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Baby Mute Swans – “immutabilis” morph

July 18, 2012 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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An unusual auk baby

by Duncan 5 Comments

Life is hard for baby birds, as the world is filled with reasons why they might not make it too adulthood. Starvation and predators...

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Photo Essay: Green-rumped Parrotlets from Egg to Adult

July 17, 2012 by a Guest 14 Comments

Nick Sly, a friend of 10,000 Birds who writes intermittently at the thoroughly-recommended Biological Ramblings, is an ornithologist who graduated not so long ago from...

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The Sunbitterns of Costa Rica

by James 20 Comments

From time to time during the filming of our TV series we come across something totally unexpected. Mostly the unexpected event is caused by...

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The Darwinian Chick

by Greg 4 Comments

Why can’t a baby bird just hatch out of the egg and fly away, or at least, be able to fly a little and...

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Baby Ibisbills – A Short Picture Story

July 16, 2012 by Jochen 3 Comments

The wonderful Tien Shan mountains south of Almaty / Kazakhstan, with Big Almaty Lake in the background. Aside from its astounding landscape and...

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Feeding a Fledgling Song Thrush

by Corey 2 Comments

Do you know what the luckiest little bird in the world is? It is a fledgling Song Thrush being attended by a parent outside...

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Baby Eurasian Wrens

July 15, 2012 by Jochen 4 Comments

Eurasian Wrens are very common in forests throughout Germany. They owe their awful name to the fact that the former holarctic “Wren” or “Winter Wren” was...

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