10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

With populations plunging dramatically over the last decade, researchers from the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, Birds Russia, and a number of other conservation organizations made the always-controversial call to pluck eggs from the imperiled wild population and establish a captive breeding program as a final hedge against extinction.

Eggs 163

Eggs Russia Research Breeding 163

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2021

The first guide bearing the National Audubon Society imprint was Audubon Bird Guide; Eastern Land Birds , written by Richard Hooper Pough, and illustrated by Don Eckelberry. Audubon guides to birds have been around since 1946. Plate 28 from Audubon Bird Guide, Eastern Land Birds, by Richard H.

North America 278

North America America Birds California Condor 278

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Occasionally the Tristan Thrush Nesocichla eremita will prey upon chicks from the two-egg nest of the Inaccessible Island Rail but this not enough in any way to threaten the species. So desirable was it, however, to find out what this flightless rail was like that he left collecting material with the late Rev.

Science 195

Science Transported Shelters South Africa 195

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

It depicted a Common Loon ( Gavia immer ) sitting on eggs on a seemingly crude nest. Livingston, and on the dust jacket was a drawing of three Pine Grosbeaks ( Pinicola enucleator ) standing on a cone-bearing tree. Common Loon ( Gavia immer) This was a different artist. It caught my full attention and entranced me.

Birds 205

Birds Woodpeckers Canada Collecting 205

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 22, 2024

When not climbing, he collected species, and thus a number of birds are named after him. So, like a football stadium named after an insurance company, the broadbill ended up bearing a name celebrating a sponsor. Interestingly, the first description of a nest of Whitehead’s Spiderhunter was only published in 2015.

Birds 214

Birds Indonesia Breeding Charlotte 214

10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2022

Once the egg has been laid, the female is chased away and the males hatch it.” As I only saw one loon at Fengxian (a Red-throated Loon ), I do not have to choose a collective noun anyway. The Red-throated Loon does not fit this archetype. ” How is this for the last photo of the post?

Birds 196

Birds China Pythons Breeding 196

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2011

For instance, I can lay my hands on data for primates and rodents (because I’ve collected those data for research) but I don’t have comparable data for bovids (just selected data) and zero data for birds (in spreadsheets on my computer). To remedy this, I visited the Animal Diversity Web site at the University of Michigan.

Mammals 172

Mammals Rodents Birds Reptiles 172