10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 26, 2022
An additional benefit would be less nest predation by tidal mudflat crabs, the primary cause of Reed Parrotbill egg predation in tidal reed-bed habitat ( source ). However, this makes it a bit surprising that it was also named Israel’s national bird. And to end this post, a mammal. Ditto Grey Heron.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 17, 2022
She also laid eggs in Melba Finch nests. While the conclusion is not an outright damnation of the oxpeckers as the Count Draculas of the avian world, the carefully phrased conclusion does not sound very positive either: “These results suggest that the oxpecker-mammal relationship is more complex than was previously thought.”
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