10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2023

This leaves Shanghai in June with basically just the year-round species and the summer breeders, maybe with a few added ultra-lazy individuals of migratory species. Here’s a video. Summary result: relevant chemicals emitted by the plant can be found in the eggs. Also as video. Such as the Black-winged Cuckooshrike.

Birds 130

Birds Eggs Breeders Breeding 130

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2024

This laughingthrush is a cooperative breeder – nestlings are fed by all members of a group, often 6-12 (not just 2 as in Wham!) Some like Charles Vaurie have considered it so unreliable that they even suggested the destruction of his egg collection.” Note to those readers who do not know Wham!: ” ( source ).

Burma 199

Burma India Birds Indonesia 199

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 28, 2014

Among birds the Egyptian Vulture uses rocks to crack Ostrich eggs, the New Caledonian Crow and Woodpecker Finch (one of several Darwin Finches of the Galapagos Islands), uses sticks to extract grubs from inside a branch. This is similar to the fact that all birds, even first time breeders within a species build identical nests.

Fish 163

Fish Woodpeckers Ostriches Eggs 163

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2020

It didn’t occur to me till I started reading The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird that there was also a possible threat to the eagle herself: poachers, who steal raptor eggs and chicks. McWilliam realizes he’s dealing someone special, a career falcon egg-thief.

Falcons 209

Falcons United Kingdom Zimbabwe Eggs 209

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

While serpent means large snake, the Crested Serpent-eagle also eats frogs, as this video shows. The breeding ecology of the Yellow-bellied Warbler was actually studied exactly here at Nonggang in 2019 by 3 Chinese researchers. This included recording a total of 77,760 minutes of video. Glad I did not have to watch these.

China 228

China Birds Pythons Eagles 228

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2023

You can also see the owl not moving much in a short video. Apparently , the two main factors influencing double brooding are the individual quality of the breeder and the timing of the first clutch. It did not seem to bother the owl much though. Oh, the excitement. The Siberian Blue Robin is another indicator of spring for me.

Monkeys 147

Monkeys Birds South Korea Owls 147

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 30, 2023

If the male’s color fades after the first egg, the female reacts by laying a smaller second egg – seemingly deciding that it is better to cut her losses as the male apparently is the avian equivalent of a deadbeat father. Are these the paper mills one occasionally reads about in relation to Chinese research papers?

Woodpeckers 209

Woodpeckers Birds Eggs India 209