10,000 Birds
AUGUST 13, 2014
More than 99% of the population of Tricolored Blackbirds ( Agelaius tricolor ) live within the state of California and form the largest colonies of any North American passerine bird 1. The Results of the 2014 Tricolored Blackbird Statewide Survey confirm that this species is in rapid decline. See Birdchick’s post here.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 17, 2013
For a birder, a sighting of a Tricolored Blackbird is a treat. In these situations, the birds have been treated like pests and targeted for extermination, or lost their eggs and nestlings to harvesting of the fields. federal level, and a Species of Special Concern in California. (For
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 2, 2015
And of eggs and nests and birds on nests. Into the Nest , as the title says, is about the courting, mating, egg-laying, nesting, and parenting behavior of “familiar birds”. Some chapters focus on one species (Yellow Warbler), some on several related species (Chickadees and Nuthatches). And of birds courting and mating.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 4, 2021
I pointed at the bird shown below but he insisted it could not be that species – no long tail … For people of a certain age, gender and background, at some point The Smiths were the most important band in the world. A juvenile Chinese Blackbird. This one looks different. ” Hm. .”
10,000 Birds
APRIL 14, 2018
Flock after flock of blackbirds, ducks, geese, raptors flapping their way north. If you already know the songs of American Robin and Eurasian Blackbird , then you already know what the national bird is doing. They come in the form of waves of Scarlet Tanagers , pewees, Blackburnian Warblers, and other species.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 21, 2014
I spent this past weekend in Saugerties at my folks’ house in order to look for Easter eggs, let Desi enjoy time with his cousins, and generally have a good ol’ time with family. I had no luck with the rails or bitterns but I did manage to see quite a few species, including some that were very cooperative.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 30, 2013
Icterus is a wide-ranging neotropical genus consisting of the technicolor blackbirds we call orioles. The two dozen species are, nearly to an individual, long bodied and bicolored. Most make impressively woven, deep, nests, and eat insects and nectar, often coming to feeders well-stocked with oranges and jellies. Just lazy ones.
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