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JULY 22, 2012

This is our thirteenth year of observing Pied Oystercatchers breed along the coast near Broome and it gets easier every year! They always nest from the end of June and they always nest in the same place or within a few metres if there is disturbance around the breeding territory. They are so predictable!

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Eggs Turtles Feral Cats Investigation 182

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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.

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Sri Lanka Birds Taiwan Cats 232

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AUGUST 4, 2019

We quickly investigated once the Brahminy Kite had moved through and discovered two eggs laid on the top of the cliff. This is a popular beach at the moment for vehicles and most people would have no idea that Pied Oystercatchers and Red-capped Plovers are trying to breed along our coastline at the moment.

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Reddit Animals

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

My dog is a livestock guardian breed so when she saw the mouse I just said to leave it and now it walks right past her too she ignores it like the spiders, I made sure she was well trained. Dad has been feeding it cheese so they're tight I think it watches aircrash investigations with him on TV.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 27, 2012

As a result of this there is a lot of head movement as they investigate all around them. Australian Pratincole looking out for insects Immature or adult non-breeding Australian Pratincole Breeding Australian Pratincole As you can see, they are a rather smart looking shorebird even though they are more likely to be found inland.

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Investigation Australia Breeding Rights 179

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

” Another study cited in “Wired” states that “For The Green Wood Hoopoe , Middle-Aged Motherhood Is Best”, providing the rationale that “females that attempt to start breeding early in life have a very high mortality rate.”

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South Africa Niger Birds Mice 147

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 8, 2017

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) in the 1980s to be part of a captive breeding program. Audubon thought there should be some wild condors to serve as “guide birds” for condors that would eventually be released from the captive breeding program. It is not always obvious which side of a bird-related conservation lawsuit is the right side.

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California Condor California District of Columbia Utah 110

10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2017

Ka’ena Point is also a breeding ground for the Federally protected Laysan albatross, where 45 nests were being carefully monitored by the non-profit Pacific Rim Conservation. According to state and federal investigators, they caused over $200,000 worth of damage.

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Albatross Honolulu Hawaii Killing 214

10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2011

Are they breeding? I investigated these questions and I have some, but certainly not all the answers. But the greatest mystery of the Mitred Parakeets of New York is where they go during the breeding season, and whether they are breeding. There is a population of large green and red parrots in New York City?

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New York City New York Los Angeles South America 231

10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2012

From suburban gardens to forests and marshes, they pop up from the cover of the undergrowth to investigate any unusual noises and respond very well to pishing. The non-breeding adult males pass through an eclipse plumage. It is the male that earns the name with his superb blue head gear, mantle and tail.

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Australia Investigation Groups Breeding 217

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

The species breeds on an extraordinary number of islands, and has a worldwide population of perhaps over five million birds, and this is in spite of declines to due hunting, persecution and introduced species. Another difference is that the Christmas Shearwater is a surface breeder whereas the Wedgie breeds in burrows.

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Albatross Madagascar Breeders Mexico 176

10,000 Birds

MAY 11, 2012

When the South Dakota ferret numbers began dropping, they captured nine animals in hopes of starting a captive breeding population. American scientists, realizing belatedly how embarrassing it was to know so little about a species right in the heart of their own continent, rushed to study this remnant population. But the ferrets kept dying.

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Ferrets South Dakota Wyoming Captive Animal 197

10,000 Birds

MARCH 24, 2013

They are also inquisitive, so if you observe some near the edge of the road and you want to gain their attention you can turn on your car indicators and they will often investigate rather than run off. They are nomadic and roam looking for food, which is predominately vegetation and therefore they distribute seeds as they roam.

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Australia Investigation Family Groups 183

10,000 Birds

APRIL 17, 2016

We were very concerned about the state of the reef just off the northern end of Cable Beach and due to the fact that there was a suitable low tide this week we could investigate if this issue also presented itself there. Sooty Oystercatchers breed on offshore islands rather than the mainland in this part of Western Australia.

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Australia Breeding Investigation Shelters 102

Critter News

DECEMBER 11, 2008

The Humane Society has another great investigation into the shady practices of a corporate giant. Among the investigation findings. The investigation revealed that some of Petland's brokers are also buying from puppy mills. This news story slipped by in November. but that's another post.) Not so, says the Humane Society.

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Puppy Mills Humane Broker Puppies 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 3, 2011

There is a lot of bird movement around Australia at the moment due to the weather, so time to go and investigate! It actually looked like the station owner was breeding birds rather than cattle! They make such perfect V formations as they fly north and the Eastern Curlew are the most vocal.

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Investigation Birds Cattle Ducks 140

10,000 Birds

APRIL 11, 2013

My proposal, “ An integrative understanding of phenotypic flexibility ”, aims to answer these questions by investigating the molecular mechanisms underlying seasonal changes in metabolic performance of a common songbird, the Dark-eyed Junco. Juncos breed in much of the U.S. A junco thermoregulating in a snow bank. My Project.

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Panama Research Investigation Chickens 226

Critter News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Instead, DeMuth will plead guilty to conspiring to damage a Minnesota company that breeds ferrets. DeMuth was arrested and charged in November 2009 after refusing to cooperate with a grand jury investigating the Iowa break-in. According to the plea agreement, the damage totaled less than $10,000.

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Iowa Ferrets Minnesota 2004 100

Critter News

APRIL 6, 2009

These are not subject monkeys, but they are part of the breeding colony. Breeding for what? They are part of the center's breeding colony. We will be investigating the cause of this incident to try and prevent additional releases," she said. I don't know how I feel about this. Sunday, officials said.

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Primates Monkeys Medical Research Oregon 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 28, 2014

In general, fish will swim to investigate anything that falls on the water hoping the object might be prey. Just a bit of ingenuity can make a big difference for these herons and their progeny if they are breeding. I believe it may not be as difficult for a Green or Striated Herons to learn this behavior.

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Fish Woodpeckers Ostriches Eggs 163

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2017

Here in central Europe, dippers – more precisely the White-throated or European Dipper – are rather common breeding birds in many areas. In Germany for example, they are breeding in practically every hilly or mountainous region south of the North German Plain and are not really rare if they occur in a certain region.

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Germany 2016 Hamburgers Austria 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 16, 2013

And here is the author’s summary: Pelagic birds, which wander in the open sea most of the year and often nest on small remote oceanic islands, are able to pinpoint their breeding colony even within an apparently featureless environment, such as the open ocean.

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Investigation 2013 Research Humane 203

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. July 24, 2010 BP brazenly says an internal investigation has cleared the company of all gross negligence in the spill.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 14, 2022

Better magnification is always preferred but there’s no need to investigate tiny toe palmations or miniscule feathered details on these magnificant mud probers. Unlike peeps and other smallish sandpipers, identification of godwits and curlews doesn’t even require the use of a scope.

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Costa Rica Morals Rights Guatemala 260

10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2016

They used Great T**s from non-urban and urban areas, and mixed them up through breeding, to rule out any possible family history of telomere length. The benefits are many, including the availability of anthropogenic food sources, breeding boxes and warmer temperatures. The less telomere, the more aging, independently of time.

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Mammals Zebras Birds Primates 116

10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2019

Apo near Davao City, PEC is the site of a Philippine Eagle conservation breeding program. A PEC biologist expresses extreme frustration as he investigates a site where a dead eagle has been found. Located in the foothills of Mt. PEF is the center of all Philippine Eagle conservation programs. This film could not be made without them.

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Eagles Philippines Eggs Birds 203

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2011

I noticed a silhouette and we investigated and we got our first Pallid Cuckoo for the year. There have been reports of them breeding in the 1960′s near Derby, which is over 200kms away. We discovered another juvenile not far away, so other species have had their eggs swapped out. They tend to use Honeyeater or Magpie-lark nests.

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Australia Investigation Falcons Eggs 150

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 29, 2012

We have been aware of large flocks of the smaller species using Cable Beach during the day and night on very high tides to roost for some years and decided to risk the weather and investigate. They are all starting to get their breeding plumage ready for their northward migration in the coming months.

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Taiwan China Australia Investigation 164

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2012

A few dead birds were collected by authorities and sent to a laboratory for investigation. and species breeding in cavities are less affected. The Usutu Virus has spread considerably in central Europe over the last 10 years. The first detection outside Africa occurred in Vienna/Austria between 2001 and 2006.

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Germany Blackbirds 2006 Denmark 162

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2018

The section is dominated by large portraits of the 180 birds that have been documented by Project FeederWatch as visiting feeders across North America (most of which do not come to my feeders, so reading it made me a little sad and jealous).

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Birds New York City Squirrels New York 185

10,000 Birds

APRIL 12, 2011

reduce traffic casualties amongst Badgers , get the White-tailed Eagle back as a breeding bird, increase the number of protected plant species etc.). This being said, we are currently investigating options to team up with a group of American naturalists to produce a series of guidebooks on North American areas.

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Badgers Ethics Africa Spain 145

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

If left unchecked, free-roaming cats will breed and their populations increase at locations where they find suitable shelter and food, resulting in environmental/property damage, and public nuisance. . …It is estimated that the number of free-roaming cats in the United States may be equal to that of owned cats, approximately 70 million.

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Feral Cats Feral Cats Minneapolis 225

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2011

As he turned his head to investigate, a flash of lightening cast its cold white light onto a tall hooded silhouette, veiled in a cloak of darkness and decay. But who can say if this is a normal occurrence at the end of the breeding season, possibly related to them being more secretive during their moult, or if this is not normal?

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Blackbirds Germany Shelters Rodents 154

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2012

A lovely looking and distinctive sounding bird (so they say, I sadly have not seen one…yet), the Kirtland’s Warbler can only be found during its breeding season in Jack Pine forests 5 to 20 years old in the northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan. Rapai also accompanies an experienced volunteer on the annual Kirtland’s Warbler Census.

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Michigan Bahamas Endangered Species Research 245

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2020

He has smartly expanded on his article, giving us more about Lendrum’s boyhood and history with conservationists in southern Africa; falcon hunting and racing in the Middle East; the life of Detective Andy McWilliam, the British wildlife officer who investigated Lendrum; and a brief history of oology, the obsessive hobby of egg collecting.

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Falcons United Kingdom Zimbabwe Eggs 231

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Even during the breeding season the birds appear to be quite unwary of humans. Often, as I have been investigating the contents of a nest by making a small hole in the side, the parent birds have come right to the nest, where they immediately begin to repair the damage even before my departure!”.

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Trinidad Birds South America Research 211

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 10, 2016

That is one of many interesting findings from The Loon Project, which studies the territorial and breeding behavior of Loons in northern Wisconsin. Still, it is the result of long-term, close behavioral study, and points toward areas scientists might want to investigate further. All the single ladies, take note.

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Stud Cougars Wisconsin Investigation 100