Breeding Eggs Experiments United Kingdom 
10,000 Birds
APRIL 30, 2011
Its first flight will take it from its burrow, usually on the west coast of the United Kingdom, to the coast of South America, an extraordinary journey for an unaccompanied minor. Each year 120,000 birds visit the island to breed from March through August in burrows that riddle the landscape.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 15, 2012
It was a heart-pounding scene straight out of Jurassic Park, an odd experience for a laid-back pursuit like birding. Red Junglefowl by Mike Bergin Clare Kines chose an egg as his Best Bird of the Year. Secretive, silent and undetectable outside of its breeding season, found only in the U.S. I wrote about the experience here.
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