Cattle Geese Pelicans 
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. A mass feeding frenzy.
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. Brown Pelican – Pelecanus occidentalis; Carara, 3-Jan. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis; Turrucares, 1-Jan.
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10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 19, 2014
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.
10,000 Birds
MAY 22, 2022
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. Purple Swamphens.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 17, 2017
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. Several Glossy Ibises , two dozen Gull-billed Terns and Collared Pratincoles , a few Dalmatian Pelicans , Black Terns , Dunlins …. What is killing them?
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 31, 2018
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. 20 American White Pelican – Pelecanus erythrorhynchos El Centenario Tidal Flats 1-Jan-18.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 23, 2018
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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