10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2019

Today, we know a little more, such as the fact that an eagle couple produces one egg every two years, but numbers remain low, too low. And, he tells us about the time he was attacked by a parent Philippine Eagle as he handled an egg at the nest, hundreds of feet above the ground. This film could not be made without them.

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Eagles Philippines Eggs Birds 203

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2015

Written by birders, it underlies a wealth of facts, trends, and events with a consciousness that the more knowledgeable we are about good bird feeding practices, based on history and experience, the more successful bird feeding will be at bringing people to birds and the more people will advocate for effective conservation policies and laws.

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America Industry Squirrels Birds 225

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The species is classified as Near Threatened for all the usual depressing reasons – pollution, drainage, hunting, and the collection of eggs and nestlings ( source ). They are also quite catholic (sorry, I really like this word) in their prey selection, feeding on 17 different species of fish and prawn in the study cited above.

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Birds Sri Lanka Taiwan Cats 206

10,000 Birds

JULY 13, 2011

Around 100,000 of these terns breed on almost every available space on the island, and walking through groups of them is a deafening and quite painful experience. This one found a ledge on one of the buildings a suitable place to lay an egg, a location which is positively decadent for the species. Look at all that room!

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Hawaii Breeding Wildlife Eggs 172

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2018

Now, dont get me wrong, there have been some nice birds, and locations in between, but these two experiences are just so hard to put out of my mind. I found this little grouping of Guillemots, with parents, babies and even an egg. Here is just a small portion of one wall, covered by Guillemots.

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Puffins Wildlife Reserve 2003 Farming 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2012

As a Northeast birder I am familiar with the alarming decrease in the number of Red Knots along Atlantic shores and have signed petitions and written e-mails calling for legislation and rules that will limit the overharvesting of the horseshoe crab, whose eggs Red Knots depend on. million in the late 1990’s. Should the gulls be controlled?

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Delaware New Jersey Research Eggs 177

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2018

Where does the female Emperor Penguin go after she has produced that one egg and handed it over to the male for incubation? And, what about that female Emperor Penguin, who disappears for two months after handing her one egg over to her mate? Technology to the rescue! Far From Land: The Mysterious Lives of Seabirds.

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Albatross Penguins Research Breeding 114

10,000 Birds

MARCH 31, 2014

As we looked closer, we saw the Sooty Terns nesting right on the ground itself, calling back and forth to each other as they sat on their speckled eggs. Of the ten students, two had gone on the trip the year before and one had experience with the Sooty Terns, meaning 30% of us knew what we were doing, and 70% had zero idea.

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Birds Florida Groups Breeding 175

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2022

On a second visit I spotted a fishing boat going east along the channel followed by over a hundred gulls and terns, including over 40 Black Terns. The birds are so busy, finding sticks, flying with sticks, fixing nests, tending to eggs in nests, preening feathers, touching bills, feeding chicks, refusing to feed chicks. It was amazing.

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Houston Texas Sanctuary Sparrows 204

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2012

It’s the warbler that is often the last unchecked species on birders’ life lists and, whether you list or not, for most of us observing it is a once in a lifetime experience. Fish and Wildlife Service endangered species list. A nest wasn’t found until 1903, which set off a craze for Kirtland’s Warbler skins, nests, and eggs.

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Michigan Bahamas Endangered Species Research 224

Animal Person

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

There will be no pies or cakes that were made with milk that was meant for calves, or eggs that represent dead male chicks , forced molting, debeaking and other mutilations and cruelties. Justice for beings who look very different from us but who, like us, experience pleasure and pain, boredom and frustration. Because it tastes good.

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Greyhounds Forced Molting Debeaking Vegan 100

4 The Love Of Animals

DECEMBER 6, 2011

The two most common food allergies or food intolerances in pets are: Protein including chicken, beef, pork, fish, eggs and soy. If your pet experiences any of the symptoms above, they may have developed a food allergy. Grains like wheat or corn. The resulting symptoms can range from: Vomiting. Upset stomach. Refusal to eat.

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Pets Vet Dogs Humane 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

I’m sure many of you have had similar experiences. I’m wondering as I write if you are shaking your head, uneasy that all these FACTS will interfere with your love of observing owls, an experience that easily borders on the mystical for some of us. But what do we know beyond these commonly seen and heard behaviors?

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Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 204

Animal Ethics

JUNE 5, 2008

On Day 1 of her 21-day experiment with veganism, Oprah aptly asked: "How can you say you're trying to spiritually evolve, without even a thought about what happens to the animals whose lives are sacrificed in the name of gluttony?" I had been focused on what I had to give up—sugar, gluten, alcohol, meat, chicken, fish, eggs, cheese.

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Vegan Vegan Lifestyle Cruelty Chickens 40

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

As we know from the French documentary La Marche de l’Empereur ( March of the Penguins) , the females skedaddle from the breeding colony once she produces an egg, leaving the egg to be incubated by the males, who fast for 120 days while keeping the egg in a flap of their feet. (I

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Penguins Seals Leopards Research 153

10,000 Birds

JULY 17, 2012

Why can’t a baby bird just hatch out of the egg and fly away, or at least, be able to fly a little and not require weeks of constant feeding and attention? Sure, turtles and crocs are tiny and vulnerable and most of them get eaten by monitor lizards, seagulls, big fish, or other predators.

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Mammals Turtles Eggs Fish 186

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2014

When their nests are ready the birds lay two eggs, and in rare occasions only one or three. The eggs are hatched in 21 days and even though the chicks leave the nest after a couple of days, they remain close to their place of birth. It takes another 21 days before the young birds can fly and from then they’re considered as adult birds.

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North America Eagles Breeding Fish 176

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

So sorry, but this is a necessary part of our thought experiment!) Let’s do another thought experiment. First, I set the dial to produce the kind of high energy radioactive radiation stuff that would be emitted by an atomic bomb, and calibrate it to dose you (sorry, but this is necessary for our thought experiment!)

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Mammals Birds Fish Cooking 228

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

This is the story of Fox’s experiences on board the Achiever, the research vessel of the Raincoast Conservation Foundation. She is one of the best nature writers I’ve encountered in recent years, able to paint experiences with emotional immediacy. Northern Fulmar, image courtesy of Peter Hodum.

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Animal Person

OCTOBER 26, 2009

And if you know someone who still eats fish or anyone else from the sea, this is a fantastic book, as I don't recall anyone giving sea creatures the respect they deserve in a long time (and telling their audience the truth about their lives and deaths). N]o fish gets a good death. But why does he say "vegetarian?" This is very silly.

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Factory Farm Factory Farming Animal Vegan 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2012

One of Africa’s truly exhilarating experiences is watching and listening to a honking flock of these massive birds as they appear out of the early morning mists over a wetland, to land nearby and start their wing-flapping and jumping displays. A pair of Hooded Vultures in Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania by Adam Riley.

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Endangered Species Species Morocco South Africa 185

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2013

Besides the urgent need to identify my dragonflies, I was interested in hands-on experience using these field guides. The where and how of egg laying and larva emergence is briefly treated, with page references to larval drawings at the back of the book. The Behaviour paragraph includes flight pattern and mating habits.

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Ireland France Breeding Eggs 170

10,000 Birds

MAY 20, 2012

Hope you made the most of a precious May weekend… I took my kids down to the family gravel pit for some fishing. Happily, both of them caught their first fish (sunnies, naturally) and subsequently released them. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment.

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2012 New York Fish Birds 158

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2012

It was a heart-pounding scene straight out of Jurassic Park, an odd experience for a laid-back pursuit like birding. Red Junglefowl by Mike Bergin Clare Kines chose an egg as his Best Bird of the Year. I wrote about the experience here. And, no, I am not kidding. What is it that makes a bird the best or the year?

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2012 Birds Guatemala Florida 145

10,000 Birds

APRIL 19, 2012

Consider this thought experiment. The same argument can be made regarding prudential restraint in the number of eggs and chicks a pair of birds produce and nurtures in a nest. The eggs or chicks would not survive. Any of them, really, not just the one I saw today.

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Eagles Bald Eagle Coyotes Mississippi 174

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2022

I have written about the interesting sex life of these jacanas a few times already (short version: female mates with male, lays a bunch of eggs for him to incubate and raise the chicks, leaves him, finds another male, repeat). Apparently, after a male first mates with a female, he throws out the first one or two eggs she lays in their nest.

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Birds China Eggs Breeding 147