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The first Pied Oystercatcher chick of 2020

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Our first Pied Oystercatcher eggs for this year’s breeding season were laid early and were due to hatch last weekend. This pair of Pied Oystercatchers never seems to have a problem with incubating their eggs. They take it in turns over the twenty eight days sitting or hovering over the eggs. Pied Oystercatcher and chick.

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Birding Shanghai in October 2023

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When there are cuckoos around – which parasitize Daurian Redstarts – the females have a higher rate of egg rejection. The Grey Nightjar is not really affected by real estate prices (always an important topic in China) as it does not build a nest – the eggs are simply laid on leaf litter or bare ground.

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Pied Oystercatcher chicks two weeks on….

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In fact we often don’t have any chicks within two weeks of the eggs hatching and other pairs along the coast have not been successful yet this season. More eggs have been laid and hopefully other pairs of Pied Oystercatchers will soon have young to care for. Pied Oystercatcher family.

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Getting ready for spring.

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A discarded pigeon’s egg reminded me that spring is just around the corner and that nest boxes should be readied in anticipation. Find a site which offers some protection from the sun during the heat of the day and which allows a direct approach. Could a cat easily reach the box? What’s this? Where did winter go?

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15 Australian Birds (Episode 1)

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In my imagination, the job of a male Australian Brush Turkey is pretty similar – removing or adding bits and pieces to his pile of rotting vegetation in order to get the right temperature to incubate the eggs buried underneath to hatch. would be cats for me, but you get the general idea). Female below.

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Bird Surprises

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This happened to me recently on a birding trip, with somewhat egg-on-the-face results. A wide-open field in a wind-protected spot, recently visited by both mechanical and living manure-spreaders. Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. Snow Bunting? “Both!&#

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Rare Birds: The Extraordinary Tale of the Bermuda Petrel and the Man Who Brought It Back from Extinction–A Review

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Much of Wingate’s professional life revolved around his grand plan to create a “living museum” of pre-colonial Bermuda flora and fauna on Nonsuch Island, a habitat where the cahows would be protected and supported. All the while, he is observing, documenting, practically living with the cahows when they return to Bermuda.

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