10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2021

Today’s topic comes from Tracy Anderson in Hawaii: what was the strangest container (or method of transport) in which you have received wildlife? Two wildlife biologists brought me a Golden Eagle inside a metal pipe.” “Apparently she found a fallen American Robin ‘s egg,” she wrote, “and kept it in there for two weeks!

Transported 278

Transported Wildlife Rehabilitation Bats Opossums 278

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2024

The tiercels (young Peregrines) must deal with Golden Eagles, Ravens, adult Peregrines, and foxes; they must also learn to navigate the skies and make their own kills, luckily these skills appear to be innately learned. It’s not easy.

California Condor 169

California Condor Falcons California Birds 169

10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2022

Like a bad boyfriend not changing into nicer clothes for an evening out, the Brown-cheeked Fulvetta gets chided on eBird for not making any efforts: “an unapologetically drab and unmarked fulvetta” The Chestnut-headed Bee-eater apparently digs nest-burrows in which to lay its eggs. “It is not deep enough yet!

Birds 147

Birds Myanmar China Chicago 147

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2021

The rest of Mexico is not included, nor is Hawaii (which isn’t in North America, after all, but has been accepted as part of the American Birding Association area). Bald Eagle, for example, is still said to be “formerly more widespread” though the range map shows expansion.

North America 278

North America America Birds California Condor 278