10,000 Birds

AUGUST 27, 2015

During the dry season, shallow rivers and narrow channels concentrate fish, which in turn becomes easier to catch by fish eating birds. Most birds use these ephemeral beaches as breeding grounds. They have adapted to breed during the dry season when sand bars are exposed and food is plenty. Yellow-billed Terns.

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South America Fish Breeding Eggs 167

10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2012

Living near the Sacramento River and its many lakes and tributaries makes it even more likely to see the incredible fish hawk or sea eagle we call the Osprey ( Pandion haliaetus ). Most of the Osprey breeding in North America are migratory, only Florida, the Caribbean and Baja California host non-migratory breeders 1.

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California North America Sacramento Breeders 195

10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2017

They do not breed, only winter here! Widespread across northern regions of northern hemisphere, they breed in Arctic-Alpine forest zone. Widespread across northern regions of northern hemisphere, they breed in Arctic-Alpine forest zone. White-tailed Eagles rely on fish as a staple diet for their offspring and that clutch failed.

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Montenegro Eagles Serbia Fish 105

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

The nickel was placed in the nest for the photo to show me the size of the egg for identification purposes, then removed. Even though the female lays only two eggs per nest attempt, they enjoy a protracted breeding season in which multiple nesting attempts can occur every 30 days, and in Southern locations, nearly year round.

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Hunters Hunting North America Game 173

10,000 Birds

JULY 27, 2011

They breed on small coral islands and hunt for fish and squid in crystal blue tropical seas. White Tern with prey fish White Terns on Tern Island would sometimes float by silently and regard you with great interest before floating off again. It is the breeding of White Terns that is the most remarkable aspect of this species.

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Eggs Fish Breeding Hunting 171

10,000 Birds

MAY 5, 2016

We are all watching intently as these two beautiful raptors attempt another successful breeding season without further disturbance. We have been assured by the California Department of Fish & Wildlife (CDFW) that they are watching this nest also.

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Transported Eggs Birds Killing 101

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 20, 2013

They breed on a number of basaltic lakes in southwestern Argentina, and it is not entirely clear where they all winter, but some wintering Hooded Grebes have been found outside their breeding range (and a few none-breeding birds have been found year round at two locations on the Atlantic, apparently).

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2010 South America 2011 Argentina 197

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 18, 2014

Fish and Wildlife Service has listed the “Rufa” population of Red Knot ( Calidris canutus rufa ) as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The other sub-species, Calidris canutus roselaari , migrates along the Pacific Coast and breeds in Alaska and the Wrangel Island in Russia. Red Knot in non-breeding plumage.

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Endangered Species Protection Delaware Species 160

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

Native snails lay 20-50 eggs at a time during the spring. Exotic snails lay 300-500 eggs at a time, lay eggs throughout the year, and are more resistant to environmental changes. Eggs of the native apple snail (left), and the exotic apple snail (right). Snail Kites now favor these ponds and breed around them.

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Florida South America Eggs Bolivia 211

4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 30, 2013

As well as ducks and geese bringing their character and personalities to your life, females also lay eggs that you can cook with. Goose eggs are around two to three times bigger than chicken eggs and duck eggs are just slightly larger than chicken eggs. Written by Sally White on behalf of Vet Supply Shop.

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Geese Ducks Pets Chickens 100

4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 30, 2013

As well as ducks and geese bringing their character and personalities to your life, females also lay eggs that you can cook with. Goose eggs are around two to three times bigger than chicken eggs and duck eggs are just slightly larger than chicken eggs. Written by Sally White on behalf of Vet Supply Shop.

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Geese Ducks Pets Chickens 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2013

The Osprey is one of the true cosmopolitans of the avian world, found on six continents and breeding on five. It can and will live near most any body of water with an adequate supply of fish — fresh or brackish, wild or crowded with human activity. And Osprey love them some nest platforms. Adaptation has its privileges!

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Bald Eagle Idaho Eagles Primates 193

10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2018

The shape of the Osprey nest changes during the breeding cycle. Pairs average 59 successful copulations per clutch, starting 14 days before, and peaking a few days before, the start of egg-laying 1. Pairs copulate most often in early morning, at the same time as egg-laying 1. During incubation the nest is distinctly bowl-shaped.

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Eggs North America Fish America 107

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 22, 2022

As the national bird of Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, the African Fish Eagle is usually very busy whenever it stays in these countries, giving speeches, opening shopping centers, etc. However, it is kind of sophisticated in that the females lay very individualized eggs in order to be able to detect the added eggs of parasite cuckoo finches.

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Zimbabwe Birds South Africa Benin 147

10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2019

Today, we know a little more, such as the fact that an eagle couple produces one egg every two years, but numbers remain low, too low. And, he tells us about the time he was attacked by a parent Philippine Eagle as he handled an egg at the nest, hundreds of feet above the ground. This film could not be made without them.

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Eagles Philippines Eggs Birds 203

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In the non-breeding season, male Baya Weavers sometimes enter the basket-making trade, often with considerable success. Meanwhile, the females seem to have a much more relaxing life, at least in this early stage of the breeding season. You can see why here. And there is a video here.

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Birds Sri Lanka Taiwan Cats 201

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2022

On a second visit I spotted a fishing boat going east along the channel followed by over a hundred gulls and terns, including over 40 Black Terns. I love American Avocets and I rarely see them in such marvelous breeding plumage, so I was in heaven. These were winter birds, due to fly north any day. Clapper Rail. Back to the Flats.

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Houston Texas Sanctuary Sparrows 200

10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2015

Small numbers of migrant wood-warblers were around, with Magnolia Warbler , Wilson’s Warbler , and Ovenbird being the highlights, though perhaps Ovenbird breeds there. Shorebirds were around in small numbers as well: I believe most of them were probably out feeding on Horseshoe Crab eggs in better locations.

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Delaware New York Birds North Carolina 170

10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2012

In addition to their homing tendency, breeding swallows are attracted to old nests. It is illegal for any person to take, possess, transport, sell, or purchase them or their parts, such as feathers, nests, or eggs, without a permit. Completed nests during this breeding season cannot be touched without a permit from the U.S.

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San Diego illegal California South America 165

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2014

” The report continues: “Following the breeding season, most tricolors are found in the Sacramento Valley where they aggregate with red-winged and other blackbird species and feed, often in large flocks, on ripening rice. Thus, the number of tricolors in California continues a rapid decline. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rwi0SF8r8o.

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Blackbirds California 2014 2013 185

10,000 Birds

JULY 13, 2011

The birds are not allowed to breed on the runway, but many loaf around on it. Around 100,000 of these terns breed on almost every available space on the island, and walking through groups of them is a deafening and quite painful experience. This species doesn’t breed on Tern Island itself, but does sometimes turn up there.

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Hawaii Breeding Wildlife Eggs 172

10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2017

Though they weight less than two ounces, Least Terns migrate from South America to the West, East, and Gulf Coast to breed on dunes or flat gravel roofs (there are also populations in the middle of the United States). Perhaps the males will grasp a fish in their small bills and bring the morsels back to prospective mates.

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South America United States Protection Pelicans 102

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

These birds have lost more than half their global population, and the 33 species combined have lost hundreds of millions of breeding individuals in just the past 40 years. The main reason for this rapid decline, as in the case of most species, is loss of habitat. But it’s fun trying to figure it out by observing their behavior.

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North America 2014 California Birds 186

10,000 Birds

MAY 18, 2016

Besides their piratical nature, they skim the surface of the water and use their strongly hooked bill to grab small fish, squid, baby turtles and in some locations, sea iguanas. They will also fly thru the large breeding areas of many different shorebirds, and pluck an unattended baby right out of the nest.

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Turtles Mexico Rescue Breeding 119

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2014

Many may find the inclusion of the Osprey into a post on German eagles odd, but the German name of the Osprey translates to “Fish Eagle”, and German birders would find it self-evident to include the species here. They were protecting the last three pairs that were left in West Germany from egg thieves! Go Eagles!!

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Eagles Germany Breeding Hunting 167

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2018

Scientists were largely limited to studies birds in breeding colonies, at least those we knew about and that were accessible (and, if you think that’s a complete list, you haven’t read the news that came out this week about a new colony of Adélie penguins found in the Danger Islands, Antarctica). Technology to the rescue!

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Albatross Penguins Research Breeding 114

10,000 Birds

APRIL 17, 2012

Oil begins to wash up on the beaches throughout May and June of 2010 May 6, 2010 Oil washes ashore on the Chandeleur Islands off the Louisiana coast, an important nesting and breeding area for many bird species. The babies that hatched from these eggs were released on Florida’s east coast.

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2010 Louisiana 2012 2011 225

10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2016

All of these are reasonably common breeding species, yet, while Great Crested Grebes and Mallards do nest at the dam, only Grey Herons are known to nest some 15 miles from here. The biggest surprise are two Whiskered Terns, common lowland breeding birds that require ponds to lay their eggs on floating leaves of waterlilies.

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Turtles Serbia Breeding Breeders 110

10,000 Birds

MAY 29, 2011

Most of the breeding birds returning here will arrive within the next 10 days to two weeks. Breeding is well underway and everywhere you look the Glaucous Gulls are, ahem, engaged or collecting grasses and sedges for nests. My favourite spot will be frantic with shorebirds soon, arriving, displaying, breeding and disappearing to nest.

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Bald Eagle Iceland Owls North America 125

10,000 Birds

MARCH 31, 2014

The park is home to not one, not two, but large three colonies of breeding seabirds: the Brown Noddy , Magnificent Frigatebird , and Sooty Tern. As we looked closer, we saw the Sooty Terns nesting right on the ground itself, calling back and forth to each other as they sat on their speckled eggs. Lots and lots of birds.

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Birds Florida Groups Breeding 173

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 30, 2012

That said, the purpose is to cover the world-wide puffin picture, and North American puffin redoubts like Eastern Egg Rock, Matinicus Rock, and Machias Seal Island (confusingly referred to by the joint term Matinicus Seal Island in at least one instance.)

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Puffins Seals Europe Eggs 126

Critter News

DECEMBER 12, 2009

In April 2009, unseasonably cold weather froze two whopping crane eggs. They were a part of the zoo’s breeding program for the rare birds. The zoo blamed human error for the deaths, saying it didn’t have the expertise to manage the fish and that a lack of dissolved oxygen led to the deaths.

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Zoos Animal Welfare Welfare Elephants 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2018

I found this little grouping of Guillemots, with parents, babies and even an egg. What started as a small group of birds, with the hope they would make it on their own, is now a very strong breeding population. Here is just a small portion of one wall, covered by Guillemots. I caught this Guillemot on the way back with dinner.

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Puffins Wildlife Reserve 2003 Farming 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2012

As a Northeast birder I am familiar with the alarming decrease in the number of Red Knots along Atlantic shores and have signed petitions and written e-mails calling for legislation and rules that will limit the overharvesting of the horseshoe crab, whose eggs Red Knots depend on. million in the late 1990’s. Should the gulls be controlled?

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Delaware New Jersey Research Eggs 176

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2014

Yes, cute little Skylarks were all well and good, but what Kiwis really wanted were birds they could shoot and fish they could, uh, fish. Using ministerial connections he obtained 100 mallard eggs from the US and began to breed and distribute them. Female Mallard, photo by Corey.

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Species New Zealand Ducks Game 165

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

They eat only seafood, including fish, squid, krill and other organisms. Penguins are flightless, but some species locomote over long distances on antarctic ice to travel between breeding grounds and the sea. They have special adaptations to stay warm and to keep their eggs and chicks warm.

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Penguins Seals Peru Science 188

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2022

The German name of the Yellow-billed Stork is Nimmersatt, which translates as “Glutton” or “Never full” Wikipedia explains the name: “Parents feed their young by regurgitating fish onto the nest floor, whereupon it is picked up and consumed by the nestlings. Studies on improving ostrich egg hatchability.

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Ostriches Parrots Birds Eggs 147