10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

In other words, the caracara’s behavior is totally different from that of, say, the peregrine, though they’re both falcons, and diverged from each other on their evolutionary paths pretty recently. (That’s the striated’s colloquial nickname – is there a cooler, more wonderful moniker for any bird than that?). With abundant roadkill (1.3

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2014

Key West Wildlife Center takes mostly birds, but will rescue mammals, marine mammals, and both land and sea turtles as well. Last year, 4,000 young Peregrine Falcons swept through the Keys on their way north. KWWC also has a thriving feral chicken sideline.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Sure, the Pearl of Africa has so much more for visitors to enjoy, including many of the most cherished mammal species on the planet, but the Shoebill seems to capture the imaginations of birders and non-birders alike. Having finally seen this iconic species, I can assure you that the experience wildly exceeds expectations.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 24, 2016

Crested Caracaras, though they often associate with vultures, are actually part of the falcon family. They also prefer open country as habitat, and feed on insects, mammals, birds, fish, and carrion. ” Crested Caracara.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Last month, I wrote about hypothesized relationships between passerines, parrots, falcons, and seriemas , noting a need for further research on the subject. The post stimulated some great discussions but not really any additional commentary on the science behind these proposed relationships. Ringer Suh et al.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2015

Add those life mammals to the life birds I already expected to see, and I was practically vibrating with excitement. I have only ever seen one Peregrine Falcon, and the scoters and guillemot were lifers for me! We all boarded the bus, cameras and binoculars ready. Migrating Gray Whales. Point Reyes is a magical place.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 22, 2011

There was also a mammal jawbone in the pellet too. I wasn’t as interested in the mammal jawbone, but it totally piqued his interest. When you think of a bird eating raptor, you think of fast birds like Peregrine Falcons and Cooper’s Hawks. I was intrigued…what could that beak be from?

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2013

Peregrine Falcons breed on the sheer cliff faces of Santa Cruz; you may meet one at eye level on the bluff trail north of Scorpion Ranch, where this photo was taken (I highly recommend this trail, by the way, if only for the views). I can’t finish this post without mentioning marine mammals.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 13, 2016

At the same time, a Peregrine Falcon flies across the valley. Peregrine Falcon – Falco peregrinus. Up to 100 kg – possibly a female, my guide and a bear researcher from the wildlife charity Callisto, Yannis Tsanakis, tells me. Adult male bears in Greece usually weight about 150 kg and up to 200 kg, he explains further.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 5, 2015

Not only do we take care of zillions of injured and orphaned birds/mammals/reptiles/whatever, we also have to deal with and educate the public. I had a finder bring me a bird he’d correctly ID’d as a merlin – a not-too-common falcon – but when he brought him in, I could see he’d been trying to feed it BIRD SEED!”

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10,000 Birds

MAY 10, 2012

Little Blue and Tricolored Herons , Snowy , Great , and Cattle Egrets , a Laughing Falcon , Black Vultures, Blue-winged Teal , a Wood Stork , a nesting tree of Montezuma Oropendulas , and Ruddy Ground-Doves were just some of the species we saw on our short train ride into the refuge.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

This morning, they have seen some 10,000 Broad-winged Hawks , mixed up with two dozen Swainson’s Hawks , several Mississippi Kites and one or two King Vultures , Swallow-tailed and Double-toothed Kites , Merlins and Peregrine Falcons. Or a mammal. Or even those pooie reptiles.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2013

Whether it was hawks , terns , seabirds , wood-warblers , shorebirds , geese , falcons , finches , or songbirds and woodpeckers I was there with my camera. Peregrine Falcon. Oh, and there were mammals too. November – Rarity Chasing. We also announced our Best Birds of the Year and shared Your Best Birds of the Year !

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10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2013

That bald head, so odd and homely, is actually an adaptation for sticking one’s head deep inside the gut of a deceased mammal. They primarily prey on the large mammals of the African plains, grasslands stretching from horizon to horizon. Feathers can attract gunk, and gunk means bacteria, and bacteria means illness.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2015

The best bird was one lovely Common Chiffchaff that was very hard to locate in the thick crown of an old juniper tree, followed by one mysterious small falcon. Up the dirt track next to a hilltop church is not particularly productive at this time of year. It disappeared behind a tree in a split second, showing me only its back view.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

North of Dunedin is Orokonui , a wildlife Sanctuary modeled on Karori with a fence to keep introduced mammals out. The sanctuary has a population of Little Spotted Kiwi, as well as a range of other rare species such as Takahe , Stichbirds , New Zealand Falcons , Brown Teal and Red-crowned Parakeets. You really are spoiled here.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2021

This is the hook that draws us into reading about and caring about migrant birds, that and the charisma of birds like Spoon-billed Sandpiper, Kirtland’s Warbler, Snowy Owl, and Amur Falcon. Many of these stories will be known to avid readers of environmental news items and social media.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2012

Such activity hardly goes unnoticed by piratical and falcon-like Parasitic Jaegers and the larger, more thickset and not as common Pomarine Jaegers , readily on the lookout for a kleptoparasitic feeding opportunity along the outermost reefs.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2014

The extinction event that wiped out the pterosaurs, the non-avian dinosaurs, and so much other life created enormous opportunity for new organisms to diversify and thrive (lucky for us placental mammals!), So do parrots, some songbirds, humans, and a few other mammals. Where do these abilities come from? Eight years ago, Ericson et al.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

However, they were refound on Buldir Island, a remote island that never had any introduced mammals. North American Peregrine Falcons have also enjoyed an impressive population rebound in recent years. The foxes wreaked havoc on nesting birds, and island by island the geese disappeared, until it seemed that they were gone for good.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2018

Even on the approach to the gorge we encountered a Black-breasted Buzzard , Black Kites , Whistling Kites and Brown Falcons. There is a list of the birds, mammals and other creatures that you may encounter, but to your right there is an active Great Bowerbirds ‘ bower.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2017

Despite the golf course, this place host all manner of birds and mammals. In fact, we saw two species of monkey, our only sloths, lots of coatis, and my rarest ever mammal sighting—a Jaguarundi —right on site. Collared Forest-Falcon. Collared Forest-Falcon. All in all, the Radisson Summit delivered what we all wanted.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

The Achiever’s survey voyages took place from 2005 to 2008; the goal was to collect baseline data on sea mammals and marine birds. Fox relates her voyages according to the seasons, starting with her first survey in the spring. And, this was badly needed. ” There are amazing stories here.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 5, 2017

“Ducks, Geese, and Swans” in the front, “Blackbirds” in the back; “Caracaras and Falcons” next to “Old World Parrots,” “Loons” about one-third of the way down the list, after “Tropicbirds” and before “Albatrosses.”

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2014

I list mammals as well, at the end, where I have been able to identify them. FALCONIDAE (FALCONS). Peregrine Falcon ( Falco peregrinus ); Mount Kinabalu, Borneo, 7 January. I’m a terrible birder and may be wrong about identification. I’m pretty sure this is a Malaysian Hawk-cuckoo. STRIGOPIDAE (NEW ZEALAND PARROTS).

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2011

As the name suggests, the National Bison Range is mostly known for its large mammals. More enjoyable was the arrival of an American Kestrel – not the Prairie Falcon I was hoping for, but it put on a good show and was easy to point out to the others in the car as it hovered for prey.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 25, 2022

Echidna-egg laying mammal-500th post. Brown Falcon foraging after a bush fire. One Tree Hill-Dandenong Ranges National Park. Geelong-Rippleside Park to Eastern Park. Foster to Fish Creek. Fish Creek to Buffalo. Foster to Toora. Toora bird hide. Banded Stilt and Red-necked Avocets abound. Laughing Kookaburra in attack mode.

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