10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
They were my target species, and I remember being delighted in not only seeing them well, but finding feeding flocks that were remarkably unconcerned about being watched. On a visit in October 2022, I found ibises feeding with cattle in scruffy roadside paddocks adjacent to the marismas ( photographs below ).
10,000 Birds
JULY 28, 2011
While we continue to decimate our short and tall grass prairies many species reach their inevitable peril. Here in Colorado many species are affected, but perhaps none more than our beautiful Mountain Plovers and Ferruginous Hawks. This was back in 2003 so it is hard to say where those numbers fall now.
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 4, 2020
Among 60 or so heron species in the world this is the only one using this peculiar fishing technique. Published in the Canoeist, UK, July 2003. Bird Species (common English names after Ber van Perlo’s Birds of Southern Africa): Reed Cormorant 1. Cattle Egret 16. Cover: 20 years younger version of me. Grey Heron 4.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 13, 2012
The New Jersey Bird Records Committee (NJBRC) documents 465 species of natural origin. Press, 2003). Used in conjunction with the species distribution maps, this is a helpful feature in evaluating field observations. That Cattle Egret I found in Somerset County, August 2009? There are, sadly, entries for extinct species.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 2, 2015
When Nadeem and Mohammed first began in 2003, few veterinarians would suture the wounds of birds, saying they were too small. When a tree filled with nestling Cattle Egrets collapsed, 60 orphans took up temporary residence in the house.
10,000 Birds
JULY 20, 2018
Following passage of the United States Endangered Species Preservation Act of 1966, the California Condor ( Gymnogyps californianus ) was among the first 75 species listed for protection, the so-called “Class of 1967”. A portion of all draft and bottle sales of Condor Kolsch will be donated to these programs.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 5, 2019
In reverse order, the medals were awarded for “most species seen in a country”, to Australia with 420, USA got the silver, scoring 556 while the runaway winner was Costa Rica with 646 species. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. May I extend my thanks to all the beats.
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