and breeding and roosting and migration are the longest, which isn’t surprising.

Owls 197

Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 197

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The city of Salisbury, Australia describes them as “the most naturally inquisitive, intelligent, playful, (and destructive!) In the southwestern of Western Australia (not where these photos were taken), the Little Corella actually is an introduced bird species listed as a category 3 declared pest ( source ). Disappointing.

Birds 176

Birds Pelicans Falcons Parrots 176

10,000 Birds

MARCH 26, 2014

Well, Copenhagen Zoo is back in the news; a few weeks after killing a giraffe and feeding it to some lions, it went and killed some of those same lions. If the whole thing passed you by then Mother Jones did a good piece on why zoos sometimes have to kill individuals for the good of the species. Conservation Lion vultures'

Lions 150

Lions Giraffes Zoos Killing 150

10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2011

This, above, and of course Clare M’s fine original post about her poo ponds (not her private ones, the ones of Broome in Australia) are the reason we are talking poop this week. Waghäusel is most faaaaamous for its breeding Purple Herons. It certainly is only a matter of time until they start breeding here.

Germany 162

Germany Birds Iraq Breeding 162

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2015

Penguins are also bellweathers of climate change; dwellers of remote areas you’ve (probably) never heard of; creatures who have developed unique, innovative ways of adapting to the harsh environments where they breed and rear chicks and the water environments in which they feed and swim.

Penguins 189

Penguins New Zealand South Africa Albatross 189

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2022

The Little Grebe is of course a very common bird that can still surprise by its beauty in its breeding plumage. Black-naped Orioles are breeding in Fengxian. A study on Hainan birds of the species titled “Breeding in a noisy world” found that 98.3% Later, they gradually … … adapt the adult plumage.

China 147

China Birds Eggs Breeding 147