10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
One of the threats to the Blood Pheasant comes from overgrazing by cattle. But an excerpt from “Train to Kansas City”, a song also covered by the Shop Assistants. Or if you like Kansas City but dislike trains, you can listen to “ Kansas City ” by Okkervil River.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 23, 2024
Sadly, they no longer breed in Algeria, while in Turkey no free-flying birds remain. (In Intriguingly, there are far more Bald Ibises in captivity than there are in the wild, for this is a bird that breeds readily in confinement. The ibises were initially trained to follow a microlight aircraft over the Alps.
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10,000 Birds
JULY 13, 2023
Although the trains at the Thessaloniki-Alexandroupolis line seem to be few and far in between, they still stop at this village station turned into a restaurant. We also observed nests of Pygmy Cormorants , Dalmatian Pelicans , Little Egrets , Cattle Egret (with a chick), Squacco Heron , and Spoonbills.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 9, 2022
. … Nest dismantling by the Hair-crested Drongo may be an adaptive behavior to increase fitness by reducing risk of future predation and competition for nest sites in the following breeding season” ( source ). When Cattle Egrets go to the local discotheque, they tend to overdo their makeup a bit. ” ( source ).
10,000 Birds
MARCH 31, 2019
The train system is fast and efficient and was our primary mode of transport. If the train did not go all of the way then we took a connecting bus or walked. We dropped our bags and got changed and hopped back on the train to go to the end of the line at Pasir Ris. It was 13:52 and we were alone in that area of the reserve.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 26, 2020
This section is around ten kilometres/six miles long and it is quite windy with a few steady inclines and declines, but only as much as a train could handle! 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.
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. The relentless train of winter storms and heavy snow may be partially to blame. Cattle Egret: 133. American White Pelican: 19. Brown Pelican: 53. American Bittern: 2. Great Blue Heron: 62. Great Egret: 75. Snowy Egret: 49.
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