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King Wood Rails on the compost heap.

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The memory was triggered recently by a weed catcher on Laguna de los Copios in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A Cattle Tyrant rode shotgun on the collecting bucket, leaping down into the scoop when it spied something to eat. Oh, to be that tractor driver! La laguna is troubled by floating weed.

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Red-legged Seriema

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They are often found in association with cattle and benefit in much the same way that egrets do. Red-legged Seriema, Cariama cristata , can be seen in Brazil and Uruguay and overlap with the Black-legged Seriema in Northern Argentina and Paraguay. “Seriema!”. 10,000 Clicks: Photo-galleries and ID Features.

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Birding Chaco at JV Gonzles – Trip Report

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This land has gone through extensive ecosystem destruction from farming cattle and soybeans. We had been birding the north-west side of Argentina for 7 days and drove more than 3,000 km. This was the first part of our birding trip to Argentina and it was coming to an end. The closer we got to J.V.

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Brazil’s Pantanal: A Birding Spectacle

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Halfway between SouthWild Pantanal and the northern terminus of the Transpantaneira, Pousada Alegre offers slightly more affordable lodging set within a working cattle ranch. Screamers are most closely related to waterfowl such as ducks and geese. Alas, it was over too soon.

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Zero Gravity Brewing Company: Bobolink Saison

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And of course, there are Cattle Egrets ( Bubulcus ibis ) and several species of cowbirds that rarely stray too far from livestock. For most of history, beer has thrived in agrarian settings, too. In fact, the specific epithet oryzivorus means “rice-eating” in Latin.

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What Flies Over Costa Rica in the Night?

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Several likely winter in the southern Amazon (where the forest and all of its incredible biodiversity is being steadily decimated and replaced with massive cattle farms) but according to migration data, even more may depend on the forests of the Gran Chaco in Paraguay and northern Argentina as well as related dry forest habitats in Bolivia.

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Collaborative list – August 2019

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12 beats visited 12 countries (USA, UK, Costa Rica, Ghana, Nigeria, New Zealand, Serbia, Ireland, Australia, Mexico, China and Argentina), sharing 148 lists along the way and noting 844 species (old and new). Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Not to be out-done, the beats have been out doing their thing as well. 23 Aug 2019.

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