10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

It is not quite clear why they do this as it apparently does not affect breeding success. They have written a paper on the “Feasibility of counting breeding Pied Avocets and Black-winged Stilts using drones” It seems to work, actually – though about 20 percent of breeding pairs are being missed by drone surveys.

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Birds Eggs Bald Eagle Owls 204

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

Growing local plants and thus local insects encourages other organisms from higher in the food web, like birds, frogs and mammals to arrive and survive. The latter figure very significant when you remember that many breeding passerines depend on the humble caterpillar to feed themselves and their offspring.

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Wildlife North America Mammals Breeding 263

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

As an older Chills song is titled, “Familiarity breeds contempt” (And no, I do not think NZ band The Chills originally came up with this phrase – I can use google as well as any other person and thus know that the expression familiarity breeds contempt was first used in English in the 1300s by Geoffrey Chaucer.

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Pandas Birds Mammals China 209

10,000 Birds

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. In the unloved “Other” section of today’s post, we have a few more mammals.

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Sri Lanka Birds Taiwan Cats 215

10,000 Birds

JUNE 11, 2014

Seeing as Plumb Beach is a known stopover area for large numbers of shorebirds, a known breeding area for a variety of saltmarsh species, including Clapper Rails , and habitat for a wide variety of mammals, reptiles, insects, and other bird species, this is a long overdue move. Signs like the one above went up late last week.

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Feral Cats Feral Cats Reptiles 262

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 29, 2015

State and Federal Agencies feared that if these two large constrictor snakes are allowed to breed they would produce a hybrid super-python. Burmese pythons either escaped from pet trade breeding facilities in South Florida after Hurricane Andrew or were released by people who no longer wanted them as pets.

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Pythons Florida Mammals Reptiles 181

Critter News

JULY 12, 2009

The proposed primate breeding facility would violate both the letter and the spirit of Puerto Rico’s progressive new law, which strictly limits the use of animals in experimentation.

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Puerto Rico Animal Legal Defense Fund Primates Research 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 29, 2012

If you’ve read my posts before you’d know I’ve written at length about the devastating effects of introduced mammals in New Zealand, and also of the ways that New Zealanders have been working to save their species from those same mammals. If the money is raised he will match it to get the work underway.

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Mice New Zealand Albatross Mammals 158

10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2023

During the breeding season, some Cattle Egrets look like teenage girls who have just discovered the existence of make-up, and consequently massively overdo it. Still, the ability to identify a leaf warbler by song is a worrying development on the road to becoming a very nerdy birder. It is probably all downhill from here. What’s next?

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Birds Raised Cattle Mammals 130

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Otherwise known as the Northern Harrier (in the Americas) or the Hen Harrier (in the English-speaking Old World), Circus cyaneus brings terror to voles and other small mammals as it courses low over open country, ready to plunge, talons-first, at the first sign of movement. Northern Harrier coming in for a landing.

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Sparrows New York Mammals Owls 242

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

The species is somewhat unusual in that it is one of the few procellariids that still breeds on the mainland of New Zealand. It’s still certainly threatened, but you can still find them in the woodlands, at least during its winter breeding season (another oddity of this species).

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New Zealand Breeders Albatross Mammals 157

10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2016

Third, which we already suspected, bird brains are adjusted to provide extra smartness in a way not seen in mammals. 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. City Great Tit ( Parus major ) telomeres shortened.

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Mammals Zebras Birds Primates 110

10,000 Birds

JULY 29, 2015

Lassen Volcanic National Park is also home to approximately 57 species of mammals ranging in size from the tiny shrew to the North American black bear. It is just a short distance from the Lassen Peak Trailhead as you can see from the interactive map accessible from the left hand column of the Lassen Park website.

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United States Mammals Squirrels New York 173

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2015

It covers seabirds and marine mammals and miscellaneous living things–creatures likely to be found on day trips from the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California. That’s 22 Marine Mammal species and 43 Seabirds. And, at 5 by 8 inches it may be small enough to fit into some people’s pockets.) western waters in the fall.

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Dolphins Whales Whaling Porpoises 162

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. On the other hand, their preferred food is blood, and they also feed on it directly, pecking at a mammal’s wounds to keep them open ( source ).

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South Africa Africa Birds Research 147

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. Birding Europe Mammals otters Serbia' kilometres / 0.7

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Otters Serbia Fish Mammals 177

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

The island was mostly forested through its history and never had introduced browsing mammals, meaning it had an intact flora. It also is home to the breeding sites of vulnerable seabirds including the Cook’s Petrel and Black Petrel, both species are considered vulnerable.

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New Zealand Rats Cooking 2003 143

10,000 Birds

JULY 27, 2023

Finally, of the at least 20 species of mammals present here, the otter, the jackal, and the wildcat certainly deserve a mention. The best birding season here is the winter when waterbirds come to overwinter in those lagoons, followed by migratory seasons and, to a lesser extent, breeding season.

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Greece Pelicans Birds Otters 186

10,000 Birds

JUNE 13, 2022

Readers with a pornographic mindset will enjoy the following information about the Dusky Moorhen: “Simultaneously promiscuous, forming breeding groups of 2–7 apparently unrelated birds; individuals sometimes switch groups between seasons. If you are thinking of having kids, let this photo be a warning to you. ” (HBW).

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Australia Birds Feral Cats Kangaroos 197

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 29, 2022

According to Tim Low (in “Where Song began”), “so easy were they to breed that by 1859 they cost less to buy in London than in Sydney.” ” Funny how the difficulty of breeding a species can be illustrated in simple monetary terms. Is it offensive to say that Australian Zebra Finches breed like rabbits?

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Birds Australia Sheep Zebras 147

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2018

Beehler set himself a lofty goal – following the spring songbird migration in the United States from the Gulf of Mexico all the way to the boreal forests of Canada and in the process seeing all thirty-seven species of eastern-breeding wood warblers, from Common Yellowthroat to Kirtland’s Warbler , on their respective breeding grounds.

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Meat United States Reptiles Canada 102

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Into the souvenir shop for some local coffee, chocolate and cocoa, then a coffee mug with an image of a Three-toed Sloth and the Field Guide to the Mammals of Costa Rica, and off we go. Young birds, at least in captivity, become mature after 5 years and start breeding after 6 or 7 years.

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Costa Rica Nicaragua 2019 Farming 237

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Add more than 350 pairs of White Pelicans to that picture, numerous herons and up to 700 pairs of Pygmy Cormorants breeding in the same reedbeds (cover photo)… It must be bursting with activity in spring, but I was there in mid-September. Have you heard of it? Can you pinpoint it on a map?

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Greece Pelicans Geese Breeding 252

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Photo: This area holds 3 to 4 breeding pairs of White-tailed Eagles , which represents the biggest density per square mile anywhere in the country. Wigeons are only migrants and not a breeding species in Serbia and August is a bit too early for any longer distance duck movements. Photographed by Szekeres Levente. and one ad.).

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Serbia Protection Eagles Ducks 168

10,000 Birds

JULY 2, 2014

Hornbills are fantastic birds that have fascinated me since I was able to leaf through the big and lavishly drawn Birds, their Life, their Ways, Their World , that was one of my favorite non-dinosaur (or so I thought at the time) books of my childhood (the other was the twin set mammals of the world by National Geographic). We can hope!

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Singapore Uganda Malaysia Seals 172

10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2015

These three aspects combine to produce one of the most productive spots in the North Atlantic, a place where birds and fish and marine mammals congregate. In fact, this one was in high breeding plumage with an apricot tail which seemed a bit like gilding the lily to be frank. We went out again the next day.

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North Carolina Mammals Breeding Fish 175

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2017

The Species Accounts tell us the birds’ stories, and a lot of information is packed into these paragraphs: appearance; age and gender differences in appearance; how the species differs from similar birds; interesting behavior or nesting notes; whether it is common or uncommon or rare; migratory or resident, breeding or nonbreeding in Kruger N.P.;

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Ecuador Wildlife Reptiles Birds 173

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 185

10,000 Birds

MAY 24, 2016

Golden Eagles have a global breeding population of around 300,000 birds, 3% of which spend at least part of the year in Mexico. They also prefer open country as habitat, and feed on insects, mammals, birds, fish, and carrion. Their wingspans can reach nearly 90 inches , and they have been known to prey on cranes and livestock.

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Albania Mexico Eagles Kazakhstan 101

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 21, 2016

There are 11 species of birds that breed in the Ross Sea region. The most numerous penguins are Emperor and Adélie Penguins , with 26 and 38 percent of the world’s population breeding in the Ross Sea, respectively. On the Balleny Islands Antarctic Fulmar , Antarctic Prion and Cape Petrel also breed. And the Mammals.

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Russia Penguins Whales Whaling 173

10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2013

At the very northern end of their breeding range in the Channel Islands, they are strictly a Californian bird as far as the U.S. Like several species, breeding Peregrines were extirpated during the height of the DDT era but have reclaimed their island domain in more recent years. is concerned.

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California Birds Sea Lions Whales 165

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 14, 2021

The best season for the north-west circuit is February to May, during the rains when most birds breed. The best timing is during the rains, April-May and October-November, when birds breed. Other wildlife includes 60 mammal species, 13 primates among them, Chimp tracking, Forest Elephants too. Lake Nakuru.

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Africa Kenya Uganda Tanzania 201

10,000 Birds

JULY 13, 2017

According to their website , Lassen Volcanic National Park provides habitat for approximately 216 species of birds in which 96 have been known to actually breed in the park. Lassen Volcanic National Park is one of the few places that this incredible cavity nesting duck breeds in Northern California.

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Woodpeckers Sacramento Raised Squirrels 102

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Whenever I come here, I am focused on birds, but I have had some good mammal sighting as well: a roe deer swimming across a pond (only its head and antlers visible), a pair of otters playing in the water, a curious (young?) These handsome finches breed in the far north of Europe and come here for the winter only.

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Serbia Otters Boars Eagles 245

10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2016

Though barely 20 acres, the park serves as permanent, breeding, or migratory habitat for nearly 200 birds species, as well as Osprey nests and a Great Blue Heron rookery. Despite its small size, it behaves like a raptor, going after small mammals, insects, other birds, and lizards.

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Florida Mammals 2010 Mexico 100

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. Officials reported 48 marine mammals, mostly dolphins, and 87 dead sea turtles during the first two months alone.

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2010 Louisiana 2012 2011 235

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

to the ongoing conservation of breeding Lesser Flamingos at Kimberley’s Kamfers Dam to the Albatross Task Force, which works with fishermen to find solutions to seabird bycatch (birds caught in fishermen’s nets). Initially, I wasn’t that excited about seeing mammals. I am a birder, after all. And, there were birds.

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South Africa Africa Leopards Penguins 253