10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 20, 2019

It is always hot in Kununurra and you can easily observe many of the bird species around town from your air-conditioned vehicle. Right beside the road and the irrigation channel were a mixed flock of Cattle Egret , Intermediate Egrets and Little Black Cormorants all “caged” in.

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Cattle Research Family Rights 105

10,000 Birds

JUNE 16, 2019

We started our Singapore bird list at Pasir Ris and leaving the train station we were delighted to see several Cattle Egrets on the grass and several photographers. We encountered several bird species there including a Yellow-rumped Flycatcher and a nesting Red-breasted Parakeet. Oriental Pied Hornbill. Yellow-rumped Flycatcher.

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Singapore Otters Owls Zebras 115

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2022

I do not get too many comments on my blog posts, but it seems that whenever I write about jacanas – whether in Africa, Australia, or Asia – there is an unusually high number of reactions (well, maybe one or two rather than the usual zero) from female readers. This Cattle Egret has just read a paper stating that it would be 3.6

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Birds South Korea Japan Abandoning 162

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

Other species have certainly expanded their ranges, but never in such a rapid and global scale. I’d like to introduce you to a diminutive heron, the Cattle Egret Bubuclus ibis. The Cattle Egret is native to Africa, where it is a familiar sight among herds of large mammals. a Cattle Egret in Brooklyn.

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Cattle South Korea Suriname Seychelles 170

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

There has also been another tropical low that came very close to Broome dumping heavy rains and then continued around the coast of Western Australia. This bird species is known to travel large distances around Australia. Wedge-tailed Eagle -bigger than the cattle!? Three Wedge-tailed Eagles.

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Geese Eagles Australia Cattle 258

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

This is the only highway around Australia in this part of the country and we don’t need it falling to bits! They were busy feeding around the cattle water trough that the cattle can’t get to unless they want wet hooves! We always travel through the shallowest section to prevent damage to the highway.

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Barn Owls Cattle Reptiles Ducks 190

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

It is often a lot hotter there than closer to the coast and many bird species roost in the area or come in for a drink and bathe during the day. Last Sunday there were plenty of bird species to see and it was easy enough to stand in the shade and watch the birds come in for a drink.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2020

The main bird species around the quarry were Zebra Finch , Painted Finch , Spinifex Pigeons , Crested Pigeons , Peaceful Doves and Diamond Doves. 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. A bush full of Zebra Finch .

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2020 Zebras Cattle Birds 297

10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2013

Let’s take Singapore’s Changi International Airport as an example; it is a huge hub airport with large numbers of people passing through in transit to Australia, Indonesia and south-east Asia. My personal list for Paser Ris runs to 75 birds over 15 visits that average out at around 25 species per outing. and take 23 minutes).

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Singapore Woodpeckers Parrots Zebras 160

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2017

In Australia it is winter in July, but the weather is as perfect as you could hope for in the north of the country with daytime temperatures around 30c/86f and the night-time temperatures being around 20c/68f and rarely a cloud in the sky. Cattle can be anywhere! An area of highway that floods.

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Australia Kangaroos Cattle Reptiles 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 29, 2015

Halls Creek is situated inland on the Great Northern Highway, which is the only bitumen road around the north of Australia. It has a small population of approximately 1100 people and is a major hub for the local indigenous people and for the cattle industry. This is exactly where you want to be! Spinifex Pigeons inside the fence line!

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Australia Ducks Cattle Industry 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2021

At the shallow natural clay-pan where the three Pink-eared Ducks were hiding in plain sight there were many other bird species. As you can see it does not take much water to attract birds in Australia! The same applies when you come further north to the Kimberley in Western Australia.

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Australia Eagles Cattle Birds 264

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2016

There actually could not have been much less water really, because it was little more than a hoof print full after the last of the cattle gave up on it for a supply of water! This particular quarry north of Fitzroy Crossing was almost dry when we last visited, but not dry enough that there were no birds at all. Quarry landscape.

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Zebras Cattle Birds Species 143

10,000 Birds

JULY 26, 2015

This is cattle country and it is actually fenced, which many parts of the Kimberley are not and you pass through Ruby Plains and then Carranya station to reach the crater. I am uncertain of the exact species of dragon that we commonly found on the rim. Dragon on the rim. Grevillea wickhamii flowers. Mulla mulla. Camel bush.

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Camels Birds Cattle Zebras 166

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2016

Life’s been pretty hectic since we returned from a trip into the Pilbara area of Western Australia and I have hardly touched on all of our adventures due to other exciting bird news back home. Hundreds of Budgerigars were swooping down to the water and almost blocked our view of the cattle! Budgerigars roosting around the dam.

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Cattle Australia Birds Rights 101

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 26, 2020

Over recent weeks I have been able to share some of my observations along the Great Southern Rail Trail in Victoria, Australia. They are very similar to the Masked Lapwings in the north of Australia, but of course they have ‘black shoulders”! Two Cattle Egrets with four cows! Black-shouldered Lapwings.

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Buffalo Fish Koalas Cattle 163

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2013

New Zealand, where I live, am the 10,000 Birds Beat Writer of, and of which I very occasionally actually write about, is home to several species of heron. Like most of the rest of the world this species is kind of new here, having recently colonised from, well, wherever those things actually came from. It wasn’t always this way.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 24, 2021

This particular bird species is not common around Broome, but easily found in Derby. The tide was out and we were hopeful of a Great-billed Heron , but luck was not on our side for this species on this visit. Both of these bird species are easier to find in Derby than in Broome. Little Egret. Kimberley Flycatcher.

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Breeding Cattle 2014 Australia 241

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 30, 2015

On our trip to the north of Western Australia we took the opportunity to visit the Pentecost River, which is south of Wyndham and is near the start of the infamous Gibb River Road. It really didn’t matter if the Pentecost River could not offer us many other species, because Gouldian Finch are a rare bird to observe in the wild.

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Birds Australia Cattle Pelicans 151

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Another example of its staggering wealth is the fact that the 22,000 hectare Table Mountain National Park situated within the city of Cape Town has more plant species than the whole of the British Isles or New Zealand! An indication of its floral wealth is that this region covers a mere 0.5%

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 19, 2014

You first encounter the Magpie Geese with Cattle Egret along Fiddlers Lane in the mango orchards and they are taking advantage of the shade and the fallen mangos. There are Great Egrets, Cattle Egrets and Intermediate Egre ts around the lagoon and the Intermediate Egrets came rather close to me as they fed. Magpie Geese.

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Geese Cattle Pelicans Ducks 166

10,000 Birds

MARCH 10, 2013

As we travelled around the hinterland we discovered that the Cattle Egret in that area of Queensland were with the cattle! Cattle Egret and cattle. Australian Bustard and cattle. At the end of four weeks of camping and birding we had only had one day with no new bird species and we had 271 for Queensland.

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Cattle Birds Litter 2012 151

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2021

9 beats from 8 countries (Australia, USA, UK, Serbia, Costa Rica, China, Trinidad and Tobago and Mexico), shared 138 checklists for 703 species. The year list to date is 1015 species and 7 have been added to the life list ( 4059 ) from Costa Rica, China and Trinidad and Tobago. 201 Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis.

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Woodpeckers Sparrows Parrots Ducks 186

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 8, 2017

A visit to the nearby Camooweal Caves National Park was along a gravel road, but of fairly good quality and offered most of the same bird species and a few other species that we had not observed on the edge of the lakes. Black-winged Stilt. Spotted Bowerbird.

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Ducks Pigs Zebras Feral 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2013

One gate had Glossy Ibis, Pied Heron, White-faced Heron, Little Pied Cormorant and Cattle Egrets all roosting together. Every power line in the area had a Red-backed Kingfisher on it and it would have to be one of the easiest species to see in the agricultural area! Trips Australia Kununurra' Birds roosting on sluice gate.

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Birds Collecting Seals Cattle 145

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 26, 2012

It spent its visit at the Golf Course with the Masked Lapwings Vanellus miles and the previous visit by the species had been in February 2008 and prior to that September 2005. We often bird that area throughout the year as it can produce some good species depending on the season. How wrong we were!

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2014 Zebras 2005 2008 154

10,000 Birds

MAY 31, 2015

One species we are more likely to find in this area than others is the Varied Sittella. Although there were not a lot of individual species there was a great variety. Boab tree with several Egret species roosting and Whistling Kite nests. Our bush camp was far from quiet, but we know that Australian birds are not quiet species!

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Birds Ducks Zebras Species 157

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2020

7 beats contributed their sightings from 7 countries (Hong Kong, UK, China, USA, Serbia, Australia and, of course, Costa Rica). 149 checklists were submitted, accounting for 465 species. Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis). The total for the year has been pushed to 1478 , whilst the life list has reached 4009. Great Egret (Ardea alba).

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2020 Niger Sparrows Woodpeckers 153

10,000 Birds

JUNE 19, 2013

I pulled over, as this was only the third time I have seen this species, and found a few Australian White Ibis among them, along with Purple Swamphens. The only other time I have seen this species before was in Victoria, at the same site that I first saw Straw-necked Ibis at as it happens. Another time.

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Parrots Barn Owls Eagles Australia 145

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

The engaged and generous beats ( 10 of them) have shared 188 checklists during January and have accounted for 859 species from 8 countries (USA, Australia, Costa Rica, Brazil, Argentina, UK, New Zealand and Serbia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia.

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2019 Australia Jamaica Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 21, 2016

Due to the fact that we have recorded up to eighty species on any visit in recent weeks I will break them down into the larger species and then the smaller species next week. There are no trails as such, but you can follow in the cattle tracks along the edge of the river or the gravel tracks used by vehicles.

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Pelicans Birds Eagles Ducks 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2019

During July, 11 beats birded 11 countries (USA, UK, Australia, Spain, New Zealand, Costa Rica, Japan, UAE, Mexico, China and Saudi Arabia) and submitted 82 checklists. They accounted for 562 species at this sluggish time of year. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Western Australia. These are the numbers. 01 Jul 2019.

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2019 Idaho Sparrows Woodpeckers 119

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2021

The list for the year has reached 1276 and the life list has been stretched to 4066 with red ticks from China, Australia and Trinidad and Tobago, thanks to Kai, Claire and Grant and Faraaz respectively. 9 beats submitted 172 checklists from 7 countries (UK, USA, Costa Rica, Australia, Serbia, China and Trinidad and Tobago) for 640 species.

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Woodpeckers Sparrows Blackbirds Parrots 154

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2021

My birding list for November totals 15 species. Thank goodness that the rest of the beats have been busily birding,that’s what they like to do… 9 of them submitted 114 checklists via eBird and amassed 525 species from 7 (China, Australia, Mexico, Costa Rica, UK, Serbia and USA) countries during November.

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Sparrows Woodpeckers Parrots Costa Rica 209

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2020

At time of writing (usually a couple of days early to avoid the deadline panic), UK is fielding 63 species. 8 beats contributed 70 checklists from 7 countries (UK, USA, Costa Rica, China, Serbia, Australia and Singapore). 102 Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. 102 Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. UK El Campeón!

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2020 Costa Rica Blackbirds Woodpeckers 160

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2021

December’s beats found 609 birds after submitting 116 checklists from 8 countries (USA, UK, Costa Rica, China, Mexico, Serbia and Australia). The year list ends on a provisional 1803 species from 1608 checklists submitted by 12 beats from 16 countries. Most species-prolific was Patrick in Costa Rica, followed by Paul from Mexico.

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2020 Sparrows Woodpeckers Parrots 229

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2022

8 of them sent 153 lists, noting 645 species of bird across 7 countries (Mexico, UK, USA, Serbia, Australia, Costa Rica, Colombia). It has not resulted in extraordinary numbers of sightings personally, but the beats have been busy on their respective patches and have sent me their lists to collate. The year list finishes at 1628.

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Woodpeckers Sparrows Parrots Owls 238