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Great Miami Winter Bird Count 2015

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Cattle Egret: 133. American White Pelican: 19. Brown Pelican: 53. American Bittern: 2. Great Blue Heron: 62. Great Egret: 75. Snowy Egret: 49. Little Blue Heron: 32. Tricolored Heron: 36. Reddish Egret: 1. Green Heron: 39. Black-crowned Night-Heron: 34. Yellow-crowned Night-Heron: 5. White Ibis: 2,727. Glossy Ibis: 21. Roseate Spoonbill: 4.

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A kestrel in the rain

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Martin spent his working life in primary education, was formerly a trustee of Kent Wildlife Trust, and as a keen wildlife photographer, completed a Masters’s degree in photography in 2015. He lives in Southeast England, writes articles about wildlife for local journals, exhibits his photos, and gives talks.

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Better Birding: A Book Review (& a New Year’s goal)

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It is the last day of 2015, time to select the bird of the year past and set goals for the bright open future, when everything is new again. Press, 2015), and has also written articles on eBird and bird identification. Press; December, 2015. George is a natural teacher and I’m betting that Brian is one too. By George L.

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Duncan’s 2015 List

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Cattle Egret ( Bubulcus ibis ); Chobe NP, Botswana, 1 January. Birding 2015 year list Year List 2015' Great Egret or White Heron, ( Ardea alba ); Chobe NP, Botswana, 1 January. Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta ); Chobe NP, Botswana, 1 January. Black Egret ( Egretta ardesiaca ); Chobe NP, Botswana, 1 January.

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Duncan Road birding

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Azure Kingfisher -300th bird for 2015! At this time of year there are cattle being transported along the Duncan Road and due to the size of the cattle trucks being over 50 metres long and due to the extreme dust it is advisable to just get off the main track completely and wait for the dust to settle. Cattle truck and dust!

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Saving the Drowning Cormorant, or the Kerkini Lake, Greece

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We are entering the mixed colony of 11 species ( Grey , Squacco , Purple and Black-crowned Night Herons ; Great , Little and, recently, Cattle Egrets ; Eurasian Spoonbill (below) and Glossy Ibis ; Pygmy and Great Cormorant ). These visits are strictly regulated and the birds are habituated to people, showing no reaction to our presence.

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Munkajarra Wetlands near Derby

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At the end of May in 2015 I wrote about the area too and there were huge numbers of birds there then. Quite often there are Australian Pelicans , Brolga and Royal Spoonbills present and the egret species often include Great Egret , Intermediate Egret , Little Egret and Cattle Egret. Purple Swamphens. Black-necked Stork.

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