10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 24, 2022
The Siberian Rubythroat seems to somewhat lack a proper inbuilt GPS system – while it breeds as far west as the Ural Mountains and winters as far est as Central India, it does not migrate through central Asia in large numbers (even though this would be the shortest way). So better not let a rubythroat bite you. .
10,000 Birds
MAY 17, 2024
Martin said that he had noted that the birds were paired, as there was courtship feeding going on, with individual birds returning to their partners to present them with a choice bug. The Bee-eater flock was no doubt flying over when it heard the calls of the House Martins, so came down to investigate.
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10,000 Birds
MAY 7, 2024
The three introductions present a textbook on how to do that. The range maps contain an amazing amount of information: breeding, non-breeding, and year-round range in North, Central, and South America; migration routes for most species (including subspecies migration routes), and vagrancy range.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 30, 2021
On the breeding grounds of the north, a small bird flies into the night, takes a bearing for the south, gains altitude and flies onward. If presented with the opportunity, there’s other things that would eat a bird too. The rails did indeed come to investigate but came up empty-beaked. The equation seems incredible.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 17, 2016
In fact it is not just the eastern coast that is experiencing this phenomenon, but it it also now present along our own coastline here in Broome. The shorebirds present were mostly Great Knot , Grey-tailed Tattlers , Sanderling , Greater Sand Plovers , Red-necked Stints and Red-capped Plovers.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 30, 2021
Am I over-confident in my thinking that we were so interesting that they were investigating us for a good half an hour, until we moved further upriver? We found Black-collared Swallows breeding in cracks among the lower riverside rocks. We occasionally heard their load snorting, while their movements were relaxed and rush-free.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 26, 2022
Of course, the paper ends with the usual thinly disguised request for more research grants: “This sharing behavior could indicate a high level of social awareness and prosociality that should be further investigated. At the moment, at least on Chongming island both species are present. Some delegates. The obligatory group photo.
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