10,000 Birds
APRIL 27, 2023
The eBird cartoonists call the Spot-breasted Parrotbill a “bulbous-headed brown bird with a comically large bill” As a foreigner living in China and thus used to having my nose size ridiculed, I definitely feel with the parrotbills. In one group, they added a blue egg to their nests. What a pity.) What a weird world.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills of the World states that “disturbance by local people, tourists, and egg and zoo collectors has similarly reduced the colonies, and more protection is vital”. Many have been shot since the project started, despite a great deal of publicity raising awareness of the birds.
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10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 23, 2014
There is egg predation, chick loss and sometimes possibly just some “bad parenting”! One pair of Pied Oystercatchers laid eggs the first year and did not appear to realise they were supposed to sit on them, but they have since learnt it is an essential part of rearing a chick and they have done so since.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 1, 2021
If you remember that the first edition of Sibley was published with “National Audubon Society” on the cover, raise your hand. They expand the definition of this book from identification guide to avian reference book. Plate 28 from Audubon Bird Guide, Eastern Land Birds, by Richard H. I didn’t.).
10,000 Birds
JULY 26, 2013
We all thought the kindest approach would be to end her suffering, but then…she raised her head and looked directly at me. She chirped a quiet but definite message, and everyone in the room understood she was not done with life yet. Not only were her organs exposed, the entire area was alive with maggots.
10,000 Birds
JULY 21, 2022
The Marabu Stork definitely has a face that only a mother could love. Studies on improving ostrich egg hatchability. Also, I learned that in the US , ostrich eggs are priced at $40-$75. Each fresh egg weighs 4 pounds and is the equivalent of 24 chicken eggs. . And sadly, it is listed as Endangered.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 7, 2012
A nest wasn’t found until 1903, which set off a craze for Kirtland’s Warbler skins, nests, and eggs. Baird, who took it to his home base, the Smithsonian, and wrote it up, dedicating to the bird to Dr. Kirtland.
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