10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Greater Flamingos are considered cooperative breeders as fledglings are raised in a creche, in which large numbers of young are watched by multiple non-breeding adult greater flamingos. And this is (a bad photo of) an African Sacred Ibis mummy in the British Museum in London (found in Egypt).

South Africa 147

South Africa Africa Birds Research 147

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2022

Ostrich industry in Egypt. It looked like a family of parrots were trying to kill each other” The Black-backed Puffback has what eBird describes as “a fiery red eye” eBird also explains the name: “When excited, males can raise fluffy white feathers on the rump to resemble a puffball.”

Ostriches 147

Ostriches Parrots Birds Eggs 147

10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2011

Another question this raises has to do with migration itself. Loons hardly ever fly when they are on their breeding grounds or their winter-water, but the migration is for many loons a non-trivial distance. Those two questions are not mutually exclusive. Why migrate? And then there is the loon. The same may well be true of navigation.

Research 191

Research Humane Compassion New York 191