10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2018

The problem is that they build the nest right on top of the field lights. One of my wildlife rehabber friends had received a legacy gift and contacted me regarding the prospect of building a nesting platform to place at the top of the utility pole. Pairs copulate most often in early morning, at the same time as egg-laying 1.

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Eggs North America Fish America 111

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APRIL 3, 2013

I was shocked when I saw a hen Mallard actually incubating eggs in one of these things–they do work…and how do the mallards get in there? This also might be a way to compromise with swallows who try to build right over your home’s doorway. I used to be very skeptical of these.

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Minnesota Barn Owls Ducks Utah 179

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2012

But, as I have already shown in one of my two posts about visiting Cuero y Salado Wildlife Refuge, that is exactly what the boat load of birders I was with got the chance to see way back at the beginning of March. The female of the species lays ten to thirty eggs in a burrow she digs about 65 days after mating.

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New York Reptiles Eggs South America 166

10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2012

It is illegal for any person to take, possess, transport, sell, or purchase them or their parts, such as feathers, nests, or eggs, without a permit. Fish and Wildlife Service. As a result, certain activities affecting swallows are subject to legal restrictions 1. Outside of these dates, the nests can be removed without a permit 1.

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San Diego illegal California South America 165

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2012

Today I’m exploring a couple questions that have been bouncing in my head for a while…I’d love to hear your thoughts…I’m not calling into question animal rights, just the focus of the movement. – The Great Ornithologist Felonious Jive Animal rights. This makes perfect sense.

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Animal Rights Movement Animal Rights Rights Wildlife 214

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2018

I found this little grouping of Guillemots, with parents, babies and even an egg. The boat Captain got us right in close. When were visiting Smoo cave, this one was right in the cave entrance. I gave up on visiting the cave, and just watched this bird washing, preening and then jumping right in, and catch this small flat fish.

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Puffins Wildlife Reserve 2003 Farming 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 22, 2019

This past Friday, after leaving Cupsogue where my twitch for the Wilson’s Plover had ended in success I decided to head back over to Big Egg Marsh in my home borough of Queens to see if I could rediscover the Burrowing Owl I had seen the previous evening could be rediscovered. It was exciting!

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Jamaica New York Owls Eggs 113

10,000 Birds

MARCH 23, 2012

Once upon a time, people and especially children felt free to interact with wild birds in any way that would satisfy their curiousity — watching and learning, yes, but also harassing and chasing, collecting eggs and nests, stealing nestlings as “pets”, and killing birds for amateur taxidermy efforts.

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Montana Geese Blackbirds Canada 165

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 20, 2013

Especially happily that the meeting was held at the Palmer House Hilton, right near my office, so that I was able to spend my morning volunteering and still put in a full day at work.). Other hardy souls signed up for an early morning “Ostrich Run” 5k, with the prizes beinging–you guessed it–actual ostrich eggs.

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San Diego Ostriches Chicago Colorado 179

10,000 Birds

MARCH 29, 2015

I would have known this right away if I was up to date on my Alexander Skutch. We saw a smaller member of the potoo family, Northern Potoo , Nyctibius jamaicensis , at Cuero y Salado Wildlife Refuge, boating and birding the Salado River. This living ball was so small, we all thought it was a Little Tinamou, Crypturellus soui.

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Honduras Birds Costa Rica Groups 254

10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2019

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. It was advisable to remove them at night, to keep them calm, to establish immediately a feeding board on which they would be fed chopped beef and egg to start, then fresh birds, rabbit or squirrel.

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Falcons California Condor Alaska Texas 186

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

This makes it a particularly exciting time in New Zealand as the Rugby World Cup begins in two days, and the competition is being held right here in New Zealand (I would imagine they might be more excited if they hadn’t just lost two matches to Australia and South Africa, their big rivals in the Tri-Nations).

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New Zealand Penguins Sanctuary Birds 157

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2012

In responding to Suzie’s post defending wildlife rehabilitation I began to think again about the areas in which animal rights and animal welfare overlap with the field of conservation, and the ways in which they don’t. Animal rights is concerned with preventing the suffering or even use of animals by humans.

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Animal Rights Rights New Zealand Animal 266

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2020

Local farmers view it as a threat to domesticated wildlife. It didn’t occur to me till I started reading The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird that there was also a possible threat to the eagle herself: poachers, who steal raptor eggs and chicks.

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Falcons United Kingdom Zimbabwe Eggs 218

10,000 Birds

JULY 16, 2012

Jake lives in southern Florida, so he and his friends had to be interested in learning about these birds, which they saw everyday, right? The boys knew what Owls looked like, they saw Screech Owls (and Barred and Great Horned Owls) at a local wildlife park, and we photographed Burrowing Owl families every year at Brian Piccolo Park.

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Birds Owls Switzerland Lions 219

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2011

This happened to me recently on a birding trip, with somewhat egg-on-the-face results. he said “But you saw the flash of black and white, right?&# Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. Wicked, right? “Missed it!&# “Kinda.&# Hat-tip to Stella.

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2011 Birds Michigan Ohio 225

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MARCH 13, 2011

Carpet Shark washed up Carpet shark being returned to the sea I hope you have enjoyed this little insight into our varied wildlife here in the north of Australia. Speaking of pregnant snakes, do sea snakes lay their eggs ashore like sea turtles or do they keep them internally until the young are ready to hatch/ be born, like some sharks?

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Australia 2011 Sharks Deer 152

10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2024

And then there was a Green Heron , not only showing us its nest, but also an egg. I’m happy to say that the ones right on the other side of a low wall were not so large. Still, this sort of wildlife experience is available in pretty much any Mexican city. And yet, there it was. But what could I do? I liked their attitude.

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Mexico Birds Raccoons Baltimore 204

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

So right now I’m feeling pretty good about Eurasian Collared-doves. 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. Wicked, right? Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S.

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Montana 2011 New York Bahamas 136

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 2, 2014

There are two-page spreads with a list of birding sites, map coordinates, and bird descriptions on the left and full-page maps on the right, showing roads and routes linking the sites. Quentin won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition (junior section) with the first-ever photograph of a nesting Chest-nutheaded Thrush.

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Brunei Birds Asia China 177

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2012

Fish and Wildlife Service endangered species list. A nest wasn’t found until 1903, which set off a craze for Kirtland’s Warbler skins, nests, and eggs. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, and the U.S. Those of us who contemplate the trip need to know how to do it right. Forest Service.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Often, as I have been investigating the contents of a nest by making a small hole in the side, the parent birds have come right to the nest, where they immediately begin to repair the damage even before my departure!”. Eckelberry, cofounder of the Asa Wright Nature Center and noted wildlife artist, did portraits of local birds.)

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Trinidad Birds South America Research 201

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

–especially when reviewing books like A Field Guide to the Wildlife of South Georgia or Far from Land: The Mysterious Lives of Seabirds. It is not always easy to get the right color in printed photographs. Otto Plantema resides in the Netherlands, is a scientist by trade (he has a Ph.D.

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Penguins Georgia New Zealand Albatross 278

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Fish and Wildlife Service. On the short list of wins for wildlife during the Bush II era, Short-tailed Albatross were officially listed as Endangered in 2000. But within a couple of decades, it’s effects on both wildlife and humanity became apparent. It was thought of as a wonder-chemical, with no ill effects.

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Albatross Endangered Species Geese Alaska 210

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

As The Mincing Mockingbird, Adrian has a distinctive, instantly recognizable idiom: birds (or occasionally eggs) portrayed singly or in small groups, often off-center and partially out of the frame, against stark monochromatic backgrounds. This is an art book, and the paintings deserve a bit more analysis here.

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Lovebirds 2014 Eggs Wildlife 106

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2011

I was looking out a car window the other day and noticed that of all the wildlife most of it was bird. The largest bird, forming the short bar on the right of the bird histogram, is a swan. I’m sure there were a lot of insects in range of my eyeballs, hiding behind leaves or camouflaged against bark as insects are wont to do.

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Mammals Rodents Birds Reptiles 177

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2019

This year the big prize must go to Tom who has pushed himself, right to the wire to acheive a magnificent score for a self-funded, wife-organised, wife-sponsored Little Big Year , accounting for 57% of the total. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Tuttle Marsh Wildlife Area. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Watch out for Tom during October to see this anomaly put right. Ra’s al-Khor Wildlife Sanctuary–Flamingo Hide. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge–East Pond. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

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. Sondra Mar 22nd, 2011 at 6:29 pm AN excellent series and how COOL to see the egg–chicks will soon be in the picture! Wicked, right?

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2011 Deer Africa Peru 167

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2012

This bird spent the 2011-2012 winter at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge in northern California, migrated someplace exotic and distant in February, and returned to the same pond at the beginning of this month. Red Junglefowl by Mike Bergin Clare Kines chose an egg as his Best Bird of the Year. And, no, I am not kidding.

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2012 Birds Guatemala Florida 152

10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2011

Boat-tailed Grackles count eggs and chicks as part of their diet and they were well represented here today. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. Wicked, right? Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S. The proposal from U.S. Hat-tip to Stella.

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2011 Alligators Florida Deer 117

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

And, let’s face it, he is right. Paul Baicich has spent a lifetime working for birding and wildlife organizations, writing about birds and conservation, and advocating for aggressive conservation programs by the government, nonprofits, and individuals. “The numbers don’t lie,” he told me. Barker and Carrol L.

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Ducks North America Geese Hunters 122