Cattle Species Strategy 
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 27, 2015
Like my two previous visits I spent one day that I didn’t have to lead any field trips doing a run through central Florida looking for some of the specialty species of the region. On my previous trips I was successful on each and every species except for the crane. The first farm on the left, where all the cattle are?
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 15, 2020
Cattle Egret. Cuckoo species (common?): A clever strategy to specialize on something that everybody thinks is disgusting. Little Grebe: With 4 chicks waiting for the fish, maybe better to eat it yourself … Some birds seem to prefer crustaceans. Black-capped Kingfisher. Little Egret: There is a shrimp farm by the seaside.
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10,000 Birds
AUGUST 20, 2020
It is interesting to see the different evolutionary strategies of closely related bird species – the various snow-white egrets with their “I don`t give a damn who can see me” attitude contrasting with the ridiculously well-camouflaged yellow bitterns. So, here are some of the species living in Nanhui, Shanghai.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 23, 2013
It is one of three species of ani ( Groove-billed and Greater Anis are the other two) and together form a unique branch in the cuckoo family. In addition to having a communal nesting strategy, anis also spend a significant amount of time allopreening, huddling together, and sunning themselves together on exposed branches.
10,000 Birds
JULY 27, 2011
I’m only supposed to document one specific species, but I also note the other birds because in a 4 hour period, I’m lucky if I see the target species for 15 minutes. It’s a good strategy for Bobolinks to have. Cattle wandered this pasture along with me (one cow even attempted to taste my carbon fiber tripod).
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 20, 2015
The warm, sunny climate beckons a wide variety of passerines, raptors, and shorebirds to spend the winter, inflating the species diversity to the extent that Miami-Dade can go toe-to-toe with counties in Texas and Arizona during this season. Can we hit 200 ABA-countable species in four days next year? Cattle Egret: 133.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 28, 2019
They forage, rest, and preen right there on the open, bare ground, for some species, the more open and bare the better, especially so for the “grasspipers” Upland Sandpiper by gary.leavens. Another strategy is keeping an eye on recent eBird reports and that’s how we saw our first and probably best grasspiper of the year.
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