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. What are they doing this far south at this time of year? And the island. And the new nest.

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Montenegro Eagles Serbia Fish 110

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2012

Current well-intentioned environmental pressures to emphasize harvesting large dead or dying trees, if realized, would have further adverse effects on such ecologically and esthetically important species as woodpeckers, swallows, wrens, nuthatches, and owls – to name a few 1.”

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North America America Barn Owls Falcons 227

10,000 Birds

JUNE 19, 2013

Even though the overall breeding range remains largely unchanged from that in the 1940′s, the entire coastal population has been in recent severe decline. The ecological requirements for Black Swifts to breed restrict them to a very limited supply of nesting locations. Photo from Wikipedia Commons taken by Terry Gray.

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California North America Costa Rica Niger 222

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2021

There are sections, ranging in length from a paragraph to two pages, on taxonomy, bird names, habitat, ranges, migration, courtship and breeding, flight, bird intelligence, bird communication; identification; finding birds, life lists; optics and photography; ethics; bird feeding; and conservation. These are all informative and current.

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North America America Birds California Condor 279

10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2024

Being a westerner — raised in California, and now living in western Mexico — I was perhaps most excited about the migratory birds that breed in eastern North America. And then there was a Green Heron , not only showing us its nest, but also an egg. Then, around 4:00 p.m., And yet, there it was. But what could I do?

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Mexico Birds Raccoons Baltimore 212

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2022

The Eurasian Wryneck is the woodpecker that doesn’t look like a woodpecker, the bird with the portmanteau name that is also a medical condition (and which may remind some people of a Nora Ephron essay). But they are woodpeckers: the genus Jynx of the subfamily Jynginae of the Picidae family. It’s an open question.

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Woodpeckers Hungary Thailand 2014 249

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2019

Peterson Reference Guide to Sparrows of North America covers 61 species of the New World sparrow family Passerellidae that breed in Canada, the United States, and northern Mexico. The text has to be read; details are not laid out in bold headed, brief paragraphs as they are in the Peterson Reference Guide to Woodpeckers of North America.

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North America Sparrows America United States 159

10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2011

She also monitors Pied Oystercatchers breeding along a 23km stretch of beach by bicycle and on foot. Speaking of pregnant snakes, do sea snakes lay their eggs ashore like sea turtles or do they keep them internally until the young are ready to hatch/ be born, like some sharks? It seems like there is great diversity in this continent.

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Australia 2011 Sharks Deer 153

10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2022

At the start of this new trail we accidentally flushed a White-tailed Nightjar that was sitting on a lone pink egg. Red-rumped Woodpeckers are the least encountered of the three woodpecker species found on Tobago, and this was only the second time I was able to photograph them properly.

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Trinidad Woodpeckers Species Ducks 252

10,000 Birds

MAY 15, 2023

Unfortunately, the Ashy Drongos did not exactly do what he predicted that they would do – mob potential predators more frequently during the breeding season and mob the more dangerous predator (in this case, the Black Eagle) more intensely. If you do not want to be put in a cage, it presumably helps to be a bit aggressive.

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China 2017 Birds Indonesia 195

10,000 Birds

JUNE 26, 2018

The Zoo episode focuses on two Pink Pigeon couples: The Stud and Serendipity, a male and female that the zoo people hope will mate and produce a viable egg, and Thelma and Louise, a same-sex pair-bonded couple who the zoo people hope will incubate the egg and nurture the chick. On the WCS web page, Ms.

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Mauritius Stud Zoos Eggs 103

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2021

This may have been partly a leftover from the Victorian fascination with egg collecting (the infamous passion known as oology), but probably more from people’s burgeoning interest in the nests and eggs found in their gardens and fields, gateway artifacts to a newer hobby called birdwatching. Baicich and Colin J.

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Eggs Birds United States Sparrows 246

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2012

They nest in cavities, created by woodpeckers, in large trees and snags. This entire cycle begins in early Spring when Western Bluebirds pair up for breeding. The female alone incubates the usual 4 to 6 eggs for about two weeks beginning the day the last egg is laid.

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Washington Eggs California 188

10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2011

Let us for once judge a book by its cover, and take a thorough look at a Black-headed Gull in breeding plumage. How do I know of their Gothic moods when they have hidden them so well in an egg-white shell of conformity? Are you quite sure that sentence should not include &# their appearance &# and “ apparently “?

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2011 Birds Deer Europe 168

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2015

Picidae, Woodpecker, is one of those charismatic bird families that everybody gets excited about. Unless the woodpecker is drumming a hole into your garage, and then, well, it’s a different kind of excitement.) Woodpeckers of the World: A Photographic Guide is the first major guide to family Picidae in 20 years.

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Woodpeckers 2002 Europe Research 253

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2012

Red Junglefowl by Mike Bergin Clare Kines chose an egg as his Best Bird of the Year. an unhatched Red-throated Loon by Clare Kines Like Duncan, Larry Jordan had a difficult time picking his Best Bird of the Year but he eventually chose a woodpecker. And, no, I am not kidding. What is it that makes a bird the best or the year?

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2012 Birds Guatemala Florida 157

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. These nests can weight up to 1 ton!

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Tanzania Buffalo Kenya Namibia 234

10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2011

As I watched, it slowly moved into a patch of dried vegetation and I noticed that it was settling over a single egg. Two or three eggs may be laid and either bird may incubate. Sondra Mar 22nd, 2011 at 6:29 pm AN excellent series and how COOL to see the egg–chicks will soon be in the picture! I am around to learn more.

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2011 Deer Africa Peru 171

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The Golden-tailed Woodpecker shares something with the German flag – it is called golden-tailed even though to me the color of its tail is yellow, not golden. No doubt the woodpecker has similar considerations. In terms of breeding behavior, starlings are a diversified group – some use helpers, others do not.

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South Africa Africa Birds Cape Verde 199

10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2011

Breeding behaviour and plumage was very apparent, but John Wise , an ex-pat Brit now resident in Orlando, told me that the birds’ activities had been held up for a couple of weeks during a cold snap that saw frosts in Florida. Boat-tailed Grackles count eggs and chicks as part of their diet and they were well represented here today.

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2011 Alligators Florida Deer 117

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 25, 2022

Echidna-egg laying mammal-500th post. Australian Painted Snipe breeding near Broome once again. I have written about birds that breed here and birds that we observe regularly as well as birds that we only see occasionally. Sunda Pygmy Woodpeckers in Singapore. One Tree Hill-Dandenong Ranges National Park. Foster to Toora.

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Australia Singapore Birds Battery 147