Edward’s Pheasant
10,000 Birds
MAY 19, 2012
Edward’s Pheasant courtesy & copyright Tom Friedel This is an acute concern for the World Pheasant Association (WPA), whose mission is to safeguard all the 286 species in the pheasant group.
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The Ross Sea – the Last Intact Marine Ecosystem on Earth – and I
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 21, 2016
You know the captain’s name already: the Ross’s Gull was named after Ross who collected the type specimen in 1823 on Melville Peninsula in the Canadian Arctic. Curiously, in 1831, McCormick was appointed a surgeon on HMS Beagle under the command of Captain FitzRoy and he expected to put together a sizeable natural history collection.
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Backyard Birding in Bonn
10,000 Birds
JUNE 1, 2024
, I noticed that many birds had moved from setting up territories and breeding to feeding chicks, I thought it would be worth sharing some more observations. Although I once saw a group of Barn Swallows pass overhead a few weeks earlier, these birds were clearly on passage only as there was no sign of this species since.
A Problem with Gulls
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MARCH 4, 2011
Collectively, they’re referred to as the Herring Gull complex. It is also familiar at inland sites in winter, especially reservoirs and refuse tips, and breeds in the relatively-Northerly regions of Europe, Asia, and North America. This wiki looks good too.] The Lesser Black-backed gull has a dark grey to black back and wings.
Saving the Drowning Cormorant, or the Kerkini Lake, Greece
10,000 Birds
JUNE 20, 2019
Even collecting one piece after another, I didn’t manage to see the whole picture, but after a lot of effort, I collected enough pieces to ID the Eastern Olivaceous Warbler , only the first of a dozen that will be chock chock chocking from fruiting mulberries. They have sloping sides and a flat top, meant for birds to breed on.
Birding Shanghai in June 2022
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JULY 4, 2022
So, the birds start collecting mud and small sticks. There was a breeding pair at Binjiang Forest Park this June. However, they sometimes claim to be the national bird of Germany due to their black-red-yellow color combination – this is not true. Nest building: a good activity for a rainy day. You should try it too.
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