10,000 Birds
JULY 6, 2023
Here’s a video. In the slightly frighteningly named journal “Science of The Total Environment”, there is a paper on organochlorine compounds in Purple Heron eggs nesting in sites located around a chloralkali plant (Ebro River). Summary result: relevant chemicals emitted by the plant can be found in the eggs.
Critter News
APRIL 7, 2010
Another undercover video from the Humane Society. Tags: animal abuse eggs farm animal welfare factory farm chickens.
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 11, 2024
This laughingthrush is a cooperative breeder – nestlings are fed by all members of a group, often 6-12 (not just 2 as in Wham!) : “A female may share a nest with another, and 3 or more adults may take turns incubating the eggs and feeding the chicks.” I wonder why. Note to those readers who do not know Wham!:
10,000 Birds
MAY 25, 2023
I like it for its easily recognizable vocalizations which eBird describes as follows: “Raucous, with a diverse repertoire; squawks and chatters loudly, but also whistles tunefully” Frankly, the Brown-chested Jungle Flycatcher ( video ) does not look like much – but it is rare at Nanhui and listed as Vulnerable.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Homework assignment: Is the bird in this video a male or a female? The species is classified as Near Threatened for all the usual depressing reasons – pollution, drainage, hunting, and the collection of eggs and nestlings ( source ). And there is a video here. Anyway, below is the female, and here are two videos.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
They may be about bird eggs ( The Most Perfect Thing: The Inside (and Outside) of a Bird’s Egg , 2016), or a 17th-century ornithologist ( Virtuoso by Nature: The Scientific Worlds of Francis Willughby, 2016), or How Bullfinches learn songs from humans ( The Wisdom of Birds: An Illustrated History of Ornithology.
10,000 Birds
JULY 18, 2022
According to the HBW, when breeding, male birds do most of the incubation and parenting while females often leave the nest up to one week before the eggs hatch. According to Couzens, after laying the eggs, females sometimes immediately abandon their first mate and pair up with another male. But maybe that is actually a good thing.
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