10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Mike and Corey attended the 2019 African Birding Expo in the company of African birding legend Herbert Byaruhanga and a slew of international birding professionals.

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Uganda Africa Penguins 2019 293

10,000 Birds

JULY 13, 2023

We also observed nests of Pygmy Cormorants , Dalmatian Pelicans , Little Egrets , Cattle Egret (with a chick), Squacco Heron , and Spoonbills. Last but not least, there were three species of shrikes, Red-backed , Lesser Grey and at least 2 Masked Shrikes , possibly 2 more, an entire family (not all were showing so well).

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Greece Pelicans Stray Dog Tortoises 246

10,000 Birds

JULY 27, 2011

Savannah Sparrows are the most common and I do enjoy their territory song. Cattle wandered this pasture along with me (one cow even attempted to taste my carbon fiber tripod). Although one bird in particular keeps chipping angrily when I set up my chair, scope and thermos. It’s a good strategy for Bobolinks to have.

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Birds Cattle Blackbirds North America 163

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2018

I love sparrows, so seeing a feather-worn Vesper Sparrow this past July filled my heart with joy. We saw sparrows–a total of 14 species–and we saw many other great prairie birds, and we often saw them perched on posts. Baird’s Sparrow was one of those elusive creatures.

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North Dakota Sparrows Birds Blackbirds 165

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. They’re all named for livestock. The genus Bucephala includes three familiar ducks with big heads.

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Cows Cattle 2011 Deer 145

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Song Sparrow is a genuine rarity in Miami-Dade. This Lincoln’s Sparrow is far more common. Cattle Egret: 133. Clay-colored Sparrow: 1. Savannah Sparrow: 56. Grasshopper Sparrow: 25. Lincoln’s Sparrow: 3. Swamp Sparrow: 44. White-crowned Sparrow: 3. House Sparrow: 129.

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Miami 2015 United States Florida 175

10,000 Birds

MAY 29, 2012

Wild birds other than the usual sparrows, starlings, and pigeons find better places to be far from the tourist traps of this well-traveled city. In this, I was absolutely wrong. Orlando, Florida is an ecological blight.

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Florida Alligators Birds Turtles 188

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 18, 2020

Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis; Tambor, 3-Jan. House Sparrow – Passer domesticus; Calle Jocote, 1-Jan. Olive Sparrow – Arremonops rufivirgatus; Raptor Ridge, 5-Jan. Stripe-headed Sparrow – Peucaea ruficauda; Curu, 4-Jan. Little Blue Heron – Egretta caerulea; Tambor, 3-Jan. Snowy Egret – Egretta thula; Tambor, 3-Jan.

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Costa Rica 2020 Morals Farming 264

10,000 Birds

JULY 28, 2011

Whether I am speaking about Henslow’s Sparrows and Upland Sandpipers of the east and Midwest that occupy tall-grass prairies or birds like Ferruginous Hawks and Mountain Plovers of the western short-grass prairies; all deserve our attention. You may say this is cynical, but I consider it logical.

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Prairie Dogs Colorado North Dakota Soreing 167

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2022

Seaside Sparrows were singing on both sides and occasionally popped up to give us a view before diving deep back into the Spartina grass, hopefully getting ready to nest. Seaside Sparrow. At the end of the road, we found two Nelson’s Sparrows who quickly flew out to a tiny bit of land in the channel. Eastern Meadowlark.

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Houston Texas Sanctuary Sparrows 249

10,000 Birds

APRIL 4, 2020

Cattle Egret ( Bubulcus ibis ). House Sparrow ( Passer domesticus ). Black-headed Gull ( Chroicocephalus ridibundus ). Ring-billed Gull ( Larus delawarensis ). Herring Gull ( Larus argentatus ). Larinae sp. ). Gray Heron ( Ardea cinerea ). Black Vulture ( Coragyps atratus ). Turkey Vulture ( Cathartes aura ).

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2020 New Zealand Blackbirds Nashville 154

10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2024

Meadow Pipits are abundant breeding birds on the moors Romaldkirk produced most of the village birds we could expect: there were House Martins and Swifts, Chaffinches and House Sparrows, plus Jackdaws on the church (which dates from Saxon times, more than a thousand years ago).

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Sheep Breeding Ducks Hunters 238

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2020

I am also very susceptible to that once-a-year thrill of a House Sparrow or a Eurasian Collared Dove actually meaning something. And while all three of our common Egrets ( Great , Snowy , and Cattle ) are to be seen everywhere you look, only the American White Pelicans are as common as the Shovelers and Pintails. How many were there?

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Mexico South America Ducks Cattle 158

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 16, 2021

Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis; San Joaquin de Heredia, 1-Jan. House Sparrow – Passer domesticus; San Joaquin de Heredia, 1-Jan. White-eared Ground-Sparrow – Melozone leucotis; San Joaquin de Heredia, 1-Jan. Black-striped Sparrow – Arremonops conirostris; Tirimbina, 9-Jan. Snowy Egret – Egretta thula; Tirimbina, 9-Jan.

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Costa Rica Parrots Birds Baltimore 178

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis. Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix grisea. Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis. Grey Heron Ardea cinerea. Purple Heron Ardea purpurea. Great Egret Egretta alba (Casmerodius albus). Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii. Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala. Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans.

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India Birds Boars Eagles 250

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 26, 2016

It is a good place to come down to from the city and look for Ostrich, Cape Gannets , Cape Cormorants , Cape Sparrows , Cape Buntings, Cape Sugarbirds, Cape Grassbirds and presumably lots of other birds with cape in the name. Cattle Egret in spring flowers. Cape Mongoose are also easy to see. Greater Flamingos. Strandfontein.

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Penguins Mongoose Birds Ostriches 174

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Nowhere else in Africa do the preconceived ideas of the continent really exist in such living detail; tall, red-robed Maasai herding their skinny cattle, endless grasslands studded with flat-topped Acacia trees and grazed by herds of zebras and wildebeest, and dramatic volcanic calderas brimming with big game and fierce predators!

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Tanzania Africa Stud Leopards 243

10,000 Birds

JULY 1, 2014

Barn Swallows lined up on the wires outside his cattle barn and Grasshopper Sparrows sang unseen from uncut hayfields. So I pulled in as the sun peeked over the horizon and met briefly with the owner, who was wrapping up his own early Saturday morning ritual of packing up goods for the local farmer’s market.

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North Carolina Farming United States North America 168

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2016

Le Conte’s Sparrows “look particularly dapper” from September to March; American Rosefinches “are rabid songsters”; Pelagic Cormorant is “potbellied and long tailed, possessing a very skinny neck and an equally small, fine head.” I myself will be starting with the chapters on Marsh Sparrows.

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Birds Groups 2015 North America 190

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 17, 2017

A few Lesser Kestrels by the dyke wall, then a Black-eared Wheatear at some cattle fencing. House Sparrow – Passer domesticus 103. Eurasian Tree Sparrow – Passer montanus 3. Common Kestrels could be seen, too, but were outnumbered by their more gregarious threatened cousins. Cirl Bunting – Emberiza cirlus 5.

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Greece Killing Pelicans Eagles 210

10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2013

My personal list for Paser Ris runs to 75 birds over 15 visits that average out at around 25 species per outing. Spotted Wood-owl. Other highlights might include; Black Baza, Red-legged Crake, Stork-billed Kingfisher, Lineated Barbet, Eastern Crimson Sunbird. Stork-billed Kingfisher. The SMRT station is located close to the north gate.

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Singapore Woodpeckers Parrots Zebras 164

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 20, 2018

Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis; Sarapiqui, 2-Jan. Orange-billed Sparrow – Arremon aurantiirostris; El Tapir, 1-Jan. White-eared Ground-Sparrow – Melozone leucotis; Santa Barbara de Heredia, 4-Jan. Prevost’s (Cabanis’s) Ground-Sparrow – Melozone biarcuata; San Joaquin, 12-Jan.

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Costa Rica Parrots Woodpeckers Birds 183

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 25, 2018

Check out this image of a Great Egret ( Ardea alba ), Snowy Egret ( Egretta thula ) and Cattle Egret ( Bubulcus ibis ) together. 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.

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Wildlife Sacramento Bald Eagle Falcons 103

10,000 Birds

JUNE 16, 2019

We started our Singapore bird list at Pasir Ris and leaving the train station we were delighted to see several Cattle Egrets on the grass and several photographers. The grass was in the process of being cut and the birds moved ahead before we managed to photograph them.

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Singapore Otters Owls Zebras 117

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2023

Cattle Egrets are thoroughly modern birds – they were among the first species to ditch mailed letters for faxes, then switched to email early, and now (at least in China) mostly communicate by WeChat. They are also early adopters with regard to their foraging – nowadays mostly following tractors rather than cattle.

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Birds Eggs Breeders McDonalds 130

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

The primary reasons for the decline of macaws and parrots are many but habitat loss due to logging; clear cutting for crops and cattle ranching; and capture for the pet trade rank among the most threatening. These threats are further exacerbated by the naturally low reproductive rates of these cavity-nesting birds.

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Peru Parrots 2011 Deer 255

10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2011

Or These Blasts From The Past For Medicinal Use Only Wake up and smell the frangipani Cattle Egret at Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn There’s Oil in Them Thar Birds! Mallard Complexity About the Author Corey Corey is a New Yorker who has lived most of his life upstate but has spent the last three years in Queens. Thanks for visiting!

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Bald Eagle Zoos 2011 Deer 113

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 19, 2019

Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis; Turrucares, 1-Jan. House Sparrow – Passer domesticus; Santa Barbara, 1-Jan. Orange-billed Sparrow – Arremon aurantiirostris; Carara, 3-Jan. Olive Sparrow – Arremonops rufivirgatus; Carara, 3-Jan. Black-striped Sparrow – Arremonops conirostris; Cano Negro, 15-Jan.

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Costa Rica 2019 Parrots Woodpeckers 113

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 21, 2017

Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis; Santa Barbara de Heredia, 4-Jan. Orange-billed Sparrow – Arremon aurantiirostris; Quebrada Gonzalez, 13-Jan. White-eared Ground-Sparrow – Melozone leucotis; Santa Barbara de Heredia, 4-Jan. White-eared Ground-Sparrow – Melozone leucotis; Santa Barbara de Heredia, 4-Jan.

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Costa Rica 2017 Woodpeckers Parrots 109

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Cattle Egrets were easily found in any open areas, particularly around the airport and the eastern end of the island. And, of course, there were House Sparrows in town but I didn’t see a single starling the entire time! I couldn’t believe how many Clapper Rails were in the mangroves along 250.

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Puerto Rico Birds Sea Turtles Chickens 119

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

When you think of invasives, you think of the birds that have been helped by human beings to get where they are, such as House Sparrow or European Starling. I’d like to introduce you to a diminutive heron, the Cattle Egret Bubuclus ibis. Cattle Egret has been introduced by humans to Hawaii and the Seychelles.

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Cattle South Korea Suriname Seychelles 172

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

The year list remains sluggish at 1489 , but the life list received a boost from the eBird taxonomy reshuffle and now includes 4076 species. The year list remains sluggish at 1489 , but the life list received a boost from the eBird taxonomy reshuffle and now includes 4076 species.

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Woodpeckers Sparrows Blackbirds Parrots 239

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 7, 2021

Yet, 79 checklists were submitted by 8 beats, accounting for 366 species in 5 countries. Yet, 79 checklists were submitted by 8 beats, accounting for 366 species in 5 countries. Yet, 79 checklists were submitted by 8 beats, accounting for 366 species in 5 countries.

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Sparrows Woodpeckers Ducks Blackbirds 263

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2021

201 Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. 510 House Sparrow – Passer domesticus. 511 Eurasian Tree Sparrow – Passer montanus. 552 Grasshopper Sparrow – Ammodramus savannarum. 553 Black-striped Sparrow – Arremonops conirostris. 554 Chipping Sparrow – Spizella passerina.

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Woodpeckers Sparrows Parrots Ducks 216

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 21, 2023

There, you may find the Java Sparrow. If you choose the latter, your music taste is more aligned with that of Java Sparrows (though the sample size in this study , 4 birds, of which 2 preferred Bach while the other two showed no clear preference, seems rather small). No further follow-on questions (“What doe Hindu mean?

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Zebras Thailand Philippines Dissection 236

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2021

The year list remains low, at 1425 but the life list was bolstered this month by Donna’s Antillean Nighthawk and has reached 4069. The year list remains low, at 1425 but the life list was bolstered this month by Donna’s Antillean Nighthawk and has reached 4069.

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Woodpeckers Sparrows Ducks Niger 263

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2020

Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. House Sparrow – Passer domesticus. Eurasian Tree Sparrow – Passer montanus. Stripe-headed Sparrow – Peucaea ruficauda. Black-chested Sparrow – Peucaea humeralis. Chipping Sparrow – Spizella passerina. Field Sparrow – Spizella pusilla.

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2020 Blackbirds Sparrows Woodpeckers 164