10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Moreover, the pair I saw was feeding from a livestock trough alongside a group of cattle. In 1938, they were reduced to only 18 birds in the Aransas-Wood Buffalo flock and only 11 remaining in the non-migratory Louisiana flock. According to the ABA, they are not countable. By 1950, the Louisiana flock was gone.

Buffalo 223

Buffalo Florida Louisiana 2004 223

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Visitors to T&T may be familiar with the area – the famed Aripo Livestock Station. Access is restricted, and the livestock referred to are highly temperamental water buffalo. Our jaunt for the CBC of 2015 turned out to be the first of many, as I have been assigned that area each count since then.

Trinidad 171

Trinidad Livestock 2015 Buffalo 171

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2012

The lush pastures of the Aripo Livestock Station sustained herds of happy Buffalypso , a special breed of T&T beef cattle named for their Water Buffalo heritage and Calypso-happy country. Where we entered the area, the savannah seemed more like Aripo Ranch. In fact, it was.

Trinidad 177

Trinidad Fast Food Cattle Blackbirds 177

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2015

These vast and rugged lands of savanna, hills, gorges and rivers still protect some of Ethiopia’s largest extant herds of typical African savanna game, including African Elephant, African Buffalo, Giraffe, Lion, Leopard, African Wild Dog and numerous species of grazers. Yellow-billed Stork.

Ethiopia 239

Ethiopia Sudan Leopards Cattle 239