10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

There was the Botteri’s Sparrow giving a larger Canyon Towhee a piece of its mind, on my way into town: The reservoir itself was underwhelming, only offering me a collection of white Egrets (Cattle, Snowy and Great) and a single Great Blue Heron. This was my fourth and final FOY bird for the day. Brown-backed Solitaire.

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2020 Birds South America Reptiles 260

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2021

And yet, less than halfway through our 2020-2021 winter dry season, Lake Cuitzeo had essentially dried up. They’re riding horses on my lake. Each of the dark marks in this photo from August, 2018 was a duck. There were lots of gulls and terns in November of the same year, as well. And are the birds returning with the water?

San Francisco 264

San Francisco 2018 Mexico Ducks 264

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 26, 2020

When I returned to the small dam where there had been so many Australian Wood Ducks earlier in the day I discovered that the eleven cows had been joined by two Cattle Egrets. There had been quite a few Cattle Egrets in the area until recently and so it was good to see them for the first time in 2020.

Buffalo 159

Buffalo Fish Koalas Cattle 159