10,000 Birds

JULY 26, 2013

We medicated her for maggots, picked at least 100,000 of the creepy critters from her abdomen, and finally treated the injury. Within a few hours we had cleaned it, picked it clean of maggots, and treated it for any residual maggots or their eggs. Once you watch this video , you’ll want to vote for her every day.

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Eagles Wounded Bald Eagle Wisconsin 257

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2020

It didn’t occur to me till I started reading The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird that there was also a possible threat to the eagle herself: poachers, who steal raptor eggs and chicks. McWilliam realizes he’s dealing someone special, a career falcon egg-thief.

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Falcons United Kingdom Zimbabwe Eggs 261

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

of Army Medical Department 1815-1851. While serpent means large snake, the Crested Serpent-eagle also eats frogs, as this video shows. This included recording a total of 77,760 minutes of video. The poor bird’s Latin species name is macgrigoriae , apparently (HBW) named after Jane Grant McGrigor, the daughter of Maj.-Gen.

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China Birds Pythons Eagles 264

10,000 Birds

MAY 15, 2023

The male Black-throated Bushtits participate in incubation, the somewhat more macho Silver-throated Bushtits do not ( source ), presumably spending more time in pubs while leaving the rather boring job of sitting on a bunch of eggs for days on end to their female partners. Better just to watch the bird.

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China 2017 Birds Indonesia 240