10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The usual ducks were also present – Black-bellied Whistling Duck and White-cheeked Pintail. Both of these are dabbling ducks while the scaups are divers. Checking some of the other ponds revealed more ducks, namely a group of ten Blue-winged Teal and a staggering number of Black-bellied Whistling Ducks.

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Trinidad Falcons Ducks Livestock 227

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

One species I can always count on at Colusa NWR is the Black-crowned Night-Heron ( Nycticorax nycticorax ), which boasts a large resident population. I was pleasantly surprised to see that Colusa NWR was beginning to fill its impoundments during this drought, and there were quite a few ducks and geese present.

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Wildlife San Francisco Sacramento North Dakota 158

10,000 Birds

MAY 14, 2013

It has no avian endemic species (only one subspecies), and its most spectacular birds like Venezuelan Troupial and Fiery-Topaz Hummingbird can be found in greater numbers across a narrow strait in mainland South America, where you can pick up an additional 400-500 species besides. But they prefer to hang tight in the islands.

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Cattle South America Florida Colorado 156

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

That honor goes to the Gray-crowned Crane , a very sexy species in its own right. Our satisfied group then moved on the other treasures to be found at Mabamba, a slew of kingfishers, waders, raptors, and assorted songbirds that quickly grew to a list of over 70 species in just a few blissful hours.

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Uganda Africa Penguins 2019 250

10,000 Birds

JUNE 11, 2015

There were no garden ponds, fountains or any other water sources there and to this day I have no clue what a wagtail was doing there (I also know that it raised an eyebrow in suspicion of my ID, but there are no other similar species around). Waders were represented by Kittlitz’s Plover , Ruff , Wood Sandpiper , Avocet and Black-winged Stilt.

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Africa Botswana Europe Birds 202

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. Green-backed Gerygones were calling and it is a species we always seek out when we visit. As we all well know there is something very different about 2020.

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2020 Australia Cattle Groups 257

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 179

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.

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Cattle Ducks Species Birds 147

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 169

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2020

So on January 1st, or as close to it as I can get, I always head a half hour north to the one site of mine that offers more species than any other: Lago de Cuitzeo (Cuitzeo Lake). This lake is always good for some 50-60 species, even during the three months or so of summer when no migratory species can be expected.

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Mexico South America Ducks Cattle 139

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. Greater Flamingos. Strandfontein.

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Penguins Mongoose Birds Ostriches 171

10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2024

Seeing 50 species of birds on an early summer day in lowland England isn’t difficult, but on the moors of the Pennines – the rugged hills that form the spine of northern England – it’s not so easy. Though they remain a legal quarry species, they are rarely shot. Scoping from the road for Black Grouse.

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Sheep Breeding Ducks Hunters 191

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. The tertium comparationis between birds and cows isn’t always visual.

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Cows Cattle 2011 Deer 141

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)! This species is still uncommon in the Balkans and despite the recent spread, Kalamas is the most reliable site for it in Greece (and this made my only second ever observation of them in Europe).

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Greece Dogs Pelicans Cattle 226

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 18, 2020

The prospect of identifying a certain number of species in a given amount of time pushes us to pay more attention to birds no matter what the circumstances (although I suggest keeping the exclamations about species identifications to yourself during such solemn situations as funerals, graduations, and watching episodes of The Sopranos).

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Costa Rica 2020 Morals Farming 255

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

The warm, sunny climate beckons a wide variety of passerines, raptors, and shorebirds to spend the winter, inflating the species diversity to the extent that Miami-Dade can go toe-to-toe with counties in Texas and Arizona during this season. Can we hit 200 ABA-countable species in four days next year? Muscovy Duck (Domestic type): 322.

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Miami 2015 United States Florida 165

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

APRIL 4, 2014

During this time, the fish trapped in the shrinking pools of water attract hordes of herons, egrets, storks, and other wetland species. Raptors such as Savanna Hawk , Snail Kite , and Black-collared Hawk and up to five species of kingfisher also join the bonanza in one of the world’s great birding spectacles.

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Brazil Paraguay Blackbirds Birds 165

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

AUGUST 16, 2018

Serbia has 317 eBirded species so far, or 89% of the 356 in the national checklist. The country has one eBird hotspot with 200+ and 48 with more than 100 bird species. The country has one eBird hotspot with 200+ and 48 with more than 100 bird species. Spring migration March to April , 270 eBirded species.

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Serbia Macedonia Geese Owls 144

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2020

Among 60 or so heron species in the world this is the only one using this peculiar fishing technique. Bird Species (common English names after Ber van Perlo’s Birds of Southern Africa): Reed Cormorant 1. Cattle Egret 16. Knob-billed Duck 1. White-faced Whistling Duck 24. Yellow-billed Duck 2. Grey Heron 4.

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Botswana Africa 2001 Monkeys 179

10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2011

Enjoy this blow-by-blow description of an amazing day of birding… Team name: The Shrikes Team members: Stavros Christodoulides (team leader), Melis Charalambides, Lefkios Sergides, Dan Rhoads Number of (sub)species seen: 119 (counting two ssp. With that, we turned westwards for the Larnaca district, at 11:40 with 95 species.

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Cyprus 2011 Birds Owls 145

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 9, 2019

In an unhurried half-day of birding, we racked up over 90 species, including killers like Denham’s Bustard , Northern Carmine-throated Bee-eater , and Shelley’s Rufous Sparrow. Plus, the food, service, and accommodations meet the highest standards. How is birding in Murchison Falls, you ask? Mind boggling, I answer!

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Uganda Senegal Africa Game 176

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 …. What is the status of this species in the Kerkini NP?

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Greece Pelicans Buffalo Fish 187

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 17, 2017

In early August this year, I saw 77 species here (69 on the lake, plus 8 more in the surrounding areas) but barely more than a thousand individuals. 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.

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Greece Killing Pelicans Eagles 178

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 25, 2018

This refuge offers such a wide variety of species, that I wrote a post awhile back showing several species of wading birds in the same location on the auto tour route. Check out this image of a Great Egret ( Ardea alba ), Snowy Egret ( Egretta thula ) and Cattle Egret ( Bubulcus ibis ) together.

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Wildlife Sacramento Bald Eagle Falcons 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2013

The birding is not exceptional, but you can easily see some of Singapore’s and South-east Asia’s more common species and it does throw up the occasional jewel. My personal list for Paser Ris runs to 75 birds over 15 visits that average out at around 25 species per outing. My favourite site in Singapore is Paser Ris. Yellow Bittern.

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Singapore Woodpeckers Parrots Zebras 159

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2018

We saw sparrows–a total of 14 species–and we saw many other great prairie birds, and we often saw them perched on posts. I don’t know much about prairies, but I have discovered that there is more to them than just grass, and that they are home to hundreds of butterfly and bee species and thousands of moth species.

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North Dakota Sparrows Birds Blackbirds 133

10,000 Birds

MAY 2, 2016

The reason the location is remaining undisclosed is that reliable Mangrove Cuckoos are difficult to find in the American Birding Association area and are a very sought after species. From the bulbuls we went in search of another introduced species that has taken to south Florida like home. We needed countable species!

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Florida Miami Birds Owls 114

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 16, 2021

We have nearly 930 species on the official list and with some effort, 700 in a year is a feasible goal. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis; Tirimbina, 9-Jan. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis; San Joaquin de Heredia, 1-Jan. After all, Costa Rica is no small player on the world birding stage.

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Costa Rica Parrots Birds Baltimore 158

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. Jochen gets credit for first identifying this quiz picture, even if his guess was at least half in jest.

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Bald Eagle Zoos 2011 Deer 113

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 19, 2019

To surpass a challenging number of species, the planning, the conniving for major birding should have begun back in the past, in 2018. Every day counts and to seriously maximize the species total, a birder needs to maximize time in the field at the most productive places during the most productive times and then some.

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Costa Rica 2019 Parrots Woodpeckers 113

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 20, 2018

The pressure is on if you can only get certain species during the first month of the year but if you just want to add any old birds to the year list, everything is fresh! Since I’m in no big hurry to reach any number of species in 2018, my year birding is going to be a fresh one hopefully touched with a good dose of Zen.

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Costa Rica Parrots Woodpeckers Birds 147

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 21, 2017

Nevertheless, I still have over 232 species including the latest addition- a Striped Owl heard from my bedroom window as it called into a moonlit night. With luck, this bird list will also see species from other countries, I hope “wherever else” ends up referring to Colombia and Brazil!

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Costa Rica 2017 Woodpeckers Parrots 102

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

This bird species is known to travel large distances around Australia. Wedge-tailed Eagle -bigger than the cattle!? We also found our first Pink-eared Ducks for 2021 and also Red-kneed Dotterels. Before we reached the plains there was roadkill and we observed three Wedge-tailed Eagles in a tree. Three Wedge-tailed Eagles.

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Geese Eagles Australia Cattle 248

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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Cattle Zebras Birds Wildlife 199

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

There is only so much water that a bird can take and even the ducks appear to get a bit sick of constantly being wet! Wandering Whistling-Ducks under the fence. Pacific Black Ducks and Black-winged Stilt finding higher ground. Intermediate Egret in breeding plumage. Gathering birds under the fence.

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Barn Owls Cattle Reptiles Ducks 177