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Thus, the cattle we raise for meat and dairy are sometimes called Bos taurus while the extinct wild form is always called Bos primigenius. This is not entirely unknown among domestic animals, but many domesticates have no living wild version. Bringing animals that would require feed and water at that early stage would have been unwise.
As usual, most of my birding will be in Costa Rica although if all goes well, come April, there should also be a sweet set of lifers from Guatemala, hopefully including one that has a red thing sticking out of its noggin. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis; Sarapiqui, 2-Jan. Lifers will be in caps, other cool birds of note in bold.
But I have visited Guatemala, Lesotho and Zimbabwe to actually visit them and count them, even though I spent less time in them than I did Zurich. Hippo and attending Cattle Egret. I slept in hotel in Zurich but didn’t leave the airport or even clear immigration, so I can’t really say I’ve been to Switzerland either.
Dragan has caught up from his adventures in Colombia and the life list has reached 4103. Dragan has caught up from his adventures in Colombia and the life list has reached 4103.
Middle American Screech-Owl – Megascops guatemalae. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. La Quinta de Sarapiquí Lodge. 16 Oct 2019. Great Potoo – Nyctibius grandis. forest and edge west of pueblo nuevo wetland 2. 15 Oct 2019. forest and edge west of pueblo nuevo wetland 2. 15 Oct 2019. Mottled Owl – Ciccaba virgata.
The year list ends on a provisional (some beats will be birding ’til the final whistle to try and salvage a ravaged year) 1803 species from 1602 checklists submitted by 12 beats from 16 countries.
To continue the cricketing theme, Pat scored a double-century in Guatemala in his maiden (for the list) innings in the country. April’s number are below; 11 countries were visited by 9 beats; Australia, USA, UK, India, Serbia, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Uruguay, Brazil, New Zealand and Argentina. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis.
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