10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2021

They are widespread throughout Australia , but it does not mean you necessarily easily observe them. We were even more delighted as we followed some cattle tracks to discover not only more bird species than we had hoped, but also more Yellow-billed Spoonbills. Yellow-billed Spoonbill family. Juvenile Yellow-billed Spoonbills.

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Breeding Australia Cattle Family 238

10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2021

The Pheasant Coucal family have moved on from the last place that we observed them. Whiskered Terns will breed in this area if the conditions are right. Attempting a photograph of the cattle beside the highway was pointless, because you only got photographs of locusts! There have also been White-winged Black Terns amongst them.

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Cattle Breeding Family Birds 259

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2013

In celebration of the upcoming I and the Bird look at the heron family I invite you to consider the White-faced Heron ! What is interesting about the Cattle Egret is that it is that rarest of things, a seasonal landbird migrant. They are generally solitary and pretty easy to see in the countryside.

New Zealand 148

New Zealand Indonesia Cattle Guinea 148

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2022

The Little Grebe is of course a very common bird that can still surprise by its beauty in its breeding plumage. Black-naped Orioles are breeding in Fengxian. Somehow I did not think Cattle Egrets would eat dragonflies (shouldn’t they eat beef, at least judging from their name?) Here is a presumed pair. One puzzle solved.

Birds 147

Birds China Eggs Breeding 147