10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2024

Transported by the falcons’ inimitable aerial prowess, I could almost feel the wind stream behind me, feel every subtle movement of wing or tail that determined my trajectory, my speed, my effortless engagement with the wind. Becoming one with the sky, the peregrines flew with ineffable grace, dazzling speed, and breathtaking agility.

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California Condor Falcons California Birds 183

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Occasionally the Tristan Thrush Nesocichla eremita will prey upon chicks from the two-egg nest of the Inaccessible Island Rail but this not enough in any way to threaten the species. Its eggs are not known, it does not migrate, and it feeds, I understand, on insects and worms.

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Science Transported Shelters South Africa 209

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. All swallows are included under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 as migratory insectivorous birds and as such are protected by state and federal regulations.

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San Diego illegal California South America 165

Critter News

DECEMBER 12, 2009

Incidents include a hippo who died in transport from Denver and a Turkmenian markhor, a species of wild goat, hung itself at the zoo after becoming trapped by a rope. In April 2009, unseasonably cold weather froze two whopping crane eggs. The fatality is one in a string of animal deaths in recent years.

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Zoos Animal Welfare Welfare Elephants 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2015

It’s about packaging, marketing, distribution, transportation, and lobbying. He’s also worked with the National Wildlife Refuge System, co-led birding tours to Alaska, and co-authored A Guide to the Nests, Eggs, and Nestlings of North American Birds (1997). Margaret A. The writers have created a good book.

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America Industry Squirrels Birds 234

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

When we eat eggs we eat chicken eggs almost exclusively. An exotic species (see Glossary) may appear in Florida because of deliberate transport and release by humans, or because of inadvertent escape from captivity. Americans love chicken. In 2008, over nine billion chickens were slaughtered for Americans to eat.

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Chickens Florida Feral Species 203

10,000 Birds

JULY 26, 2013

The eagle was so hypothermic I was reluctant to put her in a transport box. Within a few hours we had cleaned it, picked it clean of maggots, and treated it for any residual maggots or their eggs. I put a blanket over her shoulders, as if she were an injured, elderly person, and carried her back to the truck.

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Eagles Wounded Bald Eagle Wisconsin 241

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Basically, hornbills get paid by evolution to eat fruit, digest the fleshy parts, and regurgitate or defecate the rest – a means of seed transportation that is apparently quite attractive to many plants despite the yuck factor involved. For example , fallen figs do not seem to mind catching a ride with Oriental Pied Hornbills.

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Rhinoceros Singapore Transported Hunting 129

Animal Person

AUGUST 18, 2009

hours on I-95 (we here in South Florida are known for our very limited public transportation options--boy do I miss NYC). I don't tell anyone it's okay to take the milk that was meant for someone's child, and I don't tell a hen I love her and want her to roam free as long as she produces eggs for me. It's comical. It's absurd.

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Vegan Ethics Humane Killing 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

As we know from the French documentary La Marche de l’Empereur ( March of the Penguins) , the females skedaddle from the breeding colony once she produces an egg, leaving the egg to be incubated by the males, who fast for 120 days while keeping the egg in a flap of their feet. (I

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Penguins Seals Leopards Research 160

10,000 Birds

JULY 25, 2022

When these birds breed, this can lead to highly cringeworthy announcements, for example from Adelaide Zoo : “We have egg-citing news!” It seems that quite a few zoos keep Tawny Frogmouths. ” Clare has also written posts on Tawny Frogmouths in Broome for 10,000 Birds.

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Birds Australia Ducks Mountain Goats 234

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2013

Some of these islands cannot be reached by any mode of transport except a long ocean crossing and some are well over a thousand miles from the closest human habitation. That leaves us with the world’s islands. No places on earth are further removed than the world’s tiniest slithers of land.

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Birds South Africa South America Feral Cats 209

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

While waiting I got offered four dozen eggs (mostly broken), a cow (I’m sure of that), two marriage proposals (less sure) and I learned why every Ugandan can afford a Rolex (it’s a chapati roll with eggs). and pre-arranged transport at the landing took me back to Entebbe airport.

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Uganda Netherlands Monkeys Portugal 229

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2023

One interesting paper argues that contrary to what might seem logical, cuckoos do not aim to lay eggs specifically into the nests of those parrotbills whose egg color and pattern match their own. The rationale includes the speed of the laying (too fast to check for color matches) and the low number of egg-laying attempts (i.e.,

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Pandas Birds Eggs China 210

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 25, 2022

If you happen to find yourself in Melbourne then there are also plenty of places to go birding in the city itself or not far by public transport. Echidna-egg laying mammal-500th post. If you are looking for something more colourful then you can’t go wrong with Australian King Parrots and Satin Bowerbirds and their bowers !

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Australia Singapore Birds Battery 147