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.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 30, 2013
It’s kind of an odd spot, a mix of protected wetland and mangroves mixed with some manicured lawns and parking. A target bird was next, the Pheasant-tailed Jacana, which was sadly not in breeding plumage but was still attractive. If you have some time to kill, or better yet a tour of Thailand planned, be sure to include it!
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10,000 Birds
AUGUST 20, 2015
This map shows the distribution of the World’s bird species, based on overlying the breeding and wintering ranges of all known species. Thailand (925 / 948). It makes me think what is the meaning of life, the universe and everything? Why am I here? And where all those birds are? Map by BirdLife International. The Oriental realm.
10,000 Birds
MAY 8, 2013
In the 70s, with the survival of the species in jeopardy, the entire wild population was captured and brought into a captive breeding program in southern California. Thailand’s Adopt a Vulture Program – YC Wee, Bird Ecology Study Group. Bringing Griffon Vultures into Cyprus – Dan Rhoads, 10,000 Birds.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 23, 2014
I got to see a beautiful female and owlet on a trip to a secret nest location near Howard Prairie Lake (human-made nest structures have enhanced local breeding for these huge owls whose nest success is boosted to 83% on artificial platforms vs. 66% at natural sites). Larry’s BBOTY – Great Gray Owl.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 1, 2014
Insofar as they relate to other bird families, they are perhaps closest to the thornbills, another family that is mostly Australian but reaches as far as Thailand and Fiji. Lerps are the carbohydrate rich protective shells exuded by tiny bugs (hermipteras) that suck sugars out of the leaves of eucalypts.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 2, 2023
Maybe those should be protected too? Given that the Black Kite is politely described as an “opportunistic hunter” – which includes the fact that they are more likely to scavenge than most other raptors – the name choice of the company protecting the world’s cyber ecosystem is a bit weird.
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