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. Where Are You Birding this Second Weekend of May 2009? Hat-tip to Stella. They’re all named for livestock. Wicked, right?

Cows 142

Cows Cattle 2011 Birds 142

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

Read Tim’s account and enjoy his (and the Tambopata Macaw Project’s Alan Lee’s) photos judge for yourself… (NOTE: we first published this post in January 2009 but have to run it again because it is so good!) Hat-tip to Stella. Is this one of the ornithological highlights on the planet? Wicked, right?

Peru 255

Peru Parrots 2011 South America 255

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. White-tipped Sicklebill – Eutoxeres aquila. Breezy Point Tip. Breezy Point Tip. Breezy Point Tip. Breezy Point Tip. Breezy Point Tip. White-tipped Dove – Leptotila verreauxi. Las Vegas – Sunset Park. 04 Apr 2018. Bridge on Ruta 1.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. White-tipped Sicklebill – Eutoxeres aquila. Breezy Point Tip. Breezy Point Tip. Breezy Point Tip. Breezy Point Tip. Breezy Point Tip. White-tipped Dove – Leptotila verreauxi. Las Vegas – Sunset Park. 04 Apr 2018. Bridge on Ruta 1.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2018

Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. White-tipped Sicklebill – Eutoxeres aquila. Breezy Point Tip. Breezy Point Tip. Breezy Point Tip. Breezy Point Tip. Breezy Point Tip. White-tipped Dove – Leptotila verreauxi. Las Vegas – Sunset Park. 04 Apr 2018. Bridge on Ruta 1.

2018 101

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 101

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2019

Breezy Point Tip. White-tipped Dove – Leptotila verreauxi. White-tipped Sicklebill – Eutoxeres aquila. Breezy Point Tip. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Breezy Point Tip. Hoary-headed Grebe – Poliocephalus poliocephalus. Western Australia. 05 Jan 2018. Lake Ngatu. 14 Apr 2018.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2018

Breezy Point Tip. White-tipped Dove – Leptotila verreauxi. White-tipped Sicklebill – Eutoxeres aquila. Breezy Point Tip. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Breezy Point Tip. Hoary-headed Grebe – Poliocephalus poliocephalus. Western Australia. 05 Jan 2018. Lake Ngatu. 14 Apr 2018.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113