10,000 Birds
JANUARY 17, 2021
They believed there was potential for sheep in those days, but now there are only cattle. The cattle are a cross breed of Brahman and shorthorn, so they can withstand the extreme weather. There are cattle stations around Broome that are on both sides of the highway going either north or south. It is a truly magnificent sight.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 27, 2014
Gujarat, December 2010. Actually, despite the fact that central Asian steppes cover huge areas, Sociable Lapwings breed only around nomadic cattle herders’ settlements, which signifies that this species has evolved alongside wild ungulates, such as Blackbuck and Saiga antelopes, which kept the grass short.
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 1, 2022
Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks , Muscovy Ducks and Blue-winged Teals were around us, together with Green , Great and Little Blue Herons , Cattle and Great White Egrets , Black-crowned and Yellow-crowned Night-Herons , plus one locally rare Pinnated Bittern in the floating vegetation, as well as several dozen Neotropical Cormorants.
10,000 Birds
MAY 24, 2018
Logging into my eBird account… December 6th, 2010. Of the estimated 500 million cattle in India, only 4% were destined for consumption by humans as meat. Yes, some gruesome graphic content follows, but don’t blame me, you have been warned. Oh, that cover photo? I lied to you, no sex here – but you already clicked.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 3, 2013
That was not all, a few days later, by one village rubbish dump, not far from Ahmedabad, we had more than 100 Egyptian Vultures (above); plus 20 more at the dead cattle dumping site at the outskirts of the city. Finally, when our SUV broke down in Gujarat, India, some three years ago, my first two Egyptians were flying above the road!
10,000 Birds
MARCH 23, 2013
A lone Smooth-billed Ani, dubbed the ‘Orphan Ani’ by locals, that lingered for months at Anhinga Trail in 2010. Large swaths of the Everglades were being drained to make way for cattle ranching, citrus groves, and low density housing that included many overgrown, weedy lots. Petersburg area and Cape Canaveral.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 23, 2016
As I opined in my post back in 2010 (and continue to preach) the Western Burrowing Owl needs a conservation plan. This property is also a site with vernal pools and uses cattle grazing for vegetation control. The other two tunnels dead end inside the nesting chamber.
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