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Windjana Gorge in 2020

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As we all well know there is something very different about 2020. Following on from our first camping trip for 2020 we took another camping trip a bit further afield. Having observed the Cattle Egret in breeding plumage at the Derby Poo Ponds on June 19th we found ourselves at Windjana Gorge first thing the following morning.

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Where I Went Birding that Third Weekend of September 2020

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There was the Botteri’s Sparrow giving a larger Canyon Towhee a piece of its mind, on my way into town: The reservoir itself was underwhelming, only offering me a collection of white Egrets (Cattle, Snowy and Great) and a single Great Blue Heron. This was my fourth and final FOY bird for the day. Brown-backed Solitaire.

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Pat’s 2020 Bird List, Mostly from Costa Rica

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This is my year list for 2020, the list of the bird species identified from January 1st, 2020 to December 31st, 2020. It’s going to be good, it already is, I wish all you other birders out there a fantastic, fulfilling year of birding in 2020! Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis; Tambor, 3-Jan.

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Collaborative list – March 2020

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Cattle Egret ( Bubulcus ibis ). The post Collaborative list – March 2020 appeared first on 10,000 Birds. Black-headed Gull ( Chroicocephalus ridibundus ). Ring-billed Gull ( Larus delawarensis ). Herring Gull ( Larus argentatus ). Larinae sp. ). Gray Heron ( Ardea cinerea ). Black Vulture ( Coragyps atratus ).

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A World Turned Upside Down

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Our 2020 drought taught me that any body of water, no matter how small, might host these “drought refugees” in dry years. The former should number at least a hundred thousand individuals each winter, while the latter should be present in the tens of thousands.

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Birding a Kimberley Quarry in 2020

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Cattle have been in the area and so there will be small remaining pools from their hoof prints if rain does not come to the area soon just like last time. The post Birding a Kimberley Quarry in 2020 appeared first on 10,000 Birds. Spinifex Pigeons cautiously working their way down to the water. A bush full of Zebra Finch .

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Collaborative List – July 2020

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Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. The post Collaborative List – July 2020 appeared first on 10,000 Birds. Intermediate Egret – Ardea intermedia. Little Egret – Egretta garzetta. Snowy Egret – Egretta thula. Little Blue Heron – Egretta caerulea. Tricolored Heron – Egretta tricolor.

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