10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Together with African Kori Bustard (which I observed on a camping trip in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve), this is the heaviest flying bird in the world. In breeding season grazing cattle may walk through the nest, breaking the eggs, while wild and domestic pigs may eat both eggs and chicks. m–8 ft 10 in).

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Serbia Romania Hungary Hunting 104

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2013

It really looked like a game of tag. As the weaker juvenile became stronger, its flight mentor stepped up the game, though I didn’t realize it at first. I didn’t get to witness such cooperation in the second year of the project, as only one egg hatched.

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Eagles Bald Eagle Seattle Game 184

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 ). Trust me, the species name makes sense for the male, though not for the female. It is also classified as Near Threatened.

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Sri Lanka Birds Taiwan Cats 209

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2014

Last Wednesday, August 6th, the California Fish and Game Commission decided not to grant the Tricolored Blackbird an emergency designation as a threatened species.Dan This is a 44% reduction from the 258,000 birds seen during the 2011 Survey and a 63% reduction from the 395,000 birds seen during the 2008 Survey. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rwi0SF8r8o.

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Blackbirds California 2014 2013 186

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

The Bank Swallow was listed as a threatened species in California in 1989 by the California Fish and Game Commission and the number of breeding pairs has declined steadily since then. The main reason for this rapid decline, as in the case of most species, is loss of habitat.

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North America 2014 California Birds 187

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2014

To explain what a Grallard is one must first go back to those societies and recall that one of their predominant preoccupations was game. New Zealand had, once upon a time, some fairly spectacular game birds, including massive flightless geese, massive flightles rails, and really enormous moa. Female Mallard, photo by Corey.

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Species New Zealand Ducks Game 166

10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2012

It is illegal for any person to take, possess, transport, sell, or purchase them or their parts, such as feathers, nests, or eggs, without a permit. All swallows are included under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 as migratory insectivorous birds and as such are protected by state and federal regulations. Fish and Wildlife Service.

San Diego 165

San Diego illegal California South America 165

10,000 Birds

MAY 13, 2013

After over two hours at Jamaica Bay I headed to Big Egg Marsh for high tide and a bunch of shorebirds. It is annoying that the only game bird you can see in Queens are an introduced species. From there I went back to Jamaica Bay where I was treated to a tanager, grosbeak, and wood-warbler show in the North Gardens.

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Jamaica New York City Oakland Bats 149

10,000 Birds

JULY 16, 2012

Some might contest this, saying that Dr. Seuss’s Horton Hatches An Egg precedes Eastman’s book by twenty years. But since Horton is an elephant, and since the creature that hatches from the egg is an elephant-bird, I’m going to wait till 10,000 Birds does a Hybrid Bird Week before discussing this representative of the Seussiverse.

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Birds Owls Switzerland Lions 210

10,000 Birds

MARCH 23, 2020

318 – Burrowing Owl , 16 May 2019: An unbelievable find and a thrilling chase, this bird at Big Egg Marsh was as as astonishing as it was unpredicted. And are you as excited as I am to play this game again? And it was only one day after the shrike, which is always nice. (4 4 out of 5!). 4 out of 6!).

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2018 2015 Birds 2019 158

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 5, 2015

Did you know for example that some species of bee are cleptoparasites , exploiting the nests of other species for their own eggs. The workings of a bee colony put me in mind of George R R Martin’s A Game of Thrones. The preface opened my eyes to the wonderful world of bees and had me gagging for answers.

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Ireland United States Game Species 101

Animal Person

JULY 26, 2009

And it limits you in that you can't just go anywhere to watch a football game if you plan to eat anything. Who ever heard of a cupcake without eggs and butter in it? How do they know what's right? And what are they living their lives for? Also, veganism is expensive, and I'm on a budget. It's all too high maintenance.

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Vegan Animal Suffering Rabbits 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2013

Brauning, a Summary of Atlas Results by Physiographic Region and Section, Breeding Phenology (date ranges of nest building, nest with eggs, nest with young, fledged young), Atlas Safe Dates (the period of time within which it is safe to say that if you saw or heard a bird in suitable habitat it is likely breeding, ruling out migrants).

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Pennsylvania Breeding Birds Sparrows 225

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

The Centre takes kiwi eggs from the wild, when they are vulnerable to introduced predators, and rears them until they are old enough to survive in the wild. Auckland Finally, New Zealand’s largest cities and the places hosting the opening game and the final.

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New Zealand Penguins Sanctuary Seals 157

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

I used to play Subbuteo as a kid … a kind of tip-kick football game that was named after this species (apparently, the inventors first wanted to name the game “Hobby” but that was rejected as too generic, or so the story goes). The Eurasian Hobby was another notable raptor of the month.

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Birds China Eggs Owls 195

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

With a hardiness that belies their delicate looks (but helps explain their phenomenal success), these pioneering pigeons are already sitting on eggs at at least one location in Montana. Or, to be perfectly honest, playing games on Facebook, but let’s not talk about that.

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Montana 2011 New York Bahamas 134

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 31, 2011

In California, coveys break up and pairs begin forming in February or March, followed by nest building and egg laying in May or June. She will usually lay 12 to 17 eggs, averaging five per week 1 , before beginning incubation. Occasionally, larger clutches occur due to egg dumping by other females. References: 1 Baicich, Paul J.

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California Eggs Gophers Rattlesnake 217

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2012

A few families have a small number of eggs in the clutches, like gulls or cormorants. Others, like the petrels and some of the auks, will lay a single egg per breeding attempt. Others invest much more effort into fewer young, giving a smaller number a much better start. Seabirds are one group of birds that go for the latter strategy.

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Eggs Puffins Breeding Raised 164

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 16, 2015

On our first morning after breakfast, my group and the teens piled onto a boat and headed out to Eastern Egg Rock, once again the breeding ground for Atlantic Puffins (as well as a host of other seabirds) thanks to biologist Dr. Stephen Kress. A Magnificent Frigatebird’s feathers weigh more than its skeleton. What was it like?”

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Puffins Birds Groups West Virginia 252

10,000 Birds

JUNE 15, 2012

He flew a couple of laps around the house, then landed on the floor and joined their Pokémon game (they’d set up action figures and Harley would knock them down, resulting in a complicated point system). Soon afterward the kids, then eight and nine, “accidentally” let him out of his cage.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Parrots Game Eggs 180

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

David Tomlinson If you are American then you will no doubt know Perdix perdix as the Gray Partridge , an introduced game bird now widespread on the prairies of Canada and the northern states of the USA. I guessed that his mate was close by, incubating her eggs. He generally flew just a short distance before dropping back into cover.

Hungary 156

Hungary Eggs Fox India 156

10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2012

This species prefers wetlands and its numbers have been decimated due to a combination of habitat destruction caused by human population growth and illegal removal of birds and eggs from the wild for the pet and zoo trade. A pair of Hooded Vultures in Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania by Adam Riley.

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Endangered Species Species Morocco South Africa 187

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

These fossils are seen as proof that some dinosaurs brooded over its eggs. “Feathery forearms would have allowed these emu-sized dinosaurs to shade their eggs from the head of the midday sun 80 million years ago” (right, Dinoguy2/Wikimedia). Like birds. The book begins with the discovery of Archaeopteryx in Germany in 1861.

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Mongolia Science Reptiles Indiana 181

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2013

The aim of the game was to band raptors, and specifically to band Golden Eagles. They made scrambled eggs for the bait birds each morning and fed them special premium mealworms to help them ward off the cold of the mountain and the stress of their daily grid. And Science requires Sacrifice. Do I sound facetious? I’m not.

Eagles 173

Eagles Tethering Science Wounded 173

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2019

While the hunting of game with trained birds of prey can be a controversial topic among birders , falconry was a valuable early source of information on birds, and its history, culture, and imagery continue to fascinate bird lovers, as we shall see.

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2015 Italy Falcons Europe 113

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

10,000 Birds

JUNE 28, 2018

The definition of the word HUNT is “to chase or search for game or other wild animals for the purpose of catching or killing.” Lacey of Iowa introduced the nation’s first wildlife-protection law, which banned the interstate shipping of unlawfully killed game.

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Hunting Hunters Gorillas Wolves 110