10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

This year we have continued to monitor the breeding of several pairs of Pied Oystercatchers along the coast in Broome from Gantheaume Point to Willie Creek on the south side. The first eggs were laid in the first week of July, which is the case each year. They are also very good at hiding as we have learnt over the years!

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APRIL 25, 2022

On a side note, the bird is also kind of ugly, so maybe the chicks never seeing their father has a certain protective function. Though I usually do not mention this in public presentations, as kids (or fathers) might be present in the audience. So, as a preemptive strike, I present to you the Golden-headed Cisticola.

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Australia Birds Koalas Parrots 186

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Vincent Parrot began in the 1980s and have continued into the present. Fortunately for this species (and people like me who wish to see them) this level of awareness has resulted in protection for both the bird and its habitat, which in turn has led to some increases in its population. Nevertheless, I was more than satiated.

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Grenada Parrots Trinidad 2010 130

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

This is a bit of a dilemma for local authorities – on the one hand, they would presumably like to protect the birds, on the other hand, they also want to draw as many tourists to the place as possible. Eurasian Oystercatcher: Not all of them are breeding at Claire`s beach in Australia. Point for American birders, I am afraid.

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China Birds Fish Asia 273

10,000 Birds

APRIL 19, 2016

For example, years ago, Eiton Tchenrov postulated that the wild progenitor of the domestic dog, some subspecies or another of wolf, could benefit from overlapping its breeding territory with human hunters. We compared alligator body condition in similar habitat with and without wading bird nesting colonies present.

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Alligators Protection Leopards Birds 116

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2016

Individually, many NWRs protect crucial bird habitat. Farallon NWR , a group of islands near San Francisco, hosts the largest colonies of breeding seabirds south of Alaska. Because many NWRs were established to protect migrating birds, they lie along one of the four primary flyways. It’s not just for the birds.

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Wildlife Grizzly Bear Puerto Rico United States 189

10,000 Birds

MARCH 26, 2020

Natural Oak, Willow and Poplar forests as well as poplar plantations, wet meadows, marshes and dry grasslands are present. Dubovacki Rit (Dubovac Wetland) is a part of the Labudovo okno Ramsar Wetland and protected within the Deliblato Sands Reserve. Nature reserve since 2002. Dubovacki Rit; photos (3) by Slobodan Puzovic.

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Turtles 2002 Serbia Eagles 168

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 20, 2013

They breed on a number of basaltic lakes in southwestern Argentina, and it is not entirely clear where they all winter, but some wintering Hooded Grebes have been found outside their breeding range (and a few none-breeding birds have been found year round at two locations on the Atlantic, apparently).

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

It is estimated that there were more than 1000 Great Bustards in the northern lowlands of Serbia at the beginning of the 20th century, but back then these birds were also present in the south and the east of the country. Habitat destruction combined with hunting has pushed them away from their former breeding grounds. Lots of it.

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Serbia Romania Hungary Hunting 104

10,000 Birds

JUNE 29, 2016

But this breeding and social arrangement has its risks. And for wild pheasants ( Common , in Europe; or Ring-necked , stateside), a bigger group may actually present an existential danger. Maybe monogamy, with just one partner to support and protect, isn’t so bad after all. Having a harem sounds like a pretty sweet deal.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Tangles of wild plants and dense undergrowth left to thrive in chosen areas of your property will provide shelter, protection, and natural nesting and roosting sites. Bird houses have been readily accepted by many natural cavity nesters, and increases in breeding density have resulted from providing such structures.

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Tenant Shelters Protection Species 195

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2013

Through various education initiatives and with help from Project Perch many of the schools now protect their owls by providing suitable habitat and burrows. Burrowing Owls have been present at our school camera location since at least 1984. The colony has grown supporting up to 3 pairs of owls, all breeding at once!

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Owls Florida Raised Coyotes 235

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2020

The authors’ detailed delineation of problems with the accuracy of NYC breeding bird surveys or with the limits of historical writings may test a reader’s patience. The recommendations will sound familiar to any birder or naturalist who wants to protect and improve her local patch: Immediately shut down cat feeding stations.

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New York City New York Birds Breeding 149

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2023

They look crap but presumably offer some protection for the chicks, though not from each other (see the murderous activities within the nests in my previous post ). Apparently, when breeding, the two parents divide incubation duties, with one bird taking over the daytime duties and another one the nighttime.

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Birds Eagles Elephants Rhinoceros 216

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Back to the present time, I am sitting in a cafe spreading a watch, notebook, pen and binoculars over the table and ordering a pint of beer. By both Serbian legislation and the Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats, Pygmy Cormorant is a strictly protected species.

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Serbia Protection Legislation Europe 192

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 11, 2022

This was the first geological site protected in the Djerdap area, formed along a fault by incision of the Boljetinska River into the sedimentary rocks. But your reason to check the canyon is a White-throated Dipper that breeds there and with some luck, you may even encounter a Rock Bunting.

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Serbia Birds Woodpeckers Romania 242

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. Serengeti NP protects a huge swathe of almost 15,000 km2 / 6000 mi2 in north-west Tanzania. The best timing is during the rains, April-May and October-November, when birds breed. Lake Nakuru. Photo Syllabub / Wikimedia Commons.

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Africa Kenya Uganda Tanzania 198

10,000 Birds

JUNE 24, 2012

The first creek to the north is Willie Creek and we often visit it on the south side when we monitor the breeding pairs of Pied Oystercatchers. Beach Stone-curlews Although the majority of shorebirds have ventured north to breed in the northern hemisphere we do still have birds here.

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Senegal Industry Singapore Litter 158

10,000 Birds

JULY 17, 2012

My morning routine has already been simplified down to the essentials – roll out of bed and out from under the protective mosquito net, pull on dirty odorous field clothes, munch down a quick breakfast. You don’t really know a bird until you’ve studied it on its breeding grounds. Here is a little forpling on day one.

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Eggs Venezuela Porcupines 2008 268

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 14, 2019

However, even now, the ancient movements of birds between summer breeding grounds and tropical wintering places have been taking place in Costa Rica. Barn Swallows were also present along with a few Banks. On Saturday, I had fun watching the constant Cliff Swallow parade from the new tower at Cerro Lodge. An abundance of shorebirds.

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Costa Rica South America Tennessee 2019 148

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2018

After the owners contacted the Royal Socieity for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), looking for an explanation as to where the heck all these birds came from, it was determined that the farm would be used as a feeding station. Todays demonstration was certainly enough to convince me that the program was working.

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Puffins Wildlife Reserve 2003 Farming 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2016

The King Shag has a small population breeding on four protected islands in the Sounds and a small number regularly roost on on Blumine Island (and have even been nesting recently, perhaps successfully), and sure enough they were there and we were able to admire them. Also present was another lifer for me, the South Island Saddleback.

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Charlotte New Zealand Seals Fur 114

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JULY 18, 2012

The wood duck was very scarce in many portions of its range, at least in part, for the same reason and probably owes its present status to provision of nest boxes and protection from overhunting 1.” Another cavity nesting species that breeds in Lassen Volcanic National Park is the Brown Creeper ( Certhia americana ).

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North America America Barn Owls Falcons 213

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 31, 2011

As I have explained before these islands are the best place for a lot of the birding here because they are more easily protected from introduced mammals which wreck such havoc on the wildlife here. Across the water is the Miramar Peninsula, where the Hobbit is presently being filmed. I’ll work on that.

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Penguins Parrots New Zealand Seals 165

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 29, 2012

They will be seeking protection where they can and they will return as soon as the rain eases. The flock was predominately Greater Sand Plover and Red-necked Stint, but there were also Sanderling and Lesser Sand Plover present. 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 161

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

However early March sees the passage of a vastly underrated migrant to British Shores, or should that be from British Shores as they have probably been present all winter? By March though Scandinavian Rock Pipit begins to show some changes into breeding plumage and outs itself as a migrant rather than a resident. I am green with envy!!

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2011 Deer Fish New York 152

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2012

What I didn’t know was how this relationship actually works: the mechanics of Red Knot migration, the reduced digestive systems necessary for their long flighta, the need to fatten up quickly so they can fly to the Arctic and breed, how they compete with other shorebirds and gulls and, it turns out, humans, for horseshoe crab eggs.

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Delaware New Jersey Research Eggs 179

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 27, 2016

The opportunity finally presented itself on New Year’s Eve last year, where after stumbling blinking and not a little bit hung-over from my friend’s house after a long-overdue catch-up I made my way there to see what was what. I’ve also previously recounted a visit to see the swans at Martin Mere in Lancashire.

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Geese New Zealand Germany Ducks 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2014

Using ministerial connections he obtained 100 mallard eggs from the US and began to breed and distribute them. A PhD student was presenting her research into the population in Westland, the relic population of Grey Duck. Female Mallard, photo by Corey. There the matter may have remained, but for a gentleman named Cecil Whitney.

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Species New Zealand Ducks Game 166

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MARCH 15, 2024

On their breeding grounds in Spain, Lesser Kestrels are very much city birds, for 95% of the population nests in towns. The kestrel colony is valued by the city of Seville: in recent years renovation work on the roof of the cathedral was suspended during the falcons’ breeding season.

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Falcons Spain Europe 2012 195

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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.). Through donations of course, but also by helping out in the organisation or presenting new ideas. so far you have focussed on European nature.

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Badgers Ethics Africa Spain 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2011

Herring Gull The Herring hull is everybody’s idea of a seagull, being present throughout the year at coastal cliffs, beaches, harbors and towns. It is also familiar at inland sites in winter, especially reservoirs and refuse tips, and breeds in the relatively-Northerly regions of Europe, Asia, and North America. Get yours today!

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2011 Cyprus Deer Species 157

10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2021

I was especially interested in “To Hide From God,” the chapter on songbird slaughter and protection in Cyprus. 192) from the timing of seasons to the ferocity of weather to the shape of breeding, wintering, and stopover habitat to even the size of birds themselves. It is often hard to be positive.

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Cyprus Slaughter Slaughtered Research 251

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2011

I had a beautifull view on 5 horned grebe here (one in breeding plumage), in Ann Arbor Michigan, for the 3 seconds it lasted, until I heard a huge “CRRACK&# , and I fell through the ice. Also present in other parts of the park were fox and white-throated sparrows. And my first Killdeer of year! The proposal from U.S.

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2011 New York Deer Birds 154

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

I attended a talk by Mark Anderson, Birdlife South Africa’s CEO, on the organization’s successes, one of six optional evening presentations, and was impressed by the specificity and diversity of their projects. The leopards place their kill in a tree, protecting it from poaching by other predators.

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South Africa Africa Leopards Penguins 253

10,000 Birds

MARCH 10, 2011

The vast majority of Baltimore Orioles that breed in North America return to the tropics between Mexico and northern South America for the cold half of the year. Instead I saw a flash of orange. Not a minute later, I’d scooped up my kid and sprinted back into the house for my binoculars and camera. The proposal from U.S.

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North Carolina 2011 St. Louis Baltimore 140

Animal Person

JUNE 8, 2009

There's a vague sense that perhaps he cares about the dogs or thinks that what he does to them might present an ethical dilemma, but the overwhelming feeling is that it's all worth it. To this day, 95 percent of the animals used in research labs receive no federal protection whatsoever under the Animal Welfare Act."

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