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 owl couple on the live camera feed is the youngest breeding pair in the colony and are a little over a year old.

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Owls Florida Raised Coyotes 250

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2013

Old World Vultures are nestled within the family Acciptridae along with the hawks and eagles. It’s actually a pretty classic example of convergent evolution, wherein two unrelated families of lifeforms evolve to fill the same niche independently. While Sitting in Church, a Videopoem – James Brush, Coyote Mercury.

California Condor 204

California Condor Turkey North America Jordan 204

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2020

So, curious about which birds nest in two places, I quickly found out that it’s Phainopepla, a western bird, a relief because I was concerned that it might have implications for my data collection for the NYS Breeding Bird Atlas. Do they have families too and do they take care of them? copyright @2020 by David A llen Sibley.

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2020 Birds Groups North America 264

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 31, 2011

They are part of a family of New World Quail which includes Gambel’s, Mountain, Scaled and Montezuma Quail, as well as the Northern Bobwhite. All New World Quail are highly gregarious, typically found in coveys or flocks except during breeding season. The family group pictured below has been visiting my yard recently.

California 245

California Eggs Gophers Rattlesnake 245

10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2011

Horned Screamer Michael McDonald is a lot like Wile E Coyote and would like to see a Rufous-vented Ground-cuckoo ! Not to mention, its brilliantly bulbous crimson throat, bloated during breeding season must be a sight! The wings on the male are remarkably shaped plus I’ve always had an peculiar interest in the nightjar family.

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Brazil 2011 Birds Wildlife 230