10,000 Birds

MAY 13, 2022

For once, eBird gives a good description of the Asian Glossy Starling, calling it a “Fierce-looking, large songbird” As are humans, this species is fairly urbanized – it “sometimes enters urban areas to roost, e.g. in Singapore” (HBW).

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Singapore Birds Zebras Feral 221

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2017

This special place in a birder’s heart or on a list of best birds of the year certainly pertains not only to their extravagant lifestyle but also to the fact that most birders – particularly visiting birders – often struggle with finding them. Any dipper, any continent, any birder. Crazy, I know. And you know what?

Germany 100

Germany 2016 Hamburgers Austria 100

4 The Love Of Animals

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

If you’re planning on adding a dog to your family, it’s possible you’ll find your new family member at the local animal shelter or humane society. Be realistic about your lifestyle. Similarly, choose a breed that doesn’t need much brushing and grooming. If you don’t like to walk, don’t choose a herding breed.

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Dog Adoption Adoptable Dogs Unwanted Dogs 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 22, 2023

If such human food is not available, the Yellow-billed Chough goes back to its original diet of (at least in Europe) grasshoppers, as described here. This species might indeed merit a bit more research – the only paper I found on its breeding looked at only 7 nests (of which 3 failed).

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Birds China Science Research 130

10,000 Birds

MAY 29, 2015

Introduced as they are over much of their range, they’ve nevertheless become a crucial part of the urban ecosystem, recycling discarded french fries into tasty meals for falcons in a way that surpasses human ingenuity (although there are few stats on the rate of clogged arteries among the falcons in question.). Courting, mating.

Lifestyle 160

Lifestyle Falcons Rats Breeders 160

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2023

A paper on breeding of the species was actually researched right here at Wawushan. The authors speculate that “human disturbance (i.e. Indeed, positive assortative mating, based on culmen length, tarsus length, and body mass, was found across breeding pairs. Unfortunately, their overall nesting success was only 18%.

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Pandas Birds Eggs China 204

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2011

They will feed up there and then head north to Siberia to breed. The shorebirds are starting to get their breeding plumage and the first to show some colour are the male Bar-tailed Godwit. She also monitors Pied Oystercatchers breeding along a 23km stretch of beach by bicycle and on foot.

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2011 Australia Deer New York 144