10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 18, 2014
migration corridors from Argentina in the Southern tip of South America to Canada. For example, in the Delaware Bay, warming coastal waters can cause horseshoe crabs to lay their eggs earlier than normal; conversely, more intense and frequent coastal storms can cause late spawning.
10,000 Birds
MAY 10, 2020
The adult Pied Oystercatcher that is sitting on the eggs will lay as flat as possible to protect the eggs. However, I do hope they choose to scavenge at the rubbish tip rather than on the beach when they reach adulthood! They present a real threat to the birds and have been known to take young chicks.
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10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 23, 2014
There is egg predation, chick loss and sometimes possibly just some “bad parenting”! One pair of Pied Oystercatchers laid eggs the first year and did not appear to realise they were supposed to sit on them, but they have since learnt it is an essential part of rearing a chick and they have done so since.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 18, 2021
TIP : if you find an injured/orphaned bird, here’s a handy guide which can be modified for other wildlife: [link]. The finders of an adult Barred Owl brought to Kathryn Dudeck in Georgia thought he had a wing fracture, so they wrapped the entire bird in the plastic protective wrap used by landscape companies and taped it up.
10,000 Birds
MAY 3, 2022
Fortunately, as I found out over the next four days, High Island, the Bolivar Peninsula, the whole east Texan Gulf coast area is a place of diverse habitats, some protected, some accidental, all offering fantastic avian opportunities. Corps of Engineers to protect Galveston Bay at the end of the 19th-century.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Though in terms of aesthetics, their nests are not much to look at – a paper (in Thai, but with an English summary) describes the nest as “a bulky, untidy ball hanging from the tip of a branch of stick with an average height of 1.39 The associated bird species seek out drongos, apparently relying upon them heavily for protection.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 7, 2011
This happened to me recently on a birding trip, with somewhat egg-on-the-face results. A wide-open field in a wind-protected spot, recently visited by both mechanical and living manure-spreaders. Hat-tip to Stella. I was on a birding quest trip with my friend Geoff Heeter. This was Snow Bunting heaven. The proposal from U.S.
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