10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2021

I am particularly happy to see that the bird communication section includes recent research on singing female birds. My assumption is that it is meant to be a resource for beginning birders and families who like to spend time outdoors, and it does have potential as a one-stop reference guide. These are all informative and current.

North America 279

North America America Birds California Condor 279

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

Ackerman’s new book is about owls and owl research–the knowledge recently and currently being discovered through DNA analysis, new-tech tracking and monitoring, and old-fashioned fieldwork under the auspices of organizations like the Global Owl Project and the Owl Research Institute.

Owls 211

Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 211

10,000 Birds

APRIL 17, 2012

December 15, 2010 The US Federal Government seeks to sue BP and other corporations for unlimited liability and pursue them to cover all the costs of the clean-up, including damages to natural resources. The babies that hatched from these eggs were released on Florida’s east coast.

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2010 Louisiana 2012 2011 234

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2019

In some species accounts, notably Song Sparrow, this text reads as a carefully researched, finely detailed ornithological/historical essay. And, the 1996 volume includes information on nests and eggs, a topic not covered by the Peterson guide. Peterson Reference Guide to Sparrows of North America is a book with attitude.

North America 148

North America Sparrows America United States 148

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2013

And, in a very lovely section in the middle of the book, she describes the life cycle of the cahow, informing evocative passages about their nocturnal courtship and flight with recent research findings about how seabirds are able to function—eat, sleep, navigate home.

Birds 167

Birds Rats Breeding 2012 167

10,000 Birds

JULY 1, 2014

They cut down the trees the parrots used for nesting and brought black rats, who ate their eggs, and honeybees who swarmed into their nests, and by 1937 there were only about 2,000 Puerto Rican Parrots left. The authors note that while the baby bluebirds are intentionally portrayed as caricatures, the subject birds are carefully researched.

Puerto Rico 234

Puerto Rico Parrots New York City 2013 234

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The breeding ecology of the Yellow-bellied Warbler was actually studied exactly here at Nonggang in 2019 by 3 Chinese researchers. Some Thai researchers looked at the breeding ecology of the Buff-breasted Babbler and published their findings in the somewhat unsuitable-sounding journal “Agriculture and Natural Resources”.

China 228

China Birds Pythons Eagles 228

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2023

It even seems that the pliant researchers indirectly support the fighting (even though it has led to the species being one of the most hunted ones in that province) by developing a quick method to identify the sex of the bird (the males turn out to be somewhat bigger and thus presumably the more coveted fighters). Shame on the researchers.

Eggs 168

Eggs China Birds Mammals 168

10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2015

New research on bluebirds helps address this question. Here we show that in two species of bluebirds, cycles of replacement of one by the other emerge as an indirect consequence of maternal influence on offspring behavior in response to local resource availability. In the American west, fires open up habitats for passerine birds.

Species 208

Species Eggs Research Science 208

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2023

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 ? This behavior is likely to reduce resource competition by exploiting fruit that is too large for smaller frugivores. The Wreathed Hornbill is also listed as Vulnerable.

Rhinoceros 127

Rhinoceros Singapore Transported Hunting 127

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2012

A few families have a small number of eggs in the clutches, like gulls or cormorants. Others, like the petrels and some of the auks, will lay a single egg per breeding attempt. Others invest much more effort into fewer young, giving a smaller number a much better start. Seabirds are one group of birds that go for the latter strategy.

Eggs 164

Eggs Puffins Breeding Raised 164

10,000 Birds

JUNE 26, 2018

The Zoo episode focuses on two Pink Pigeon couples: The Stud and Serendipity, a male and female that the zoo people hope will mate and produce a viable egg, and Thelma and Louise, a same-sex pair-bonded couple who the zoo people hope will incubate the egg and nurture the chick. Because, Ms. On the WCS web page, Ms.

Mauritius 102

Mauritius Stud Zoos Eggs 102

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2012

Common and differing traits will include type of coloring, thorax patterning, how they perch or fly, how they copulate, and how they oviposit, lay eggs. With odonates, there are always exceptions! Length of copulation for forktails, for example, varies greatly.

United States 233

United States Costa Rica Massachusetts North America 233

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2023

The disadvantage is that this is not a typical parrotbill at all – it is a bit like the old joke of searching for your keys not where you lost them, but where there is plenty of light to facilitate the research. A paper on breeding of the species was actually researched right here at Wawushan.

Pandas 204

Pandas Birds Eggs China 204

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2011

But seriously, Science has a more interesting set of answers, and some recently published research on European Robins helps to examine this question in some detail. A male may in fact be guarding food resources which are, in turn, intended to both impress a female and feed the happy couple and the young.

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Research Science Birds Deer 207