10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 8, 2017
Breeding bird surveys appears to show the resplendent Allen’s Hummingbird (like Corey’s capture, above) in decline—but not in Southern California, where examination of eBird data reveals that members of a residential population appear to be faring much better than their migrating brethren. (To sports championships ).
Critter News
FEBRUARY 26, 2009
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10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
Jonathan Vargas is a young biologist, whose current work centers on monitoring the Snowy Plover populations in northern Baja California. Birding on Lake Cuitzeo is a real challenge right now, because what little water has gathered in the center of the lake is surrounded by extensive mud flats. So trusting. Even trusting in flight!
Critter News
AUGUST 15, 2010
This concession was to avoid a November ballot vote a la California's Proposition 2. A recent agreement between farmers and animal rights activists here is a rare compromise in the bitter and growing debate over large-scale, intensive methods of producing eggs and meat, and may well push farmers in other states to give ground, experts say.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 25, 2020
Her narrator is Gabriel, 23, raised in Northern California by an American father and a Uruguayan mother. And the nandu, a South American rhea, has an intriguing chick-survival strategy: a week before hatching, the male (who does the incubating) pushes one egg out of the nest. Yes, that’s right – she adds an epilogue.
10,000 Birds
MAY 17, 2017
In the 45 minutes we were on the property, we identified 19 species, two of which are endemics, and located my first ever nesting pair of Phainopeplas right there on the property. This pair of Phainopeplas have built a beautiful nest, complete with two speckled eggs. Nearly a dozen California Quail wandered about the property.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 8, 2016
La Paz, the capital city of Baja California Sur, the southern half of the Mexican Baja, has been a real joy, with both the desired weather, and a much expanded variety of bird species. Once the nest was done, she began sitting on it, preparing to lay her eggs. Finally moving day had come, there could be no more delays.
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