10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2023

During the breeding season, some Cattle Egrets look like teenage girls who have just discovered the existence of make-up, and consequently massively overdo it. But what do I know about the taste preferences of Cattle Egrets. However, in 2017, the journal published a paper with the (spoiler alert!) What’s next?

Birds 130

Birds Raised Cattle Mammals 130

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 16, 2018

Among travel guides, due to its extensive coverage of natural history and birding sites, recommendation goes to Laurence Mitchell’s Serbia: The Bradt Travel Guide (5th edition, 2017). Breeding season May – June , 261 eBirded species (yet, only about 242 breed in the country). Little Bitterns are back by late April.

Serbia 177

Serbia Owls Geese Macedonia 177

10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2018

Beset by poaching by cattle ranchers, habitat loss, DDT, and lead poisoning (from consuming shotgun pellets embedded in the condor’s carrion fare), populations of this enormous New World vulture fell into a serious decline in the twentieth century. A portion of all draft and bottle sales of Condor Kolsch will be donated to these programs.

California Condor 109

California Condor Oregon California Zoos 109

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2019

So, I was excited to read reports in late 2017 of a pair of Whooping Cranes being seen on a cattle farm. I easily spotted the Whooping Cranes in the cattle field. They were large and rather gawky, with a lot of ‘jewelry’ on their legs, oblivious to the cattle and to me.

2018 181

2018 New Jersey Michigan North Dakota 181