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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.
A vast congregation of Bald Eagles kept watch over a herd of cattle about to calve, up to seven in a single tree — no doubt awaiting delicious placentas. We concluded the days by unsuccessfully scanning a golf course flock of Canada Geese for Cackling Geese , then returned to Missoula chilly but triumphant.
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. There were not only Cattle Egrets and Great Egrets ( Ardea alba ) but Snowy Egrets ( Egretta thula ) as well. Click on photos for full sized images.
Even without being on the water it was possible watch birds across the river, as evidenced by my lifer pair of African Pygmy Geese , which flew down the river and landed on the Namibian side. Hippo and attending Cattle Egret. It’s even possible to count exactly the same bird for both country’s lists. Yellow-billed Stork.
In the last ten years, Cattle Egrets have bred again, on and off, but for the first time since 1870s. Usually about 40K geese overwinter in Serbia, but the last cold spell, when the Danube was mostly frozen solid, pushed twice as many to Serbia. Common Quail , Grey Partridge , Turtle Dove , too.
There had been cattle in the area and we kept coming across bizarre butterfly circles. All we can think is that they were attracted to an area where there had been cattle urine and they were getting the natural salts. Now it was nice to see our first Green Pygmy-Geese for the year, but nothing is as good as a Jacana!
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.
At first I dismissed them for some hybrid geese, until I recognized their JIZZ. A few Lesser Kestrels by the dyke wall, then a Black-eared Wheatear at some cattle fencing. Common Kestrels could be seen, too, but were outnumbered by their more gregarious threatened cousins.
En route to our next stop we slowed down next to a park and spotted the now countable Egyptian Geese. Sadly, he couldn’t (or wouldn’t) so I had to content myself with just Burrowing Owls , Monk Parakeets , Loggerhead Shrikes , and Cattle Egrets. Only one cuckoo? We never even got out of the car!
The Magpie Geese have dispersed from the previous area they were in, because it got too wet. Wedge-tailed Eagle -bigger than the cattle!? The birds appeared to know they needed to move to and the Magpie Geese and Wandering Whistling-Ducks were flying away from the storm. Magpie Geese on the move.
The vast number of meat eaters brake for geese, call the A.S.P.C.A. This physical evidence of properly handled cattle would go a long way toward ensuring healthier meat while lifting the shared burden that comes with consigning millions of animals yearly to a terrifyingly cruel death. I think most would, enthusiastically.
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. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis; Turrucares, 1-Jan. The latter is how I began 2019 in Costa Rica and I am grateful.
You have to look carefully, because often there are Australasian Grebes and Green Pygmy-Geese amongst the ducks and lilies. Quite often there are Australian Pelicans , Brolga and Royal Spoonbills present and the egret species often include Great Egret , Intermediate Egret , Little Egret and Cattle Egret. Ducks at Munkajarra Wetland.
There are no longer any Green Pygmy-geese , but there are over one thousand Magpie Geese. In fact there are so many Magpie Geese it does make it hard to establish what else is present. Magpie Geese. Magpie Geese, Intermediate Egrets and Royal Spoonbills. Glossy Ibis, Masked Lapwings and Magpie Geese.
One gate had Glossy Ibis, Pied Heron, White-faced Heron, Little Pied Cormorant and Cattle Egrets all roosting together. There were also Purple Swamphens around the edges of the lagoon and Green Pygmy Geese further out. Crocodiles may inhabit the irrigation channels and swimming is not advised! Birds roosting on sluice gate.
Here we will actually stop for a full day, as there is a 10,000 acre wetland refuge, which should hold several species of gulls, White-fronted Geese and Black Brant, just to name a few. 28 Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis El Centenario Tidal Flats 1-Jan-18.
In fact the edges beside the highway are being burned to give vehicles more vision beyond the long dry grass as cattle wander freely across the northern parts of Western Australia. We scan through the waterbirds looking for anything obscure and discover four Green Pygmy-geese floating among the ducks.
Jan 14 : A business trip to Wetzlar in Hessen allows for some quick roadside birding in the Lahnaue where I am lucky to encounter a fine flock of geese (fine for the deep hinterland) that includes Greater White-fronts and even two Barnacles. Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis : Camargue, Provence, France, 2 Jan.
Masked Lapwings , Straw-necked Ibis , Plumed Whistling-Ducks , Magpie-larks , Cattle Egrets and Australian Pratincoles all gather around and in the drainage channel. All of the nice green vegetation around these drainage channels is very popular with the Cattle Egrets and by November they have some beautiful breeding plumage.
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