10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

The Cattle Egret is native to Africa, where it is a familiar sight among herds of large mammals. They have expanded their range through Indonesia and into Australia and is found in post breeding dispersal as far north as South Korea and Japan. There are two main subspecies, the nominate B. ibis and the eastern B. coromandus.

Cattle 170

Cattle South Korea Suriname Seychelles 170

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Lynx Edicions, the ornithological (and now mammal) publisher that gave us the Handbook of the Birds of the World , has now published Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago: Greater Sundas and Wallacea , by James A. So–the book covers islands that belong to the Republic of Indonesia and to Malaysia. Eaton, Bas van Balen, Nick W.

Indonesia 126

Indonesia Brunei Birds Malaysia 126

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 7, 2023

One study looked at nest failure of ground-nesting birds – while one of the failures was caused by predation by a Red-billed Blue Magpie, 83% of all failures were due to predation by mammals. I think I pointed out in previous posts that mammals are kind of evil.

Hamburgers 208

Hamburgers Birds Science China 208

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2023

While the conclusion seems fairly established now, the paper still puts it in the usual wordy and careful statement: “The shorter minimum stopover duration of both species in spring may indicate a faster migration than in autumn, suggesting a time-minimizing strategy in spring to reach the breeding grounds as fast as possible.”

Monkeys 147

Monkeys Birds South Korea Owls 147