10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2013

A breeding bird atlas is a special kind of book. For the nature lovers and birders who participate in breeding bird surveys, the atlas represents hours, often hundreds of hours, of volunteer time spent within a community of citizen scientists doing what they love, observing birds. So, what exactly does a breeding bird atlas contain?

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Pennsylvania Breeding Birds Sparrows 241

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2016

This is not surprising at all due to the fact that we have monitored the Pied Oystercatcher breeding success (or lack thereof ) since 2000 along a twenty three kilometre stretch of beach and it is very rare for any of the sixteen pairs to succeed. This pair of Pied Oystercatchers has been successful on one occasion and that was in 2012.

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Breeding Eggs Feral Cats 2000 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2012

These birds are often present in Broome on the green areas, like the school sport’s fields, golf course and the local parks. They are often in large groups in these areas when they are not breeding. They will often fly at both people and other animals in defense of their eggs and young.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2022

I’m talking, of course, about “my” flock of American White Pelicans. They migrate north through the Western United States, breeding in pockets all the way up through Canada. They migrate north through the Western United States, breeding in pockets all the way up through Canada.

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Pelicans United States Canada Arizona 244

10,000 Birds

MARCH 23, 2023

Before I was born, it used to be a rare breeding species in mountainous areas south of Belgrade, but became extinct after the 1960s due to intensive poisoning of wolves. There’s an eagle… a White-tailed Eagle , a relatively common and numerous breeding species of riparian forests along large water courses and fishponds.

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Bulgaria McDonalds Eagles Serbia 264

4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 30, 2012

While at BlogPaws we saw an adorable company that offered custom dog breed art prints in a variety of styles and colors. The process is quick and easy, and with over 60 breeds to choose from you are sure to find what you need. And of course, you can add your dog’s name to the print as well! We could not be happier!

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Breeding Dogs Cooking 2011 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2014

And, of course, because it was that kind of day, I did. I was home by noon after what was undoubtedly my most successful search for some of New York’s coolest breeding birds ever! Grasshopper Sparrows don’t seem to sing terribly loudly but their song carries a long way. The only downer was that they did not come close.

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Breeding New York Breeders Downers 154

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

They are, of course, a smaller more compact goose, but picking out the various distinguishing features (such as the yellow eye ring) at such range is invariably challenging, to say the least. A feature of the autumn is the abundance of Great White Egrets – up to 200 on the lake – but as far as I know they have yet to breed here.

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Greece Pelicans Geese Buffalo 226

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

This can mean some interesting birding, if you can bear the Shanghai heat … Of course, the egrets and herons described in my last post are still around. Not sure if they are breeding but certainly they are trying, though I am not fully convinced of their competence. Another new breeding record for Shanghai . Brown Shrike.

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Tigers Breeding Cattle Bears 193

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2024

Black-tailed godwits winter in large numbers on the estuaries of both Norfolk and Suffolk, and we know that nearly all these birds breed in Iceland. In breeding plumage islandica godwits develop a deeper red plumage than their limosa cousins. They are of the race islandica , a sub species of the nominate race, limosa.

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Lithuania Morocco Iceland Ireland 130

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2021

The bibs will change to black like their parents in due course. A lot of birds have been breeding around Broome in recent months. The shorebird migration has started and it won’t be long before they are on their breeding grounds in the Northern hemisphere. The main difference is the colouration in their bibs.

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Family Breeding Birds Australia 256

4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 28, 2013

And of course, we like our pet products to look great too, and Plexidor certainly does. And of course, it’s always fun to see the door in action, especially when it’s in an adorable video like this one! The post PlexiDor Dog Doors: A “New Breed” of Dog Doors! That’s right friends, a MINI PIG DOOR !

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Dogs Breeding Designer Dog Pigs 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Both species can theoretically breed in central Mexico, but in my experience are almost exclusively winter visitors. Of course, the super-abundance of marsh birds at Iramuco was not really a good thing, as it resulted from severe environmental stress factors. It preferred to not get out in front of the reeds, but was very close to me.

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Mexico Investigation Science Experience 231

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2023

Fortunately, there are a few more such breeding species than most Shanghainese are aware of. While the HBW states that it breeds at 300 – 2450 meters, in Shanghai – where such elevations are not available outside of the upper floors of a few highrises – it makes to with an altitude of about 0 meters as well.

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Birds Eggs Breeders Breeding 130

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2022

The nest in the header photo in a Poinciana tree belongs to a Little Friarbird and they have been breeding recently and there are many juvenile birds about. The Magpie-larks have also been breeding recently and also using the Poinciana trees for nesting. They also offer an excellent opportunity for birds to nest.

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Breeding Australia Family Collecting 147

10,000 Birds

MAY 13, 2021

On the other hand, in April, some other species start breeding here in Shanghai. Nearby, two Grey-headed Lapwings have apparently decided to stay in Shanghai and start preparations for breeding. Of course, looking stylish in black and white is easy. No danger of stumbling over people trying to upgrade their golf courses here.

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Birds Farming Alaska Breeding 188

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Citrine Wagtails are rare in Shanghai but apparently quite common around Chaka, though unfortunately most of the ones we saw were not in breeding plumage. The Brown Accento r certainly ranks among the less attractive accentors, though of course, some species in this family set a rather high bar. I blame this on covid-19.

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China Birds Austria ALA 258

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 21, 2022

We are really enjoying the experience of observing another bird species that is black, white and red breed in our local patch. Of course the Pied Oystercatchers are also breeding at this time of year and we continue to monitor their progress along our coastline. Mistletoebird chicks out of the nest.

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Family Breeding Raised Experience 147

10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2022

Three live and breed here, two migrate through the country in large numbers (one of those also breeds here in small numbers), and another migrates through and winters in Costa Rica. They won’t build a nest or look for a mate but other than that, their behavior in Costa Rica is pretty similar to that of their breeding grounds.

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Costa Rica Pennsylvania South America Panama 273

10,000 Birds

MAY 28, 2020

May is also a good time for herons and egrets, as they are in their full breeding plumage. Of course, being mean, I only show you one of them. Lesser Coucal breeds in Nanhui, coastal Shanghai. The local equivalent to a popstar in this month is the Japanese Paradise Flycatcher. I guess you can see why. Chinese Pond Heron.

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Birds Tigers Farming Eggs 170

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2018

Last week I introduced you to the new bird-watching hut at the Broome Poo Ponds and now I will let you know it is not just about the ponds, but the adjoining Broome Golf Course! Some bird species are regulars at the Golf Course, but we have also had rare birds how up over the years such as the Banded Lapwing in 2011. Golf Course birds!

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Birds Ducks 2017 2011 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

It is not quite clear why they do this as it apparently does not affect breeding success. They have written a paper on the “Feasibility of counting breeding Pied Avocets and Black-winged Stilts using drones” It seems to work, actually – though about 20 percent of breeding pairs are being missed by drone surveys.

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Birds Eggs Bald Eagle Owls 218

10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2020

The annual parade of birds is happening and the feathered participants are dressed in their best breeding suits. Now is when we can venture into the closest park and see birds of the deep woods, species that breed far from town. For birders, spring migration 2020 is of course very different. Summer Tanagers also migrate.

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Costa Rica 2020 Spain Panama 224

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2024

She explains complex and sometimes controversial topics including captive breeding, environmental toxins, feral cats and other invasive predators, Hawaiian avian extinction, avian disease, California Condor distribution and history, legal loopholes, and lead poisoning.

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California Condor Falcons California Birds 193

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2021

I guess the whole point about this band name is to suggest -ironically, of course – utter blandness. Breeding in Northern Japan and wintering in the Phillippines, some seem to take a migratory rest stop (and slight deviation) at the Shanghai coast. Possibly my favorite Nanhui bird this September was the Chestnut-cheeked Starling.

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Birds LACS France Japan 244

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 27, 2023

As I sit at my desk writing this post about the latest attempt at breeding for one of our pairs of Pied Oystercatchers I realise I have written 677 posts now for this website. Nothing to do for a few days other than stand around on a rock together and contemplate another attempt at breeding. One large Pied Oystercatcher family !

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Eggs Australia Protection Breeding 130

10,000 Birds

MAY 16, 2017

A New York City Parks Department contractor just wiped out a breeding population of sparrows in tons of trouble already, on land owned by the parks department that was supposed to be protected as “Forever Wild.” Any destruction like this of a wetland would be bad, of course. Another is in the works. . By then it could be too late.

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New York City New York Sparrows 2016 218

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 28, 2019

One of the ironies of birding in North America is that the easiest way to see many species that breed on the shores of the Arctic Ocean is to go to tropical coastlands. Whimbrels, Sanderlings, and Semipalmated Plovers are all species that breed in the extreme north, but there they were in the suffocating heat of Lázaro Cárdenas.

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North America Mexico Breeding America 125

10,000 Birds

APRIL 3, 2023

Such programs are somewhat inefficient anyway – in one study , the breeding success of wild male pheasants was 2-5 times higher than for hand-reared and released ones while for females, hand-reared birds were 3 times as vulnerable to predation as the wild ones. And of course, the photos here show a female, as far as I can tell.

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Birds Blackbirds Indonesia Bhutan 213

10,000 Birds

JUNE 26, 2023

Of course, for countries with mostly moderate climates such as the US, China, Japan, or Germany, it is always easier to claim that the winter range is the problem (i.e., not their own). Fear not, science has an answer: about 1.16 How to distinguish the two species, as they look somewhat similar?

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Japan China Guinea Germany 130

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2018

Of course the males come first to establish territory. According to Macauley Library’s migration map the overwhelming breeding activity for this species occurs north of the state of California. I think their breeding range may be moving South. The thing is, I have females that have been hanging around also.

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California 2012 Breeding Species 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2020

When we were told that the gymkana wouldn’t be going ahead, we set about making a short course in the garden to help keep Lady Helen up to show standard. So her Ladyship is now laid up with a gammy leg and our short course is redundant. She had already scored 8 faults and a refusal by the time she reached the water.

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Birds Blackbirds Game Eagles 170

10,000 Birds

APRIL 1, 2024

Of course, me being me, this is a good reason to show it. Eurasian Sparrowhawk Based on one paper , one might recommend this female to breed in a city as apparently urban nesters have higher breeding success (though admittedly, that paper looked at rural vs. urban in Scotland, not China).

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Chicago Birds Asia China 150

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

While reading the book I kept muttering, “Of course”; indeed, there was little to surprise or disagree with. The latter figure very significant when you remember that many breeding passerines depend on the humble caterpillar to feed themselves and their offspring.

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Wildlife North America Mammals Breeding 264

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

They didn’t, of course, have the luxury of the fantastic modern optics we take for granted today. There are not, as far as I know, any plans to re-name the Montagu’s Harrier, a bird that’s now a real rarity in the UK that only occasionally breeds here. Eleonora’s Falcons still breed on Sardinia today.

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Falcons Collecting 2003 Wounded 236

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The Olive-sided Flycatcher breeds in Canada and the western United States, and winters mostly in northern South America. Of course, I can’t bat a thousand on the bad photo rankings. Of course, I also managed to take a bunch of incomplete or unfocused bird photos and turn them into a blog.

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Mexico Guatemala South America United States 195

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2019

Get out there and shake the bushes–metaphorically, of course–to see what unexpected delights June may yet offer. I still have some warblers to add to my year list, so I’ll be hunting down some birds on their breeding grounds this weekend. ) but we can still hope for a few slowpokes and stragglers left to find.

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