10,000 Birds
APRIL 15, 2024
And now we get to the part of the post in which I briefly and unscientifically mention a few research papers on the species to have a reason to post a few more of my photos. It states that populations of Whooper Swans grow 30 times faster inside nature reserves than outside.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 4, 2013
Or else I’d be tempted to mention that the cold rainy weather has given way to a massive heat wave and drought, or that the summer doldrums this year are more boring than ever, or that it is so unfair that Corey is more than 100 species ahead of me in his year list, or that I really would enjoy some nice birds for a change!
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10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 19, 2013
The mechanism by which this is happening in at least some species of birds is very interesting. ” This can also explain why advances in migration timing are not common among species migrating over long distances. Migration Shift Cause Better Understood. Birds have been migrating earlier. ” GannetCam.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 26, 2019
This is thought to be derived from súla, which is an Old Norse and Icelandic word for the gannet. Yet a third reference is to a foolish manner, and lack of fear of danger, such as its history of fearless contact with humans. Where exactly, did it come from? To answer that we need to start with the genus name, Sula.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 24, 2018
Bob Dieterich arrived and we enjoyed a look at a second Lesser Black-backed Gull before we walked up the beach to the edge of our circle, slowly adding a few species here and there. A large flock of Sanderlings was scanned assiduously but there were no other species mixed in and no other shorebirds to be found at all.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 7, 2012
It’s the warbler that is often the last unchecked species on birders’ life lists and, whether you list or not, for most of us observing it is a once in a lifetime experience. Fish and Wildlife Service endangered species list. The warbler is on the road to being delisted from the Endangered Species List.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
Many years ago the journal British Birds published a note from an observer who had watched Turnstones scavenging from a human corpse that had washed up on the tideline. Both species of geese have increased hugely in recent years. These tough little waders are notorious for eating almost anything. Pinkfooted Geese.
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