Cattle Deer Research 
10,000 Birds
MARCH 11, 2011
We remember starlings not skylarks, House Sparrows not Eurasian Tree Sparrows , Cattle Egrets not… well, whatever we’ve forgotten because it didn’t do as well as the Cattle Egrets. It’s just that the exceptions are so much more attention-grabbing. And after all, some birds have to expand their range sometimes.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 19, 2014
I want to talk about this research but if you really want to know more about it, don’t rely on me; one of the co-authors of this important paper is Darren Naish, who happens to be a stupendous blogger, and he has written the research up here. So go read that for sure, and revel in the excellent graphics.
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 18, 2011
UNLESS that is you get yourself down to the internationally-renowned Tambopata Research Centre in southern Peru where literally hundreds of macaws (and other parrots) congregate around a 50 meter high clay bank. These threats are further exacerbated by the naturally low reproductive rates of these cavity-nesting birds.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 20, 2012
Thus, the cattle we raise for meat and dairy are sometimes called Bos taurus while the extinct wild form is always called Bos primigenius. The trip was probably reasonably well planned and it would have been known to these travelers that game birds, as well as deer and fish, were abundant in the region they were traveling to.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 3, 2018
Table Mountain NP–Deer Park. Table Mountain NP–Deer Park. Table Mountain NP–Deer Park. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Deer Fence Canal Rd. 11 Jun 2018.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 6, 2018
Table Mountain NP–Deer Park. Table Mountain NP–Deer Park. Table Mountain NP–Deer Park. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Deer Fence Canal Rd. 11 Jun 2018.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 4, 2018
Table Mountain NP–Deer Park. Table Mountain NP–Deer Park. Table Mountain NP–Deer Park. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Deer Fence Canal Rd. 11 Jun 2018.
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