10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2019

Raised in and around the West Texas steppe country where temperatures reached 100 degrees with regularity, he began life as the Dust Bowl and Great Depression converged. He had stalked the nest for days, waiting for just the right time when she would be on the verge of fledging, then took her into his care. He came for the hawks.

Falcons 171

Falcons California Condor Alaska Texas 171

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2012

Once a body of research was established and the bird was declared endangered, it took many more years of experimentation, political maneuvering, conflicts with the National Guard, and some tragic fires to establish what is now acclaimed as a model conservation project. Now there are volunteer guides, tours and a local festival.

Michigan 221

Michigan Bahamas Endangered Species Research 221

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

eBird states that “small white patch on throat is not obvious and difficult to see” And they use a photo that I submitted as main illustration, so they must be right. They are also raised commercially for meat and eggs, as described in that beacon of ornithological knowledge, the World’s Poultry Science Journal.

Birds 191

Birds China Eggs Owls 191

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2023

In fact, given the right chromosomes, hybridization is possible between the two species and has been observed ( source ). When one Chinese researcher was very bored, he had a bright idea: Why not publish a paper on the complete mitochondrial genome of the Rhinoceros Hornbill ? The Wreathed Hornbill is also listed as Vulnerable.

Rhinoceros 124

Rhinoceros Singapore Transported Hunting 124

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 22, 2024

Interestingly, only about half of the helpers are related to the breeding pair … … and only the ones not related to the pair gained some parentage, either by sneaking in some sex with the breeding female or by adding an egg. ” Little research seems to have been done on many of the birds of Mount Kinabalu.

Birds 215

Birds Indonesia Breeding Charlotte 215

10,000 Birds

APRIL 24, 2012

As the reigning birder of the world, I feel it is only right to look a little deeper into the lives of birds here, and talk about something beyond the mundane nuances of plumage variations of freshly-molted Empidonax flycatchers and if migrant Warbling Vireos arrived 3 days earlier this year than last.

Albatross 186

Albatross Birds Lifestyle Raised 186

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

How many eggs did a pigeon lay? He reasons out answers to both questions, finally stating that, despite what many eyewitnesses wrote, the birds had to have laid more than one egg and that the birds had to have nested more than once a breeding season. This is not that kind of book, as Fuller makes clear from the beginning. What a wrong!

2014 159

2014 Killing Michigan Kentucky 159

10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2011

We have avian beauty right in our European back yards as well, and need not seek cover when encountering birders from far-away shores. How do I know of their Gothic moods when they have hidden them so well in an egg-white shell of conformity? Jakob: whoa, you are perfectly right! Which is something birders had known all along.

2011 158

2011 Birds Deer Europe 158

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2012

Species accounts are sequential, one running right after the other. The Natural History section points out that Red-tailed Pennants hold their wings flat or slightly lowered, while the skimmers tend to raise their wings. Similarly careful photographic placement can be found for most every species account. More on this later.)

United States 225

United States Costa Rica Massachusetts North America 225

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 29, 2006

Researchers have also learned that the cancer-causing chemicals that form in beef as it cooks also tend to form in chicken. There is no need for infants to be raised on cow's milk formulas. Unfortunately, switching from red meat to chicken does not help very much. Meatless meals also help your child to keep stronger bones.

Animal 40

Animal Meat Cows District of Columbia 40

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 17, 2022

I guess most scientists would love to see their original research become the basis for a vast field of further studies. Superb Starlings avoid this when using helpers, much like rich people presumably reducing the stress of raising kids by hiring a couple of nannies. She also laid eggs in Melba Finch nests. Red-billed Firefinch.

South Africa 179

South Africa Africa Birds Cape Verde 179

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Given the complexity of the research, the result feels like a bit of a letdown – “northern populations start migration earlier than southern populations, especially in autumn” The species name of the Chestnut-eared Bunting is fucata , from the Latin “fucare”, to paint red. Better safe than sorry.

Birds 197

Birds Eggs Bangladesh China 197

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2022

I have written about the interesting sex life of these jacanas a few times already (short version: female mates with male, lays a bunch of eggs for him to incubate and raise the chicks, leaves him, finds another male, repeat). Once I am moderately successful, I often find such photos quite pleasing. but they do. See the sequence below.

Birds 147

Birds China Eggs Breeding 147