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Not only is it a bird species we rarely encounter, but we had never found a breeding colony before. The Yellow-billed Spoonbills had found the perfect environment to breed and we were lucky enough to come across it. Adult breeding plumage in Yellow-billed Spoonbills. Not all of the nests had been vacated yet either.
One of the places that we visited was Kununurra and discovered that not only are the Pied Oystercatchers busy attempting to breed along Broome’s coastline, but so are the Comb-crested Jacanas. The post Comb-crested Jacanas breeding appeared first on 10,000 Birds.
At this time of year we are on the lookout for the start of breeding season in Pied Oystercatchers. They use the same nest site for subsequent clutches if any fail during the breeding season. There are still two eggs and although this pair has not been successful for many years at least they are attempting to breed.
A couple of weeks ago I introduced you to the pair of Pied Oystercatchers that were the first to start breeding along our coast this year. Since then we have had the two pairs of Pied Oystercatchers that breed between the Surf Club and Gantheaume Point lay their first clutch of eggs. Pied Oystercatcher nest.
The Crested Pigeon will breed at any time of year if the conditions are right. Although Crested Pigeons are quite a common bird Australia-wide you don’t always find a nest, so that you are able to observe the family grow.
Cattle Egret should not be in breeding plumage in June in the north of Australia! We do occasionally see Cattle Egret around Broome, but never in breeding plumage and always with cattle. I got as close to the fence as I could to take photos of the Cattle Egret with its beautiful breeding plumage. Cattle Egret.
Meanwhile, the other pairs of Pied Oystercatchers along Cable Beach have begun to breed as well. The post Pied Oystercatcher breeding season is here again! We can expect another clutch of eggs in about ten days and another twenty eight days of incubating. Pied Oystercatchers feeding alone. We rarely know the exact cause of the loss.
In the breeding grounds for many migratory species, I look forward to warblers, flycatchers, and more. Even without a binoculars or camera, the bright purple/red breeding plumage of a gorgeous Purple Finch jumped out at me. The post Spotting My Florida Birds on their Maine Breeding Grounds appeared first on 10,000 Birds.
There are Little Terns that breed across the north of Australia, Little Terns that breed on the coast of eastern and south-eastern Australia and another population that visit at this time of year from Asia. The population of Little Tern that visit from Asia breed in Asia and visit Australia in their non-breeding months.
We first noticed the odd eye in April this year, but it does not appear to bother it and it can still feed and obviously breed too. One of the adult Tawny Frogmouths appears to be blind in its right eye. Tawny Frogmouth with an odd right eye. It does appear to still have quite a bit of down that will develop into feathers in due course.
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Magpie Geese don’t breed in the Broome area every year, so if you live in an area that normally encounters them and they appear to be “missing” then it is highly likely that we are enjoying their presence at the moment!
They breed early and now it’s time to move out into the Atlantic. It’s only with the return of the low pressure systems in October that the Balearic Shearwaters come back and get ready to make the most of the winter and early spring productivity to breed. They are now finishing the breeding season and leave the breeding colonies.
The White-rumped Swift Apus caffer , a tropical African breeding species, was only discovered breeding in Europe in the 1960s. Little Swifts breed in Tangier, just a few kilometres on the other side of the Strait so it would have been logical to expect these to have made the short sea crossing into Europe.
The adventure of the second European Breeding Bird Atlas, or EBBA2, was the topic of one of my first posts here at 10,000 Birds: In a warm Catalonian March, Barcelona is filled with sunlight and full of Rose-ringed and Monk Parakeets. In a very short time, we get two responses, two birds calling from opposite directions.
That still leaves 11 Warblers that breed in Michoacán. Like the Common Yellowthroat , the Yellow Warbler breeds no further south than the central Mexican highlands. I must admit that I had the idea the Grace’s Warbler , common in our pine forests, were also at the southern edge of their breeding range here.
They begin to show up in August and peak in September as they make their way south to their Antarctic breeding grounds. European Storm Petrel The European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus is the other species of storm petrel that’s around in the summer months and these are birds from local breeding colonies.
When we look at the breeding birds, they are all Palaearctic, either mainland species or endemics that evolved from mainland species. Had this been the case we would expect the breeding birds of these islands to be dominated by trans-Saharan migrants. In fact, the breeding birds are overwhelmingly dominated by pre-Saharan migrants.
Adult Audouin’s Gulls now passing show heavily abraded plumage after breeding I covered the main species in my 23rd June article “When the sea becomes a desert”. If I really want to see these elegant gulls, then I can always drive up to the Atlantic coast and the estuary of the Guadalquivir River where they breed.
The most recent estimates suggest that some 1,500 pairs breed in Spain. That’s about half of the entire European breeding population. Look further back, to the first census undertaken and the number of breeding pairs had been estimated at 94 in 1987. Its stronghold is the Iberian Peninsula.
As the boreal migrants head north, breeding season for the residents and austral migrants is beginning to pick up. There are other austral migrants breeding here, however – I’ve found two separate nesting sites of the incredulous looking Swallow Tanager thus far. Common Black Hawks , adult and juvenile. Sounds like a party.
When the days lengthen and the snow gradually starts to melt, some of these birds get into breeding plumage and nest in the deep forest while others migrate even further north to breed. I am familiar with the western end… Source
This indicates peak breeding condition, but by May their pouches are back to pale yellow again. Both species of pelicans breed on the lake, with the Dalmatians the more numerous. Take a boat trip on Kerkini in May and you should see Black and possibly Whiskered Terns, but few now breed.
The vast majority of Palaearctic birds have now finished breeding and are either heading south, dispersing locally or going into moult. Many of the birds now heading south are in a terrible state, ready to drop the old feathers and replace them with new ones.
True, most of our migrant breeding birds start to return in April, but in May even the late arrivals – Turtle Doves, Swifts, Spotted Flycatchers and Nightjars – finally appear. Perhaps most spectacular of all were two fine Grey Plovers in full breeding finery, living up to their American name of Black-bellied Plover.
Perhaps the most curious thing about the Great Spotted Cuckoo is its distribution, for it is both a non-breeding Palearctic migrant to Africa, and a trans-Africa migrant. According to The Birds of Africa Volume III , “In much of the tropics present throughout the year, with breeding and non-breeding birds usually indistinguishable”.
But no, my story today is about the birds that come in to breed on the heather moorland which dominates the high ground. So is that of the Common Redshank Tringa totanus , another breeding species of these moors. Never a better time to see them in full breeding dress.
The Black-winged Cuckooshrike is breeding in several Shanghai locations – I suspect that some trees near the Nanhui hotel might be another one, given the vigorous singing of this bird. The Amur Paradise Flycatcher is another species breeding in Shanghai. Yellow-rumped Flycatchers are breeding in the same park.
This is not due to its breeding habits, which it shares with the other hornbills – though those habits could well be described as appalling. The bird in the photo is a male, as indicated by the yellow rather than blue throat sack – and by the fact that it is outside of the hole at breeding time (the female is in the hole).
The shorebirds will go to the northern hemisphere to breed and return to Broome later in the year. Natural debris The migratory shorebirds are busy feeding along the coast getting ready for migration and many have started to get their breeding plumage.
Just yesterday I learned that the Barn Owl ( Tyto alba ) is the only breeding bird found in New York that has been documented nesting in every month of the year. This bit of trivia was given in an article in my local bird club’s monthly newsletter about the ongoing breeding bird atlas in New York State.
It won’t be long before they have all set off on their northward migration to breed, but for now they are feeding up. They will breed in the short Siberian summer between June and August and they will then return to Australia.
It’s a bird that rarely occurs inland, and outside the breeding season it spends its time far out to sea. In March, as the days start to lengthen, so the wandering birds return to their breeding cliffs. Adult pairs are very site faithful, and if their breeding is successful, they will return to the same colony year after year.
Few birds sport such magnificent breeding plumage as the male ruff, but not a single bird showed more than a hint of this plumage. These ruffs still had a 1,000 or more miles to fly to reach their northern breeding grounds. They were sharing the same habitat as the resident Kentish Plovers, the only wader to breed here.
A simple, useful world map in outline shows approximate breeding ranges in yellow and wintering ranges in blue, and for some birds, permanent resident ranges in green. Some birds with populations on different breeding grounds move not to the same winter quarter but to far-distant ones – such as the Red-necked Phalarope.
Beginning this year, New York State embarked on its third-ever breeding bird atlas , and it’s the first one I’ve been able to participate in as a birder. Over the last several weeks there, I’ve watched them gather bits of straw and other sundry materials and ferry these back to their nest holes in the old barn walls and eaves.
The Pied Oystercatcher breeding season continues here in Broome along our coastline and once again the birds are not having much luck. The first pair of Pied Oystercatchers to breed this year have had a second clutch of two eggs and they had two chicks, but sadly they were lost within a few days of hatching.
First recorded breeding on the island in 2013, this dove is now both widespread and common. Today they are a Cypriot success story, for they have established themselves at many locations, and even breed in the middle of roundabouts in the bustling town of Larnaka. Hoopoes are common breeding birds.
That trip was fun, as it reminded me of the delights of watching birds like Golden Plover and even Meadow Pipit on their breeding grounds. I see lots of Golden Plovers in the winter, but (like so many waders) they are birds transformed when in their breeding finery. Crakes are difficult to see on their breeding grounds.
Take a quick look at the breeding distribution of European birds and you will see that there are a surprising number of species that are restricted to the Balkans.
The Japanese Night Heron is classified as vulnerable, with a global estimated population of only about 600 to 1700 – it seems its breeding grounds in Japan are being destroyed. And given its phlegmatic nature, it is probably not very good at adapting its lifestyle or breeding habits to new circumstances. Bright eyes.
Non-breeding Pied Oystercatchers join flocks either to the north or south of Gantheaume Point. They do not attempt to breed for about seven years. The Pied Oystercatcher family will remain together for some time yet. Eventually the fully fledged chick will wander beyond Gantheaume Point.
Then sometimes when you see these birds actively regaining their energy and getting ready for defending territories and breeding, they give the impression that their migration had just been a short jog around the block rather than a marathon across desert, mountains, and oceans.
The farm in question is large – 1,000 acres – and mainly arable, though a small herd of Redpolls (not birds, but a distinctive breed of cattle native to Suffolk) are a new addition. I was driving my small open-top car on a neighbour’s farm to see what I could find.
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