10,000 Birds

JUNE 8, 2023

The Large-billed Crow ( video ) is one of the natural enemies – in the study above, it predated 19 eggs from four pitta nests. Different from many other parasitic cuckoos, the chick typically does not kill all its nest mates, though one or two of them may die from starvation. I hope he is right.

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Birds China Research Tenant 130

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Or maybe they are quite excited about clarifying that Muscicapa latirostris is the wrong name for this bird while Muscicapa dauurica is right. An example is this study showing that indeed, cuckoo eggs are stronger than the eggs of the host species. Apparently, the authors of this paper think so.

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China Birds Ukraine Killing 186

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Watch out for Tom during October to see this anomaly put right. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Fasciated Tiger-Heron – Tigrisoma fasciatum. 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573).

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2019

This year the big prize must go to Tom who has pushed himself, right to the wire to acheive a magnificent score for a self-funded, wife-organised, wife-sponsored Little Big Year , accounting for 57% of the total. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Rufescent Tiger-Heron – Tigrisoma lineatum.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113