10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2023

Fortunately, there are a few more such breeding species than most Shanghainese are aware of. While the HBW states that it breeds at 300 – 2450 meters, in Shanghai – where such elevations are not available outside of the upper floors of a few highrises – it makes to with an altitude of about 0 meters as well.

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Birds Eggs Breeders Breeding 130

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FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Introduced breeding species and species recorded only as escapees now have all species illustrated (they were not in the #2) and those illustrations larger than before. Forget occasional escapees, there is an established feral population successfully breeding in the north of Germany, which was 131 birds strong last year.

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Europe Birds Woodpeckers Ireland 255

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2024

The Habitat, Distribution, and Seasonal Status section gives essential information on habitat preferences, nest description (for species that breed in North America), breeding range, migration patterns and when migration takes place, tendency for vagrancy and where vagrancy usually occurs. Press, April 2024 (U.K. size: 5 x 8 in.,

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Los Angeles North America Species America 178

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OCTOBER 19, 2016

Consequently, their breeding efforts with resident birds produce more and healthier offspring than “inbred” resident-resident pairings. It turns out that smaller, scattered “satellite” groups of the bird are a source of needed genetic diversity when individuals leave the satellites and join the main populations. ”

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Florida Research California Hunting 176

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2022

Although it might not occur in the high elevations nor so much in dry forest, you would be hard pressed to not see this long-tailed bird in other places. Watch the buildings, keep an eye on tall trees, this species has become adapted to breeding on ledges and living in cities. Birding in a local park? Crimson-fronteds fly into view.

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Costa Rica San Jose Asia Geese 147

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Although Henslow’s had been reliably found in nearby Sharon Springs for many years, the last documented sighting was in 2008, and the sighting startled longtime birders, waking them up to the fact that breeding sites in the state were rapidly being lost. Three Hills/Cornell University Press, April 2022. by Susan Fox Rogers.

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Birds Sparrows Connecticut New York 263

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2022

I should have known that birding High Island meant I would be 20 minutes away from a place where hundreds of thousands of shorebirds and waterbirds rest, feed, breed, and generally have a good time. I love American Avocets and I rarely see them in such marvelous breeding plumage, so I was in heaven. Clapper Rail. Back to the Flats.

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Houston Texas Sanctuary Sparrows 211

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2018

Scientists were largely limited to studies birds in breeding colonies, at least those we knew about and that were accessible (and, if you think that’s a complete list, you haven’t read the news that came out this week about a new colony of Adélie penguins found in the Danger Islands, Antarctica). Technology to the rescue!

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Albatross Penguins Research Breeding 114

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 31, 2016

Indeed, a press release about the study noted, “ Well-insulated against the cold and not distracted by the demands of reproduction, Snowy Owls may use winter as a time to recharge and build up their reserves before returning to their breeding grounds.”

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Owls Hawaii Stray North America 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2012

Not exactly good owling weather but we pressed on anyway. We pressed on, stopping several times to play the recordings, even mixing it up with a Saw-whet Owl call here and there hoping to get lucky. We arrived a bit too early to owl so we walked out a ways, planning on owling on the way back. No toot-toot-tooting Saw-whets.

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Owls 2007 New York Fox 166

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 24, 2016

A press release about the study likened the contrast to “the differences between humans with and without freckles.”) Breeding range map by David Toews/Cornell Lab). The moral of the story: As our knowledge of genetics grows, and this tool becomes more accessible to more researchers, things we think we know about birds may change.

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Guatemala Research Morals Science 105

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JUNE 1, 2021

The guides bore the Audubon Society name, were published by Knopf and distributed by Random House, but they were actually conceived and produced by an outfit called Chanticleer Press and they became a publishing sensation. The press material says it covers over 800 species, so you know I had to do a count. Dunlap, Oxford Univ.

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North America America Birds California Condor 279

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

As far as wine goes, we’d be hard pressed to name a more romantic style than Chianti. But anyone who’s seen this species during the breeding season knows that the European Roller is far more dramatic in expressing its all-consuming ardor than any lovey-dovey columbids. The European Roller (c.

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2016 Abandon Abandoning Abandonment 173

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2013

It breeds in a broad and not quite coherent band from Iceland in the west through central Europe and southern Scandinavia all the way to eastern Russia, wintering in Africa, parts of India, and Southeast Asia to Australia. Instead, the species distinguises itself as one of the worst ambassadors of conservation there are in the avian world.

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Germany Russia Iceland India 175

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. Because, as this book demonstrates so well, it is sometimes important to look back in order to move forward. It’s a very mixed chapter.

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New York City New York Birds Breeding 150

Critter News

DECEMBER 29, 2008

A breeding program in Malaysia will attempt to breed a rescued Borneo Sumatran rhino in order to save the endangered species. Their numbers are so low that they might drift into extinction if no one does anything," Payne told The Associated Press. Tags: captive breeding rhino asia malaysia.

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Rhinos Malaysia Species Wildlife Reserve 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2012

The most pressing need is for intensive surveys in the bird’s native habitat, to maximise chances of locating any remaining populations in the wild. Concern for the future of this species is such that the WPA and BirdLife International-Vietnam Programme are working together to organize immediate action.

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Vietnam 2000 Germany Asia 154

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

JANUARY 8, 2014

Amazon had a brilliant press release on Cyber Monday 2013 about using drones as a possible delivery service for their products in the near future. ” Based on the press release date, I assumed it was just big talk and way to drive people to Amazon to shop on Cyber Monday.

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Bald Eagle Mississippi Eagles Ducks 194

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DECEMBER 2, 2014

Press), which Mike reviewed in 2009 , is the one most people will be comparing it to), by a view of birds that encompasses their habitat and ecology. Press, 2000) and the earlier The Birds of Hong Kong and South China (co-authored with Clive Viney and Lam Chiu Ying, Hong Kong Information Office, 2005). 372 pages, 8.3 Princeton Univ.

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Brunei Birds Asia China 175

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 13, 2012

Press, 2003). published by Princeton University Press. Birds of New Jersey , written by Joan Walsh, Vince Elia, Rich Kane, and Thomas Halliwell, published by New Jersey Audubon Society, was a landmark volume; 704-pages long, it presented results of the 1993-1997 New Jersey Breeding Bird Atlas. Princeton University Press, 2011.

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New Jersey Birds 2009 Bald Eagle 191

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2016

Light blue boxes give brief facts on breeding age, strategy and lifespan. Press, 2015), and has also written articles on eBird and bird identification. Press; December, 2015. Birders interested in subspecies will be delighted by the extended analyses of plumage and habitat variations. By George L. Armistead & Brian L.

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Birds Groups 2015 North America 190

10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2022

. … Nest dismantling by the Hair-crested Drongo may be an adaptive behavior to increase fitness by reducing risk of future predation and competition for nest sites in the following breeding season” ( source ). The Brown Crake is not that easy to see in Shanghai even though it is breeding here. ” ( source ).

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Singapore Mountain Goats Birds Giraffes 147

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2015

The composite photographs show each species swimming and flying; flying viewpoints are from underside, below, close-up, far-out, alone and in flocks; in-photo comments give important identification points and, as needed, indicate breeding and non-breeding plumage, dark and light morphs and, for sea lions, male and female/immature images.

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Dolphins Whales Whaling Porpoises 162

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 13, 2011

I had the good fortune to be asked to represent one of the UK’s national birding magazines ‘Birdwatching’ on a press trip to Southern Portugal earlier this month. The steady supply of high quality lunch destinations with superb local food on offer was also gratefully received.

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Portugal Legislation 2000 Adoptable 251

4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 15, 2010

From the press release: A giraffe’s gestation period is approximately 15 months, and the new babies will nurse for about one year. These births are part of a successful long-term breeding program at Busch Gardens.

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Giraffes Gestation Tampa Rhinoceros 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

Snow has touched down in some places up north, up there on the breeding grounds of Mourning Warblers , Baltimore Orioles , and Sharp-shinned Hawks. Go birding almost anywhere in this snow-less land from now until March and you would be hard-pressed to pass a day without at least hearing the chattering of Baltimore Orioles.

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Costa Rica Baltimore Illinois Honduras 135

10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2019

Creatures that crawled, or worse, slithered, would lie in the bottoms, pressed into shade and invisibility. And they were the ones who, at the end of the conference, decided to get together and talk about the possibility of breeding Peregrines in captivity as a way of at least saving the species from extinction.”

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Falcons California Condor Alaska Texas 180

Critter News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

From their press release: A fun, educational website about animals called Animal Fact Guide (www.AnimalFactGuide.com) has just been launched. The site provides articles about interesting and endangered animals from around the world.

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Animal Rabbits Wildlife Pets 100

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 172

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. June 2, 2010 BP apparently bans workers from showing dead or dying wildlife and from talking to the press.

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2010 Louisiana 2012 2011 234

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. The University of Michigan Press, 2012. By William Rapai. Hardcover, $24.95

Michigan 229

Michigan Bahamas Endangered Species Research 229

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 30, 2012

This weighty new tome from Yale University Press stakes out a fair claim to be the Atlantic Puffin Bible — seizing that crown from a previous, out-of-print volume from 1984, also entitled The Puffin and also written by one Mike Harris. Harris and Sarah Wanless.

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Puffins Seals Europe Eggs 126

10,000 Birds

MARCH 29, 2019

The estate is also a stud farm for puro sangue Lusitano horses, considered one of the world’s oldest breeds. The gilded label of Lobo e Falcão, although lovely, portrays a rather improbable scene, with a large falcon poised menacingly in flight above an alarmed and angry wolf.

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2016 Portugal Falcons Japan 128

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2017

That is hardly a surprise: this area holds 3 to 4 breeding pairs of White-tailed Eagles, which represents the biggest density per square mile anywhere in the country! So, the Belgrade press become acutely interested in birding? Then, there were Eurasian Otters , which I’ve seen twice. Photo: Gordan Pomorisac.

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Eagles Campaign Otters Serbia 168

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2013

The story of the cahow, a “Lazurus species” that was thought to be extinct for over 300 years and then discovered to be breeding on a tiny remote island in Bermuda, is part of modern birding legend. In 1951, there were 18 breeding pairs of cahows discovered on three tiny islands. Beacon Press, 2012. by Elizabeth Gehrman.

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Birds Rats Breeding 2012 167

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

I briefly considered turning tail and heading home but decided that discretion is the boring part of valor and I pressed on, heading north on the Major Deegan through the Bronx because it seemed like the only major north-south route not flooded. And I even got to work on time! … a.

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New York New York City Kazakhstan New Jersey 163