Breeding Eggs Ethiopia Family 
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 9, 2012
Each male builds numerous nests, most of which are rejected by the female, who will eventually select a nest she is happy with, allow the proud architect who usually hangs under his masterpiece to mate with her and then begins the breeding process. They occur in dry savanna as well as broadleafed woodlands. Image taken in Kenya by Adam Riley.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 15, 2012
2012 has certainly been a bumper year for me with an estimated year list of around 3,000 species after extensive travels to South Africa, Ethiopia, South Korea, Indonesia, the Russian Far East, United Kingdom, Peru, Guatemala and Panama. Red Junglefowl by Mike Bergin Clare Kines chose an egg as his Best Bird of the Year.
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