10,000 Birds

MAY 14, 2013

The most famous of these is Cattle Egret , but Masked Duck looked like it might make things interesting for a while and Antillean Nighthawk has more or less staked out a little niche for itself in extreme southern Florida. But as soon as I stepped out of the car, I could not one, but two Cattle Tyrants preening in the trees.

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Cattle South America Florida Colorado 157

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 26, 2011

This year’s total of waterbirds species nesting on the islands wetlands was 18 with one species of grebe, four species of herons, one ibis, five species of ducks, two species of gallinules, five species of waders and one species of Tern. One pair of Little Egrets along with two pairs of Night Herons nested at Kanli dam.

Cyprus 173

Cyprus Ducks Cattle Breeding 173

10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2014

To avoid the predator, the duck – dived, and that was the only time ever to observe this species doing so. All dabbling ducks can dive, but rarely do. The Kozara route (7.8mi, top) and the Veliko Ratno Island circumnavigation route (4.3mi, left; source: Google Earth ).

Serbia 239

Serbia Stray Dog Botswana Protection 239

10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2020

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. There were no ducks, herons or ibis and only one Great Egret in the length of the gorge that you can walk. As we all well know there is something very different about 2020.

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2020 Australia Cattle Groups 261

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

Not that long ago, Costa Rica had one of the highest deforestation rates in the world, rainforests were razed to make way for hot and chiggery cattle pasture, and bot flies probably became more numerous than some bird populations.

Costa Rica 216

Costa Rica Species Panama Falcons 216

10,000 Birds

JULY 29, 2021

and 180 bird species ( Ferruginous Duck , Black Woodpecker ; Icterine , Eastern Olivaceous and Barred Warblers ) recorded so far. It is a spacious floodplain between the River Danube and the levee, 2.1 In June 2021, the Mayor of Belgrade announced that Beljarica will finally become officially protected.

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Farming Fish Birds Boars 264

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Very happy birders who traveled from all around the world for this very moment.

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Uganda Africa Penguins 2019 259

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2024

Few suitable nesting trees still survive today When I visited Kerkini last month, the water was high as high as I have ever seen it, though the number of ducks and geese was low, as is usual. There were a few Mallard, and the odd Ferruginous Duck, along with Greylag Geese and Mute Swans.

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Pelicans Greece Fish Bulgaria 187

10,000 Birds

MAY 29, 2012

Sure, the occasional Cattle Egret , Northern Mockingbird , or Red-shouldered Hawk can’t help but cross the path of those with eyes to see them, but the area is surprisingly bird-barren for a Florida zip code. The Magic Kingdom featured Donald, Daisy, and a few Mallards … we all know how much Disney likes ducks!

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Florida Alligators Birds Turtles 171

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 26, 2016

It’s the place to learn your African waterbirds, particularly ducks. I’ve seen Cape Teal , Red-billed Teal , Yellow-billed Duck , Cape Shoveller , Maccoa Duck , Southern Pochard, Egyptian Goose and Spur-winged Goose here. Cattle Egret in spring flowers. Cape Mongoose are also easy to see. Greater Flamingos.

Penguins 171

Penguins Mongoose Birds Ostriches 171

10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2011

It didn’t take much imagination to name Cowbirds or Cattle Egrets or Cattle Tyrants , but there’s more fantasy, even more wit, involved in the naming of other bovine birds. The genus Bucephala includes three familiar ducks with big heads. They’re all named for livestock.

Cows 141

Cows Cattle 2011 Deer 141

10,000 Birds

APRIL 30, 2023

The cattle moved away from the flooded areas and the area beside the highway is home to many species of birds. Terns roosting and Pacific Black Ducks There has been ample food for the Terns and other bird species for many months now. The Terns take advantage of the barbed wire fence along the edge of Roebuck Plains as a roost.

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Cattle Ducks Species Birds 147

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 15, 2015

I am checking the grass for any flash of white and soon my suspicion is confirmed: Cattle Egrets (cover photo)! Along the track leading there are numerous Crested Larks (by cattle corrals), Spotted Flycatchers and Whinchats (in reedbeds), until I reach the sea and climb the dyke to spot many grassy islets.

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Greece Dogs Pelicans Cattle 231

10,000 Birds

MAY 14, 2015

Above the reedbeds, there were numerous Common Sand Martins (Bank Swallows), with a few Barn Swallows , while the large herd of grazing cattle (one of them particularly interested in licking the dust off my car) was followed by two dozen Western Yellow Wagtails. The Danube shallows are waterless. Photo by Teodora’s Dad.

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Stray Dog Factory Turtles Serbia 224

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2020

Our three summer Duck species, Mexican, Ruddy, and Fulvous Whistling-Duck , expand to as many as thirteen species. And while all three of our common Egrets ( Great , Snowy , and Cattle ) are to be seen everywhere you look, only the American White Pelicans are as common as the Shovelers and Pintails. How many were there?

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Mexico South America Ducks Cattle 141

10,000 Birds

APRIL 3, 2011

It actually looked like the station owner was breeding birds rather than cattle! This group were hanging out with some Plumed Whistling Ducks. During July we would normally expect to have about 500 Black-winged Stilt in Roebuck Bay, but judging by what we saw we will have a lot more this year!

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Investigation Birds Cattle Ducks 140

10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2024

The pretty village is surrounded by the high hills of the Pennines, so we soon found ourselves driving through a mixture of cattle-grazed pastures and heather moorland, and our next three birds were all waders that depend on the moors for their nesting habitat.

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Sheep Breeding Ducks Hunters 199

10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2015

Along with the tiny pygmy geese there is Africa’s largest duck, the Spur-winged Goose , and perched high on dead branches above the river were White-breasted Cormorants (a subspecies of the Great Cormorant according to some), Reed Cormorants and African Darters. Hippo and attending Cattle Egret. Yellow-billed Stork.

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Botswana Lesotho Elephants Bald Eagle 162

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 18, 2020

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis; Lakeside Catfish farms, 11-Jan. Muscovy Duck – Crypturellus cinnamomeus; La Garita, 8-Jan. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis; Tambor, 3-Jan. Little Tinamou – Crypturellus soui; Raptor Ridge, 5-Jan. Thicket Tinamou – Crypturellus cinnamomeus; Raptor Ridge, 5-Jan.

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Costa Rica 2020 Morals Farming 259

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 21, 2023

After all, on a normal year this body of water only offers a good number of American Coots , a handful of hybrid, semi-domestic ducks, a few Pied-billed Grebes, Cattle, Snowy and Great Egrets, a Great Blue Hero n or two, and perhaps a few Spotted Sandpipers and Killdeer. Gadwalls flew overhead The Canvasbacks stayed on the water.

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Ducks Mexico California Fish 130

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2020

Cattle Egret 16. Knob-billed Duck 1. White-faced Whistling Duck 24. Yellow-billed Duck 2. Squacco Heron 2. Black-crowned Night Heron c. Green-backed Heron 7. Black Egret 3. Little Egret 2. African Spoonbill 2. Hadada Ibis 6. Hamerkop 1. Spur-winged Goose 2. Egyptian Goose 3. Yellow-billed Kite +. Steppe Buzzard 2.

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Botswana Africa 2001 Monkeys 185

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Muscovy Duck (Domestic type): 322. Mottled Duck: 19. Ring-necked Duck: 19. Cattle Egret: 133. We also hope to inspire and invite other counties in the United States or areas elsewhere in the world to organize their own bird count events to energize and bring together their own local birding communities. Gadwall: 3.

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Miami 2015 United States Florida 166

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 9, 2019

You can’t cast your eyes in any direction too long before landing on some sort of antelope or big mammal, and the quality of the birding boggles the mind. Whether exploring Uganda’s eastern or western attractions, always make time for Murchison Falls!

Uganda 183

Uganda Senegal Africa Game 183

10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2014

Screamers are most closely related to waterfowl such as ducks and geese. Halfway between SouthWild Pantanal and the northern terminus of the Transpantaneira, Pousada Alegre offers slightly more affordable lodging set within a working cattle ranch. Crossing them was like taking a leap of faith each time.

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Brazil Paraguay Blackbirds Birds 165

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 16, 2018

Garganey and Ferruginous Duck , as well as Goosanders (aka Common Mergansers) at mountain reservoirs – they are all busy nesting. In the last ten years, Cattle Egrets have bred again, on and off, but for the first time since 1870s. With cold spells comes the rare Long-tailed Duck. In winter, Jack Snipes join Common Snipes.

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Serbia Macedonia Geese Owls 150

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 17, 2017

In my homeland, some 800 km / 500 mi further north, these ducks are common on migration but very rare in the breeding season and I realized that these are my first young birds – ever. A few Lesser Kestrels by the dyke wall, then a Black-eared Wheatear at some cattle fencing. Ferruginous Duck – Aythya nyroca 2.

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Greece Killing Pelicans Eagles 185

10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2019

Several Ferruginous Duck and one surprising male Goosander , four Glossy Ibises , Common Kingfishers , Eurasian Hopooes , a high note of a Penduline Tit somewhere from the willows along the canal, Eurasian Spoonbills , European Turtle Doves gently purrring ….

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Greece Pelicans Buffalo Fish 193

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 25, 2018

Check out this image of a Great Egret ( Ardea alba ), Snowy Egret ( Egretta thula ) and Cattle Egret ( Bubulcus ibis ) together. And, of course, the infamous Falcated Duck ( Mareca falcata ) viewed by thousands of birders from the Colusa NWR viewing platform.

Wildlife 101

Wildlife Sacramento Bald Eagle Falcons 101

10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2011

Highlights there was a Garganey , 75+ Cattle Egret , 10 Purple Heron , 5+ Penduline Tit , 2 Night Heron , a Great Reed Warbler , and a Water Rail. As it was, we were only able to add Black-headed Gull for gull species there, along with Red-throated Pipit and Ferruginous Duck.

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Cyprus 2011 Birds Owls 145

10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2013

Around the edges you may see White-breasted Waterhens , Yellow Bitterns and Lesser Whistling Ducks. My personal list for Paser Ris runs to 75 birds over 15 visits that average out at around 25 species per outing. If you are not birdwatching, you may wish to join in with the musical Tai Chi sessions. Yellow Bittern.

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Singapore Woodpeckers Parrots Zebras 160

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Research indicates that this decline can be tempered by management of cattle grazing practices, preventing growth of shrubs and trees and the invasion of non-native plants. I need to add that Sprague’s Pipit, like many of the grassland birds we saw, are declining in alarming numbers.

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North Dakota Sparrows Birds Blackbirds 137

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 16, 2021

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis; Tirimbina, 9-Jan. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis; San Joaquin de Heredia, 1-Jan. Here I go, I hope you also surpass your birding goals in 2021. Great Tinamou – Tinamus major; Tirimbina, 9-Jan. Gray-headed Chachalaca – Ortalis cinereiceps; Tirimbina, 9-Jan.

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Costa Rica Parrots Birds Baltimore 160

10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2011

By the way, the Queens Zoo has a very nice collection of ducks that are certainly not countable for a birder’s life list but are useful in terns of studying and learning field marks. Mallard Complexity About the Author Corey Corey is a New Yorker who has lived most of his life upstate but has spent the last three years in Queens.

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Bald Eagle Zoos 2011 Deer 113

10,000 Birds

MAY 2, 2016

Yeah, we got great looks at the swamphens and also had Mottled Ducks , Gray Kingbird , Yellow-crowned Night-Heron , baby Common Gallinules , and Black-necked Stilts but the lack of a Least Bittern was indicative of Carlos’s inability to get the truly hard birds. We saw twenty-one swamphens but not a single Least Bittern. Some guide!

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Florida Miami Birds Owls 117

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 19, 2019

It could mean venturing outdoors on January First accompanied by a storm of gulls picking through frozen garbage, or meditating on the calls of ducks, geese, and finches during a cold, misty dawn. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis; Carara, 3-Jan. Muscovy Duck – Cairina moschata; Turrucares, 1-Jan.

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Costa Rica 2019 Parrots Woodpeckers 113

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 20, 2018

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis; Lands in Love, 12-Jan. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis; Sarapiqui, 2-Jan. Lifers will be in caps, other cool birds of note in bold. Here we go! Great Tinamou – Tinamus major; Sarapiqui, 1-Jan. Little Tinamou – Crypturellus soui; Sarapiqui, 1-Jan.

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Costa Rica Parrots Woodpeckers Birds 154

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

Wedge-tailed Eagle -bigger than the cattle!? We also found our first Pink-eared Ducks for 2021 and also Red-kneed Dotterels. The birds appeared to know they needed to move to and the Magpie Geese and Wandering Whistling-Ducks were flying away from the storm. We expect the Red-kneed Dotterels will breed here once again.

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Geese Eagles Australia Cattle 254