10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 6, 2013
Today’s post includes two such stories, brought all the way to you from Russia. In the hardcore “news” department, scientists from the United States and Russia have managed a successful study of the foraging and nesting habits of Blakiston’s Fish Owl , the largest owl on the planet and one of the rarest.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 18, 2024
When Jonathan Slaght did his research on Blakiston’s Fish Owl in Russia’s Far East – which he describes in his excellent book “Owls of the Eastern Ice” – he had to cope not only with extreme cold but also with rather bad music: “Katkov filled our commutes with loud music.
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10,000 Birds
JULY 18, 2013
Petersburg, Russia. After a little research I decided to head out the next day to Pavlovsk Palace and Gardens, an 18th Century Russian Imperial residence located about 35 minutes away from the city via train. Trips Europe Russia' Of course, birding was on the itinerary! First was an awesome stay in Iceland.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 11, 2024
According to eBird, “it breeds on rocky cliffs on islands in the Bering Sea, from Alaska to Russia; winters on open ocean”. Each tower has the capacity for 500 pairs, while each nesting space is fitted with a sliding Perspex panel, enabling researchers to view the Kittiwakes from inside the structures without the birds being able to see them.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 30, 2023
Further research revealed the Bird Hybrids blog ( [link] ) has several revealing photographs of this (and many other) hybrids. Where it had spent the summer is anyone’s guess, but the majority of the Pochard that winter in the UK come from Eastern Europe and Russia, with birds ringed in Latvia being particularly numerous.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 7, 2012
With populations plunging dramatically over the last decade, researchers from the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, Birds Russia, and a number of other conservation organizations made the always-controversial call to pluck eggs from the imperiled wild population and establish a captive breeding program as a final hedge against extinction.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 18, 2014
The other sub-species, Calidris canutus roselaari , migrates along the Pacific Coast and breeds in Alaska and the Wrangel Island in Russia. One of the two sub-species of Red Knot occurring in North America, the Rufa subspecies breeds in the Canadian Artic Region and migrates along the east or Atlantic coast of the United States.
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