10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 7, 2021
Whistling Kites and Black Kites were active in the area too due to the nearby fire and we observed a Brown Falcon perched in a nearby tree. The egret family were represented by the Great Egrets , Intermediate Egrets and a lone Cattle Egret. Cattle Egret. There were also Australasian Darters and Little Pied Cormorants.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 21, 2022
A large, bulky falcon cruising overhead could only be a Peregrine Falcon. As soon as we noticed it, a Merlin appeared from nowhere and headed directly for the Peregrine, divebombing the larger falcon. As per usual falcon procedure, it all happened much too quickly for me to get a decent photograph!
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10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 27, 2014
Actually, despite the fact that central Asian steppes cover huge areas, Sociable Lapwings breed only around nomadic cattle herders’ settlements, which signifies that this species has evolved alongside wild ungulates, such as Blackbuck and Saiga antelopes, which kept the grass short.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 27, 2021
This natural space of almost a thousand acres – once a deforested area for extensive cattle ranching – has been restored for four decades, considering every detail in the aesthetics and functionality of the landscape, seeking the regeneration of bird and wildlife populations that inhabit the ecosystem.
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. Hope for a vagrant comes in the form of an Orange-breasted Falcon sighting from west-central Panama.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
TRIP LIST ( 5 hours ): Yellow-billed Duck, African Green-Pigeon, Eastern Plantain-eater, Black Crake, Long-toed Lapwing, Lesser Jacana, African Jacana, Common Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Long-tailed Cormorant, Shoebill, Hamerkop, Gray Heron, Black-headed Heron, Purple Heron, Great Egret, Little Egret, Cattle Egret, Squacco Heron, Black-winged Kite, (..)
10,000 Birds
APRIL 7, 2015
Normally the lighthouse is obscured in fog, but when we arrived the air was crystal clear, and in addition to seeing groups of Gray Whales migrating past, I spotted hundreds of Surf Scoters , a Pigeon Guillemot , and a pair of Peregrine Falcons from my perch atop the lighthouse cliff. White-crowned Sparrow.
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