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A Bird in the Hand: American Kestrels

July 20, 2012 by Walter 14 Comments

Baby birds are on the brain this week. I recently helped out with an American Kestrel nest box program and got some close encounters...

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The Moby Dick of Albatross

July 19, 2012 by Felonious Jive 5 Comments

Midway Atoll has hundreds of thousands of Laysan Albatross…it is the biggest nesting colony of Laysan Albatross in the world. During my legendary tenure...

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Common Tern Chicks Walk to the Water

by Corey 9 Comments

Nickerson Beach, Nassau County, New York, July 2011 Common Terns nest in colonies. The sheer number of birds packed together offer some protection to...

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Killdeer from Egg to Adult

by Corey 7 Comments

The Killdeer is a wide-ranging plover. It breeds across much of North America, is present year-round in the Caribbean, northern Central America, and the...

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Baby Spotted Dikkop

July 18, 2012 by Mike 45 Comments

Any worthwhile discussion of baby birds will wisely lean heavily towards young shorebirds, which are surely among the most adorable of all immature avifauna....

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Cavity Nesting Birds of North America and Their Babies!

by Larry 8 Comments

Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) Female at Cavity Entrance photos by Larry Jordan “Some 85 species of North American birds excavate nesting holes, use cavities resulting...

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Baby Mute Swans – “immutabilis” morph

by Jochen 1 Comment

Mute Swans are large, white, and decorative, and as such their natural range has been significantly altered by humans who generally enjoy having them...

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