10,000 Birds

MARCH 29, 2012

Now everyone has a chance to help the Kiwis save their birds as a Wellington philanthropist, Gareth Morgan, is trying to raise NZ$ 1 million to clear the Antipodes Islands of mice. 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

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. Smaller frogs and toads, mice, bugs, worms, dog food, and carrion, you name it. Migrant birds make an incredibly perilous journey, twice per year. The equation seems incredible. Flap, flap, glide.

Costa Rica 261

Costa Rica Investigation Shelters Illinois 261

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 11, 2015

They are partially covered with Sea Oats and other vegetation, providing habitat for beach mice, shorebirds, and other species. The first shorebird I saw was a Willet , already transitioning out of its breeding plumage and feeding with the gulls along the surf. Ruddy Turnstone.

Florida 157

Florida Birds Mice Breeding 157

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Hopefully, the winter time in Shanghai gives the Black-faced Buntings some time to relax from the challenges of the breeding season. In contrast, the females need to make sure not to get duped into raising actual cuckoos – the buntings are a targeted host species ( source ). No wonder no species are named after me.

Birds 216

Birds Eggs Bangladesh China 216

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2019

And, of course, I got to see Kirtland’s Warblers on their breeding grounds in the jack pines woods of the lower peninsula of Michigan, on a wonderful trip led by New Jersey Audubon naturalists Scott Barnes and Linda Mack (who teased me nonstop about leaving them in the lurch two weeks earlier). ” [[link].

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2018 New Jersey Michigan North Dakota 163