10,000 Birds
APRIL 2, 2024
Coyotes took carrion from young Condors and then killed the weakest ones. Osborn gives story after story of having to “haze” young condors away from admiring crowds and off cliff sites accessible to coyotes (it seems that running and yelling at the top of your lungs is a job requirement).
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 6, 2024
Mauricio and Melba picked me up and if it weren’t for the Coyote we saw on the way it would have taken us 5 minutes to reach Chipinque Parque Ecologico. These parrots breed inside cavities in cliffs and they are very particular about the cliff. Late autumn 2022, I decided flying in a day early to do some weekend birding. Now it took 6.
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 1, 2015
These ground birds have been clocked going 20 mph, though their coyote predators can go more than twice that. million breeding birds, Greater Roadrunners have a stable population (according to Partners in Flight). Of course, only thirty minutes later I saw my second roadrunner, this time standing on a lawn adjacent to a busy street!
10,000 Birds
APRIL 9, 2017
He had a lot to choose from with displaying Clark’s Grebes , hordes of western hummingbirds, breeding plumaged American Avocets and all the other goodies that can be found in the diverse habitats of SoCal. Coyote as it stayed just out of acceptable camera-range in Irvine Regional Park.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 4, 2013
The colony has grown supporting up to 3 pairs of owls, all breeding at once! The colony has numbered 17 at one point and fledged as many as 9 owlets during the normal breeding season. The colony has numbered 17 at one point and fledged as many as 9 owlets during the normal breeding season.
10,000 Birds
JULY 17, 2011
One was “Superdad,” one of the few successful breeding whooping cranes in the entire eastern population. Eastern flyway breeding populations appear to be maxing out their available habitat, and are subject to abundant natural limitations such as ground predation by coyotes, foxes, raccoons and opossums. What if they’re shot?
10,000 Birds
APRIL 20, 2011
I think the main reason turkey/vehicle collisions are more noticeable this time of year are breeding hormones. Also, a turkey fight and display will attract the attention of predators, I’m sure many a turkey lek gets ambushed by coyotes causing birds to flee in utter panic. Is this turkey contemplating your doom?
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