10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2022

In the end, I opted for the Tamis River floodplain, north of Belgrade, and its fish farms, some non-operational, some selling daily angling licenses. Driving with open windows (to hear the birds) becomes unbearable and I am heading out of this fish farm. Of which you will be reading soon.

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Breeders Mules Farming Fish 225

10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2011

They occur mainly in western and southern portions of North America, breeding inland in colonies on remote islands and wintering along warm southern coasts 1. In breeding plumage, adult American White Pelicans have a distinct “centerboard&# or “horn&# on the ridge of their bill.

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Pelicans Fish California Condor North America 165

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2023

Fortunately, there are a few more such breeding species than most Shanghainese are aware of. While the HBW states that it breeds at 300 – 2450 meters, in Shanghai – where such elevations are not available outside of the upper floors of a few highrises – it makes to with an altitude of about 0 meters as well.

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Birds Eggs Breeders Breeding 130

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Most fishermen know that if you see birds hovering over the sea then there are bait fish just below the surface and ultimately bigger fish below the bait fish, so that is where you need to be. It was incredible just how fast the Terns followed the bait fish in the current and then we suddenly got a shock.

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Fish Breeding Rights Birds 147

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2011

home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / Ring-billed Gulls in Breeding Plumage Ring-billed Gulls in Breeding Plumage By Corey • March 8, 2011 • 3 comments Tweet Share It should come as no surprise to readers of 10,000 Birds that I do not love gulls.

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Breeding 2011 Deer New York 145

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

Recently, a group of nature photographers were spotted using live fish to bait a family of Grey-headed Fish Eagles in Singapore, where the species is listed as Critically Endangered, with only about 12-18 breeding individuals left in the wild. A Grey-headed Fish Eagle photographed ethically.

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Eagles Singapore Fish Ethics 269

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2024

Black-tailed godwits winter in large numbers on the estuaries of both Norfolk and Suffolk, and we know that nearly all these birds breed in Iceland. In breeding plumage islandica godwits develop a deeper red plumage than their limosa cousins. They are of the race islandica , a sub species of the nominate race, limosa.

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Lithuania Morocco Iceland Ireland 130

10,000 Birds

MAY 28, 2020

May is also a good time for herons and egrets, as they are in their full breeding plumage. Some immature Black-faced Spoonbills may have decided not to go too far north this summer, instead catching fish in Shanghai and looking like a baroque painting. Lesser Coucal breeds in Nanhui, coastal Shanghai. I guess you can see why.

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Birds Tigers Farming Eggs 170

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Brown Pelicans in non-breeding plumage. Both are the only Pelican in their non-overlapping breeding grounds. Peruvian Pelican in non-breeding plumage. Both pelicans have a very specialized foraging strategy that depends on abundant fish near the surface. Brown Pelican in Breeding Plumage.

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Pelicans North America Peru Fish 157

10,000 Birds

JULY 14, 2020

Adams, the refuge is one of the few breeding locations for Sandhill Cranes in Washington. Fish and Wildlife Service cannot effectively restore the lake or other natural hydrology. The refuge now supports most of the nesting Sandhills in Washington, with around 25 breeding pairs.

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Washington Portland Birds Deer 166

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Eurasian Oystercatcher: Not all of them are breeding at Claire`s beach in Australia. “Sleep with the fishes”? At least from the perspective of the fish. As this is a coastal place, there are of course lots of waders, in larger numbers, and more variety than in Shanghai. Point for American birders, I am afraid.

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China Birds Fish Asia 289

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Pel’s Fishing Owl, where were you? The Black Heron – besides looking rather cool, though not really very black – also has an interesting fishing technique. In a 1946 paper , it is called “under-wing fishing”, while nowadays the term “canopy fishing” seems to be preferred.

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South Africa Africa Birds Research 147

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2014

Fish and Wildlife Service is down-listing the wood stork from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The wood stork occurs and breeds in Central and South America. Fish and Wildlife Service, I was involved in various aspects of the species habitat protection largely on the regulatory arena. Photo: U.S.

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North Carolina Bald Eagle South Carolina Florida 207

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2022

One strange thing about Chongming is the inevitable presence of people fishing. Not professionally – these people come in SUVs and probably never recapture their gas money from the fish they catch (though come to think of it, neither do I with my bird photos). of catching extremely small fish. End of side note.

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Birds South Korea Japan Abandon 162

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

There are now plenty of tadpoles, frogs and small fish to satisfy them. Many of the birds have started to get their breeding plumage and there will be ample food for some time and we can expect to observe them here rather than on the coast in coming months.

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Fish Groups Breeding Species 147

10,000 Birds

APRIL 28, 2022

Even in January, the place is hot, humid, smelly (with dead fish being the dominant flavor, though there are also subtle undertones of other rotting things as well as chemicals), cramped, muddy, and full of plastic trash. It is listed as vulnerable primarily due to its small breeding range.

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Birds 2017 Fish Species 228

10,000 Birds

MAY 10, 2017

This is a bird blog, and my beat is New Zealand, so let me talk about a fish I saw in Australia. Pufferfish are not particularly rare or common fish that one sees when diving. I can’t explain it, maybe some kind of breeding aggregation? They’re there, and for that reason you may not pay much attention to them.

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Costa Rica Porcupines Fish New Zealand 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2015

Life in Broome evolves around the tides and it does not matter if you are interested in shorebirds, fishing or the creatures of the reef, because you are in some way reliant on the tide chart. The Pied Oystercatcher pairs are all in their breeding territories and we can expect to find eggs laid in the first week of July along the coast here.

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Turtles Fish Eggs Breeding 167

10,000 Birds

APRIL 16, 2015

One Common Raven is disappearing towards its nest among the branches of the poplar plantation, only to reappear a few minutes later to give a good chase – aerial acrobatics included – to its first neighbour, the White-tailed Eagle which breeds in the vicinity. The water is misty-golden and the fishes are all glossy in the early morning sun.

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Otters Serbia Fish Mammals 184

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2020

Each day, the smaller seabirds leave their roost to fish in the rich waters offshore – under the watchful eyes of the frigatebirds. Soon, parents would need to return to their young – but the normally nimble birds would be heavy with a full crop of freshly caught fish and squid.

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Fish Rights Species Birds 231

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 169

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2017

The jack pines of Michigan are well-known as the breeding grounds of the Kirkland’s Warbler —and thus, the best place to catch a glimpse of this exceedingly rare songbird. Birders in the southeastern United States can sign up to watch out for the birds as they pass through on their way to breed. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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Michigan United States Breeding Research 113

10,000 Birds

MAY 12, 2022

Snowy Plovers also breed half an hour north of my home, so we have those in common. This Pied-billed Grebe begged the question, does the very early Grebe get the very tiny fish? But the past several years he has worked on several projects in Ensenada, just south of San Diego.

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San Diego Turtles Mexico Sparrows 259

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

According to the US Fish and Wildlife Service , there are about 10 billion breeding birds in the US. The maximum population size may be closer to 20 billion in the fall, and 10 billion at the start of the Spring breeding season. But the US Fish and Wildlife Service estimates between 97 and 976 million a year.

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Killing Cats Fish Birds 274

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2012

It is predominantly a wetland bird and most productive larger wetlands and lakes of Africa will support a population of these large, hulking birds that hang around the shallows searching for fish, waterbird nestlings and anything else remotely edible. They also prey on frogs and crabs.

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Africa Tanzania South Africa Uganda 246

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

At the end of the month my list stood at a ridiculous 45, instead of 100 or more. Yet, there was a dark spook in the tree-crowns, a largish raptor, and I wasn’t ready! My scope was still in my rucksack, and by the time I pulled it out, the spook was nowhere to be seen.

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Otters Croatia Eagles Protection 263

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2023

Every species account (well, most every account) includes information on habitat and talk briefly about range and distribution (there are no range maps in this guide); it is usually noted if the species breeds in Ontario, and often noted if it is migratory or residential year-round. © 2023 by Chris Earley and Scott & Nix, Inc.,

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North America Birds Owls Canada 227

10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2019

The striking Golden-cheeked Warbler nests only in the hills of central Texas near Austin but a substantial part of those breeding grounds have leveled in favor of development. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) declared the Golden-cheeked Warbler “ endangered ” under the Endangered Species Act. United States Fish & Wildlife Serv.

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Austin Texas Endangered Species Birds 185

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 28, 2014

Perhaps even more interesting is how Green Herons and its relatives have learned to use bait to attract and capture fish. Green Herons have learned to use bait for fishing. According to these researchers, only the exceptionally intelligent herons acquire the skill of bait fishing. Then the bread-easy-catch connection was made.

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Fish Woodpeckers Ostriches Eggs 163

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2016

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and they are located in every state as well as Puerto Rico, the U.S. Farallon NWR , a group of islands near San Francisco, hosts the largest colonies of breeding seabirds south of Alaska. The key point is that Refuge System is perhaps the most important conservation program in the United States.

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Wildlife Grizzly Bear Puerto Rico United States 189

10,000 Birds

APRIL 24, 2021

” In a flash, our small deep sea fishing boat went from casually bobbing on gentle waves to flying over the waters of the Pacific. As with other pelagic trips in this area, we had rented a deep sea fishing boat, not exactly large in size but with enough room for six seated passengers. “That bird! That bird, chase it!

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Costa Rica Dolphins Sea Turtles Turtles 264

10,000 Birds

JULY 17, 2011

As you’ll remember, Kentucky’s Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources unanimously passed its sandhill crane hunting proposal. Fish and Wildlife Service for final approval or denial. One was “Superdad,” one of the few successful breeding whooping cranes in the entire eastern population. The proposal now goes to the U.S.

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Kentucky Hunters Hunting Protest 260

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2020

Parasites penetrate the skin, travel through the blood vessels and finally (if you’re lucky) settle in the urinary tract where they happily breed, doing irreversible damage to it (and if you’re less lucky they might get confused and settle inside your spinal cord or even your brain). African Fish Eagle 1. Hadada Ibis 6. Hamerkop 1.

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Botswana Africa 2001 Fish 202

10,000 Birds

JULY 13, 2021

In mid-summer, the refuge is full of breeding birds, including Canada Goose, Mallard, Wood Duck, Blue-winged Teal, Pied-billed Grebe, Virginia Rail, Sandhill Crane, Black Tern, Tree Swallow, Barn Swallow, Yellow Warbler, Common Yellowthroat, etc. There is an auto tour route with several trails along the route.

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Wisconsin LACS Milwaukee Birds 264

10,000 Birds

MARCH 23, 2022

The lake’s resident American Avocets are starting to show their russet breeding plumage. Meanwhile, the fish guts around a fishermen’s landing zone caused the local Egrets and Night Herons to break out in dancing. But it was a bit more exciting to also see the less common Laughing Gulls and Forster’s Terns.

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Ducks Mexico Fish Species 228

10,000 Birds

MAY 13, 2012

Over the last few weeks we have seen Roebuck Bay slowly empty as the shorebirds head north to breed. Not all shorebirds migrate, so we will see some of our resident shorebirds breed in the coming months. Red-capped Plovers and Pied Oystercatchers will soon be investing time and energy into breeding along our coastline.

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Fish Breeding Shelters Collecting 176

10,000 Birds

APRIL 22, 2024

Apart from insects, these forktails also eat small fish – some photos can be seen in this paper. The female sometimes rejects this fruit, turning her back and defecating in the direction of the male” A more detailed (and slightly less disgusting) description of the mating behavior can be found here.

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Myanmar Sri Lanka Nepal Birds 130