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Yellow-billed Spoonbills breeding

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There was an island in the middle of the river and the tall trees held Yellow-billed Spoonbill nests and there were several families within the vicinity. Not only is it a bird species we rarely encounter, but we had never found a breeding colony before. Yellow-billed Spoonbill family. Juvenile Yellow-billed Spoonbills.

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Mistletoebird family

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The female Mistletoebird has moved out of the nest to help feed the chicks and the male Mistletoebird is definitely contributing to a large extent. Here are some of the photos that I have taken over recent days of the Mistletoebird family. The feeding of the two Mistletoebird chicks has been relentless over the past week.

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Birding Lake Kerkini, Greece: Three Lazy Days

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Lake Kerkini National Park in the north of Greece is the very best birding area in the Balkan Peninsula and definitely among the top ten hotspots of Europe. However, during a storm the chains that kept it anchored broke off and the raft is now stranded on the shore, accessible to stray dogs and not used for breeding.

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A Family Outing at Point Lookout

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Late Saturday morning our little family had to decide what it was we were going to do. We hadn’t been to an ocean as a family since we were in California back in December so we decided to head out to Nassau County’s Point Lookout, which is nicely situated on the west side of Jones Inlet. Purple Sandpiper.

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Whiskered Terns and locusts

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The Pheasant Coucal family have moved on from the last place that we observed them. Whiskered Terns will breed in this area if the conditions are right. The bird-life has definitely benefitted by the recent outbreak of locusts. There have also been White-winged Black Terns amongst them. Whiskered Terns feeding.

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Thirteen years of weekly posts

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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. I could observe where the family had come down to the ocean at night on the big tides. One large Pied Oystercatcher family !

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Pied Oystercatchers don’t give up!

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This year, like every year, the Pied Oystercatchers have not given up on trying to successfully breed along our coast here in Broome. The breeding season started early this year with the first eggs laid at the end of May. It is definitely a nest with a view! This is the same nest site that they have used for many years.

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