10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Turtles are the reptile everybody loves. Birders are always happy to see a turtle or tortoise, and there are times of the year when my social media feeds are sprinkled with photos of turtles beings removed from roads or crawling to land to lay eggs. Or that tortoises and terrapins are considered part of the turtle family.

Turtles 197

Turtles Tortoises Family Terrapins 197

10,000 Birds

MAY 15, 2023

Fortunately, in science, there is often a way to turn a defeat into a victory – in this case via the author just coming up with a new hypothesis, “if black eagles use the frequency or intensity of mobbing as a clue to locate nests, a lack of seasonal difference in mobbing behavior by drongos may be an evolutionary adaptive strategy.”

China 182

China 2017 Birds Indonesia 182

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

Eastern Egg Rock. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Eastern Egg Rock. Eastern Egg Rock. European Turtle-Dove – Streptopelia turtur. Oriental Turtle-Dove – Streptopelia orientalis. ???–??????? Lassen Volcanic NP–Lost Creek Group Campground. 28 May 2017.

2017 100

2017 Australia Sanctuary Woodpeckers 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Fortunately for the buntings, they seem to detect most cuckoo eggs smuggled in (75% in one study). A study found that for Plain Prinia , egg characteristics in a mainland China location with many cuckoos make it much easier to spot cuckoo eggs than in a Taiwan location with few cuckoos ( source ). Better safe than sorry.

Birds 206

Birds Eggs Bangladesh China 206