10,000 Birds
APRIL 25, 2022
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. You will not find the Australian Wood Duck in the HBW, as they prefer the name Maned Duck for it.
10,000 Birds
JULY 24, 2014
New Zealand had a widespread dabbling duck, the Grey Duck ( Pacific Black Duck if you’re an Aussie) but these were declining a in number because of changes to their habitat. Some wild Grey Ducks from the Northern Territory ( GDW45 Creative Commons ). Female Mallard, photo by Corey. The news wasn’t good.
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10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
They may be about bird eggs ( The Most Perfect Thing: The Inside (and Outside) of a Bird’s Egg , 2016), or a 17th-century ornithologist ( Virtuoso by Nature: The Scientific Worlds of Francis Willughby, 2016), or How Bullfinches learn songs from humans ( The Wisdom of Birds: An Illustrated History of Ornithology.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 20, 2013
Podicipediformes, aka Grebes, are freshwater diving duckish birds that are not ducks. Nearly 90% of the nests failed during egg stage, mainly due to strong winds and depredation by American mink Neovison vison. We analyse possible causes for the decline of the population and propose conservation actions to protect this species.
10,000 Birds
JULY 18, 2012
Wood Duck ( Aix sponsa ) Female Incubating Eggs in a Nest Box “Many species of cavity-nesting birds have declined because of habitat reduction. This is the female incubating eggs in the nest box… and a couple of weeks later… then, at the ripe old age of 17 days, what’s going on out here? Talk about cute!
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 7, 2011
Sadly the great gannet colonies during the July to October period to protect the birds, but if you head up to Boundary Stream you’ll find a good mix of lowland and mountain forest where active management is keeping forest birds going. If you do decide to give your liver a rest then rest assured there are birds to be seen here.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 7, 2011
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. I was on a birding quest trip with my friend Geoff Heeter. This was Snow Bunting heaven. The proposal from U.S.
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