10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Cattle Egrets have perfected that smudgy look. For example, the main article states that “At Lac de Grand Lieu, W France, birds commute 2–38 km between colony and feeding territories.” A juvenile Chinese Blackbird. She got excited: “Birds with sunglasses!” But do we really care?

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Birds LACS France Japan 242

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 19, 2014

In a funny twist of fate, it seems that 2014 will be much the same as 2012 and 2013 have been, with family trips to somewhere in France and business trips to Indonesia and Kazakhstan. Jan 1 : Sunshine and blue skies lure us out of our cottage in Provence / southern France for a day at the beach near Les-Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer.

2014 145

2014 France Germany Indonesia 145

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 4, 2020

35 countries were visited during 2019 , 7 of them ( Belgium , France , Germany , Italy , Thailand , Indonesia and Barbados ) bringing new blood to the Country/Territory/Emirate/Republic/Pricipality/Kingdom/Special Administrative Region list which now stands at 55. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. 02 Dec 2019. 22 Dec 2019.

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2019 Chile Texas Sanctuary 179

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

Visited this month were; Germany , France , Austria, South Africa, Hong Kong, USA, UK, Serbia, Costa Rica, Australia, China, Indonesia , Switzerland and Singapore). Rusty Blackbird – Euphagus carolinus. Melodious Blackbird – Dives dives. Brewer’s Blackbird – Euphagus cyanocephalus. has reached 54.

2019 120

2019 China Battery Jamaica 120