10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 1, 2022
Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks , Muscovy Ducks and Blue-winged Teals were around us, together with Green , Great and Little Blue Herons , Cattle and Great White Egrets , Black-crowned and Yellow-crowned Night-Herons , plus one locally rare Pinnated Bittern in the floating vegetation, as well as several dozen Neotropical Cormorants.
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.
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10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 6, 2022
A local cattle station out of town received 652mm in the same 24 hour period, so we got off lightly! The Little Egrets are beautifully white and you will note that one has started to get its breeding plumage. It means there are plenty of seeds for the local birds to feast on including the brightly coloured Red-winged Parrot.
10,000 Birds
MAY 22, 2022
Quite often there are Australian Pelicans , Brolga and Royal Spoonbills present and the egret species often include Great Egret , Intermediate Egret , Little Egret and Cattle Egret. Although we have never observed Painted Snipe at this location, they were recorded breeding here in 1960 and 1961. Purple Swamphens. Black-necked Stork.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 30, 2021
One of this species’ many peculiarities is that it has a digestive system unique amongst birds: Hoatzins use bacterial fermentation in the front part of the gut to break down the vegetable material they consume, much as cattle and other ruminants do. We found Black-collared Swallows breeding in cracks among the lower riverside rocks.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 13, 2014
Not that long ago, Costa Rica had one of the highest deforestation rates in the world, rainforests were razed to make way for hot and chiggery cattle pasture, and bot flies probably became more numerous than some bird populations.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 20, 2015
Although they breed on the west coast of Florida, Snowy Plover is a rare stray to this part of the state. Cattle Egret: 133. Orange-winged Parrot: 56. Shorebirds put on a good showing with a total of 18 species, despite the shrinking number and quality of sites offering adequate habitat. American White Pelican: 19.
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