10,000 Birds
JUNE 1, 2011
A female red-tail may leave a nest to hunt for her two chicks and return to feed a rabbit to three chicks without noting an increase in the number of chicks a rehabber has placed there. The first few years for female ducks and geese are kind of practice rounds. Birds of prey look cool, but they can’t count.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 9, 2014
The most notorious effect is that their eggshells become so thin that a parent bird will crush it’s eggs while attempting to incubate them. A curious Laysan Duck takes a stroll at Midway Atoll. Laysan Ducks don’t seem to be as tied to water as other ducks, which makes sense considering the limited habitat available.
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