Eggs Protection Research Woodpeckers 
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 8, 2017
Could scientists use weather radar data to track the spread of avian influenza, and thereby help poultry growers protect their flocks? Project FeederWatch data prove that woodpeckers are at the top of the backyard bird feeder pecking order. (To see some in action, check out Bella Hummingbird’s site on Explore.org !).
10,000 Birds
JUNE 23, 2022
Like a bad boyfriend not changing into nicer clothes for an evening out, the Brown-cheeked Fulvetta gets chided on eBird for not making any efforts: “an unapologetically drab and unmarked fulvetta” The Chestnut-headed Bee-eater apparently digs nest-burrows in which to lay its eggs. “It is not deep enough yet!
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 2, 2015
And of eggs and nests and birds on nests. She does, and her narrative serves as a role model for how to write about birds simply and knowledgeably; informing birds’ family stories with scientific facts and research findings. Cedar Waxwings exchange berries, carry nesting material, eggs. And of birds courting and mating.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 11, 2011
With a hardiness that belies their delicate looks (but helps explain their phenomenal success), these pioneering pigeons are already sitting on eggs at at least one location in Montana. So right now I’m feeling pretty good about Eurasian Collared-doves. Get yours today! These Blasts From The Past Mockers Everywhere!
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 7, 2021
This may have been partly a leftover from the Victorian fascination with egg collecting (the infamous passion known as oology), but probably more from people’s burgeoning interest in the nests and eggs found in their gardens and fields, gateway artifacts to a newer hobby called birdwatching. The Harrison guides are out of print.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 30, 2023
If the male’s color fades after the first egg, the female reacts by laying a smaller second egg – seemingly deciding that it is better to cut her losses as the male apparently is the avian equivalent of a deadbeat father. Are these the paper mills one occasionally reads about in relation to Chinese research papers?
10,000 Birds
MARCH 19, 2011
As I watched, it slowly moved into a patch of dried vegetation and I noticed that it was settling over a single egg. Two or three eggs may be laid and either bird may incubate. Feeling lazy, or I would do the research myself.) It was standing perfectly still beside the sandy track when I first saw it. How do we know this?
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