10,000 Birds

AUGUST 28, 2014

Among birds the Egyptian Vulture uses rocks to crack Ostrich eggs, the New Caledonian Crow and Woodpecker Finch (one of several Darwin Finches of the Galapagos Islands), uses sticks to extract grubs from inside a branch. Egyptian Vultures raised is isolation used rocks to crack eggs presented to them.

Fish 163

Fish Woodpeckers Ostriches Eggs 163

10,000 Birds

APRIL 30, 2013

Troupials raise their own chicks, generally 3 to 4 per clutch, they just steal the nest in which they raise them. Granted, occasionally these nests are themselves, occupied, and the troupials are not averse to kicking out the previous occupants – eggs, chicks, and all – but rest assured they are not dead-beat parents.

Baltimore 175

Baltimore Broker North America Raised 175

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2016

Pheasant Coucals are also a member of the cuckoo family, but are unique because they do actually raise their own young. All other cuckoos lay their eggs in other birds’ nests and let them raise them. Pallid Cuckoo.

United Kingdom 100

United Kingdom Raised 2013 Africa 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2012

Wood Duck ( Aix sponsa ) Female Incubating Eggs in a Nest Box “Many species of cavity-nesting birds have declined because of habitat reduction. The wood duck was very scarce in many portions of its range, at least in part, for the same reason and probably owes its present status to provision of nest boxes and protection from overhunting 1.”

North America 209

North America America Barn Owls Falcons 209

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2021

If you remember that the first edition of Sibley was published with “National Audubon Society” on the cover, raise your hand. The only exception is the Conservation section, which presents keys for the conservation icons. Plate 28 from Audubon Bird Guide, Eastern Land Birds, by Richard H. I didn’t.).

North America 278

North America America Birds California Condor 278

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2012

We raised this little fella to a young adult. One could have been just another cat-triggered tragedy ( keep your cats indoors ) turned into an unforgettable experience… My wife and I (retired) had a truly wonderful experience at the end of 2011 when our cat brought in a newly hatched Dikkop. A very special experience!!

Senegal 209

Senegal Cats South Africa Experience 209

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2012

As a Northeast birder I am familiar with the alarming decrease in the number of Red Knots along Atlantic shores and have signed petitions and written e-mails calling for legislation and rules that will limit the overharvesting of the horseshoe crab, whose eggs Red Knots depend on. million in the late 1990’s. Should the gulls be controlled?

Delaware 177

Delaware New Jersey Research Eggs 177

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2012

The Kirtland’s Warbler is divided into three sections: The Past, The Present, The Future. A nest wasn’t found until 1903, which set off a craze for Kirtland’s Warbler skins, nests, and eggs. photo by Lynn C. Jackson, 2012. Most of the chapters are in the first two sections; the future is a brief, open question.

Michigan 223

Michigan Bahamas Endangered Species Research 223

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

From Hiro, we learn how Northern Pygmy Owls are “rule breakers,” not incubating eggs till all are hatched and then raising owlets that mature at the same rate even though the eggs were laid asynchronously (as most owl eggs are). I’m wondering if the subject of this book itself presented a challenge.

Owls 203

Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 203

10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2020

But when raised, they seem to have a sort of weird cape. In other words, they never raise their own young. Instead, they lay their eggs in other species’ nests, and let those nest-making birds (often significantly smaller than the cowbirds) raise their young. So that is a negative mark on both their records.

Birds 153

Birds Blackbirds Mexico Cattle 153

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 19, 2011

Baird’s Sparrow by Seagull Steve Julie’s was not a wild bird, well, at least not one that lived outdoors: My Best Bird of the Year, and the 22 preceding, was Charlie, a Chestnut-fronted Macaw I got as a captive-raised fledgling in 1989. She made a fool of me when I first met her, and again when she left me.

2011 177

2011 Birds South Korea North Dakota 177

10,000 Birds

JUNE 24, 2021

One Oriental Pratincole of them was courageously raising its wings when I unknowingly drove towards its eggs – I reversed, but I am not so sure about the next person using that road … Being yelled at by the chick of an Oriental Pratincole. In contrast, the Common Terns present look much more elegant.

Birds 207

Birds Uganda Breeding Rats 207

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

It turns out that there are new things that can be learned about extinct birds, and that even if the conclusion is obvious–the bird is gone, there is no time machine and we can’t change that–the way in which it is presented can differ as well. How many eggs did a pigeon lay? They are from a series called Aviary.

2014 159

2014 Killing Michigan Kentucky 159

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 9, 2009

Some of the arguments I will present are not worked out in detail, and no detailed criticisms of any one provegetarian argument will be given. First, I will raise some questions that usually are not asked, let alone answered, by moral vegetarians. My examination will not be complete, of course.

Vegetarian 40

Vegetarian Morals Meat Vegan 40

10,000 Birds

JULY 19, 2015

When we visited the shores of Roebuck Bay in early June there were some lovely flocks of Red-necked Avocets and Black-winged Stilt standing high up on the beach below the cliffs, but they were not the only birds present. I can also confirm that there are several Pied Oystercatcher eggs currently being sat on! Pied Oystercatchers.

Pelicans 160

Pelicans Eggs Birds 2015 160

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

They are often present on Laysan Island and Kure Atoll as well; a female-female pair on Kure Atoll have yet to involve a male in nesting activities. The most notorious effect is that their eggshells become so thin that a parent bird will crush it’s eggs while attempting to incubate them. this species breeds.

Albatross 199

Albatross Endangered Species Geese Alaska 199