10,000 Birds

APRIL 24, 2012

This week at 10,000 Birds, it’s all about how birds get around to bumping uglies (I’m talking about cloacas here), who they do it with, and how this actually leads to raising chicks…the birds and the bees of birds, you might say. Ducks, like these Chiloe Wigeon , are infamous for their violent, sometimes forced copulations.

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Albatross Birds Lifestyle Raised 191

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2022

As with Chinese male humans, having your own building is still vital to raising young. Most scientific research really just proves the obvious. This one seems to wonder about whether eating flies is the right lifestyle choice though. The one for bird photographers (a Spot-billed Duck ) is shown below.

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Birds Sparrows Protection Humane 184

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2014

(l-r) Brushland Tinamou ( Nothoprocta cinerascens ), Southern Cassowary ( Casuarius casuarius ), Greater Sage-Grouse ( Centrocercus urophasianus ), Mandarin Duck ( Aix galericulata ). Have you noticed ducks and quail replacing loons and grebes at the beginning of newer bird field guides and checklists? This is why. Jarvis et al.

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Family Parrots Birds 2014 279