Cattle Ducks Research 
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 26, 2011
This comes from BirdLife Cyprus’ research officer Mike Miltiadou, and shared by Melpo Apostolidou: Waterbirds that bred on the island this year. Glossy Ibises Plegadis falcinellus had a successful second year at Famagusta Lake with five pairs producing 19 fledglings. The wading species also had a successful year.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 22, 2022
The altruistic vampire, back at the roost after a meal of horse or cattle blood, will regurgitate the blood to feed not only her own pup, but other adults and their pups too, all of this prompted by being groomed by the donee and, in particular, by being licked on the lips. Where, physically, is the bird’s sensor located?
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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.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 1, 2022
Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks , Muscovy Ducks and Blue-winged Teals were around us, together with Green , Great and Little Blue Herons , Cattle and Great White Egrets , Black-crowned and Yellow-crowned Night-Herons , plus one locally rare Pinnated Bittern in the floating vegetation, as well as several dozen Neotropical Cormorants.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 4, 2018
Yellow-billed Duck – Anas undulata. Red-billed Duck – Anas erythrorhyncha. Comb Duck – Sarkidiornis melanotos. Indian Spot-billed Duck – Anas poecilorhyncha. Freckled Duck – Stictonetta naevosa. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Rondevlei Nature Reserve. 14 Jun 2018.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 2, 2017
Plumed Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna eytoni. White-faced Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna viduata. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis. West Indian Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna arborea. West Indian Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna arborea. Wood Duck – Aix sponsa.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 3, 2018
Yellow-billed Duck – Anas undulata. Red-billed Duck – Anas erythrorhyncha. Knob-billed Duck – Sarkidiornis melanotos. Indian Spot-billed Duck – Anas poecilorhyncha. Freckled Duck – Stictonetta naevosa. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Rondevlei Nature Reserve.
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