10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The individual I am pictured holding ( above ) was a friendly bird that (rather like a dog) seemed happy to be handled. On a visit in October 2022, I found ibises feeding with cattle in scruffy roadside paddocks adjacent to the marismas ( photographs below ). Here they were easy to overlook.

Morocco 230

Morocco Austria Algeria Germany 230

10,000 Birds

JULY 28, 2011

Ferruginous Hawks are native to our western short-grass prairies and their diet comprises almost completely of prairie dogs. Well, the ongoing issues of land development, sport shooting, and the rancher’s war on these animals keeps prairie dog populations from ever booming. Not too bad eatin’, huh?

Prairie Dogs 163

Prairie Dogs Colorado North Dakota Soreing 163

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2020

The gentleman living on a farm by the Ngotwane Dam said ‘A croc took my dog, right there!’. Published in the Canoeist, UK, July 2003. Cattle Egret 16. The lady living on a farm by the Gaborone Dam said ‘I saw a croc taking an egret.’. Her husband, a diving instructor, said ‘I wouldn’t dive in this lake.’. Grey Heron 4.

Botswana 193

Botswana Africa 2001 Fish 193

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2019

Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Marathon Prairie Dog Town. El Centenario Tidal Flats. 01 Jan 2018. Reddish Egret – Egretta rufescens. El Centenario Tidal Flats. 01 Jan 2018. Pied Heron – Egretta picata. 01 Mar 2018. El Centenario Tidal Flats. 01 Jan 2018. 01 May 2018.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113