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When conservation and animal rights collide

10,000 Birds

Each year tens of thousands of these gulls go to the islands and each pair will lay three eggs. Most of these clutches of eggs will hatch to produce three fluffy and adorable chicks. This is quite a big deal for an island group that had no mammals save bats for millions of years.

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Birding Hluhluwe, South Africa

10,000 Birds

In terms of breeding behavior, starlings are a diversified group – some use helpers, others do not. She also laid eggs in Melba Finch nests. Work ethics among Yellow-billed Kites seem to vary a lot between individuals. No doubt the woodpecker has similar considerations. Red-billed Firefinch. Poor creatures.