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!): “A female may share a nest with another, and 3 or more adults may take turns incubating the eggs and feeding the chicks.” (Note to those readers who do not know Wham!: ” ( source ).

Burma 198

Burma India Birds Indonesia 198

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

The Mourning Dove is a prolific breeder. Approximately one million hunters annually harvest more than 20 million Mourning Doves , which exceeds the annual harvest of all other migratory game birds combined 3. Delivers devastating hydrostatic energy and shock to a game animal.

Hunters 175

Hunters Hunting North America Game 175

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2011

I find myself in that sweet spot of summer with many weeks of gorgeous weather and festivities arrayed out before me, fat times to tide us over for the coming winter (in Rochester, as in Game of Thrones , winter is always coming!) Too bad the birding is so thin. Where will you be this weekend and will you be birding?

2011 162

2011 Breeders New York Game 162

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Ndumo Game Reserve lies in the Easternmost part of South Africa, close to the border of Mozambique and Eswatini. Greater Flamingos are considered cooperative breeders as fledglings are raised in a creche, in which large numbers of young are watched by multiple non-breeding adult greater flamingos.

South Africa 147

South Africa Africa Birds Research 147

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2022

There are charismatic birds like Barrow’s Goldeneye, Evening Grosbeak, Red and White-winged Crossbills; mysterious seabirds like Leach’s Storm-Petrel; ‘little brown jobs’ like Winter Wren and Nelson’s Sparrow; a treasury of warbler species, 27 in all, many state breeders.

Los Angeles 195

Los Angeles Birds District of Columbia Parrots 195

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

If you are a bad hunting partner and do not flush enough game, the raptor will fly off when released and not return. Many get their birds from breeders. If the bird was starving or if you are a bad hunting partner who doesn’t flush lots game, that raptor will fly away when you let it go and not come return to the you.

Wisconsin 241

Wisconsin Falcons Owls Hunting 241

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2022

Well, cats are just as successful breeders as mice and soon there were thousands of cats that sought out prey bigger than mice and began to wipe out the native seabird population. We arose each morning at 4:30am to find out that we were late to the game. That is not the case on a birding cruise.

South Africa 263

South Africa Mice Albatross Africa 263