10,000 Birds

JANUARY 14, 2022

Bologna La Grassa may revel in the indulgence of its Parma ham, lasagne, and rich, fatty ragùs, and Venice may boast the bounty of the sea, but the rugged, hilly homeland of the ancient Etruscans is undoubtedly cattle country. Castellare di Castellina: Chianti Classico (2019). Of course, a land of beefeaters needs butchers.

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2019 Butcher Livestock 2006 218

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Despite the fact that efforts are made to ensure they are not imprinted on humans, they are naturally confiding, even friendly. 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.

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Morocco Austria Algeria Germany 223

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2016

Others, by their own admission, are Luddites and believe that the pinnacle of human technological achievement was reached on the day that man first bound a notebook in moleskin. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Cutler Wetlands. 01 Jan 2016. Reddish Egret – Egretta rufescens.

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2016 Sanctuary Australia Ghana 154