10,000 Birds

JANUARY 27, 2015

From 1993 to 2004, biologists released 289 captive-raised whooping cranes into central Florida. One of the remaining birds is known to frequent Joe Overstreet Road, a dirt road that runs a few miles through sod farms and cattle pastures between Canoe Creek Road and Lake Kissimmee in Keenansville,about an hour south of Orlando.

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Cattle Florida Bald Eagle Endangered Species 201

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Moreover, the pair I saw was feeding from a livestock trough alongside a group of cattle. Over a decade from 1993 to 2004, conservationists released 289 captive-raised Whooping Cranes into Osceola, Lake and Polk counties in Central Florida. Hardly the elegant, natural picture deserving of some seriously stunning birds!

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Florida Buffalo Louisiana 2004 230

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 Birds 142

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Las Vegas – Sunset Park. 04 Apr 2018. White-tufted Grebe – Rollandia rolland. Bridge on Ruta 1. 04 Apr 2018. Guira Cuckoo – Guira guira. Bridge on Ruta 1. 04 Apr 2018. Colonial Ferry Port. 04 Apr 2018. Costanera Sur, Promenade. 03 Apr 2018.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Las Vegas – Sunset Park. 04 Apr 2018. White-tufted Grebe – Rollandia rolland. Bridge on Ruta 1. 04 Apr 2018. Guira Cuckoo – Guira guira. Bridge on Ruta 1. 04 Apr 2018. Colonial Ferry Port. 04 Apr 2018. Costanera Sur, Promenade. 03 Apr 2018.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2018

Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Las Vegas – Sunset Park. 04 Apr 2018. White-tufted Grebe – Rollandia rolland. Bridge on Ruta 1. 04 Apr 2018. Guira Cuckoo – Guira guira. Bridge on Ruta 1. 04 Apr 2018. Colonial Ferry Port. 04 Apr 2018. Costanera Sur, Promenade. 03 Apr 2018.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 101

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2019

Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. 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. Squacco Heron – Ardeola ralloides.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113