10,000 Birds
MAY 21, 2013
Suspected hybrids between heron species, whilst extremely rare, have been documented for some time. A Little Blue Heron/Tri-colored Heron hybrid was reported from Arizona in 1964 and a Little Blue Heron/Cattle Egret suspect was reported from California in 1989.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 9, 2022
After writing this last sentence, I looked up the species in the HBW and found the sentence “Song poorly documented” in the appropriate section, while with regard to calls, the description is that “call is a two-note raspy nasal ‘ryeeh-reh’”. It is sometimes necessary to find food though. ” ( source ).
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10,000 Birds
JULY 17, 2012
The population of parrotlets they studied was located on one of the many huge hatos (cattle ranches) in the Venezuelan llanos, a vast swath of flat flooded savannah in the central third of the country that drains into the Rio Orinoco. You don’t really know a bird until you’ve studied it on its breeding grounds. The Auk 108: 863-871.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 20, 2012
Thus, the cattle we raise for meat and dairy are sometimes called Bos taurus while the extinct wild form is always called Bos primigenius. The chance that this was a real Turkey are not great, and the chance that Columbus actually brought breeding stock from Honduras to Spain is not great, so maybe, maybe not. According to R.D.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 5, 2016
Light blue boxes give brief facts on breeding age, strategy and lifespan. All we need is a PUP book on bird documentation, which will hopefully include sketching and notes as well as Everything You Can Do with eBird. Birders interested in subspecies will be delighted by the extended analyses of plumage and habitat variations.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 13, 2012
The New Jersey Bird Records Committee (NJBRC) documents 465 species of natural origin. That Cattle Egret I found in Somerset County, August 2009? It will give context to your sightings and, if you are new to Jersey birding like me, help you learn the migration and breeding trends of the state.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 20, 2015
With the easy-to-use platform offered by the Great Backyard Bird Count, birders of all ages and experience levels set out to find, tally, and document as many birds as possible within the boundaries of Miami-Dade. Although they breed on the west coast of Florida, Snowy Plover is a rare stray to this part of the state. Great Egret: 75.
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