10,000 Birds

MAY 28, 2018

In the first full day, we have seen dozens each of giraffes, zebra, warthogs, elephants, 12 rhinos, 30 hippos, 3 Cape Buffalo, crocodiles, jackals, monkeys, baboons, literally a thousand impala, and at least 10 different antelope type animals. The mighty rhino along with the Cattle Egret.

South Africa 113

South Africa Africa Rhinos Mongoose 113

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2012

The lush pastures of the Aripo Livestock Station sustained herds of happy Buffalypso , a special breed of T&T beef cattle named for their Water Buffalo heritage and Calypso-happy country. Where we entered the area, the savannah seemed more like Aripo Ranch. In fact, it was. In that regard, Aripo was amazing.

Trinidad 178

Trinidad Birds Fast Food Cattle 178

10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2015

Well-travelled birders will recognise Cattle Egrets following the steps of hippo or African Buffalo , and Black-crowned Night Herons , but more African species occur in the form of the massive Goliath Heron , the smaller Squacco Heron , and the highly distinctive Black Egret , famous for creating a canopy with its wings to hunt small fish.

Botswana 162

Botswana Birds Lesotho Elephants 162

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2015

These vast and rugged lands of savanna, hills, gorges and rivers still protect some of Ethiopia’s largest extant herds of typical African savanna game, including African Elephant, African Buffalo, Giraffe, Lion, Leopard, African Wild Dog and numerous species of grazers. Yellow-billed Stork. A Konso village perched atop a terraced hill.

Ethiopia 241

Ethiopia Sudan Leopards Game 241

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2019

John James Audubon first heard the sparrow in July, 1944, on a buffalo hunt in North Dakota. So, I was excited to read reports in late 2017 of a pair of Whooping Cranes being seen on a cattle farm. I easily spotted the Whooping Cranes in the cattle field. It has always been a difficult bird to find, even when abundant.

2018 155

2018 New Jersey Michigan North Dakota 155

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Nowhere else in Africa do the preconceived ideas of the continent really exist in such living detail; tall, red-robed Maasai herding their skinny cattle, endless grasslands studded with flat-topped Acacia trees and grazed by herds of zebras and wildebeest, and dramatic volcanic calderas brimming with big game and fierce predators!

Tanzania 216

Tanzania Africa Stud Leopards 216

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2013

The tigers keep wandering out of their reserve and taking cattle from nearby villages, taking what little these already poor people have. In exchange for a handful of wildebeest, oryx, impala, buffalo and kudu, not to mention the occasional lion, enormous areas of wilderness and all the species they contain are set aside and protected.

Tigers 172

Tigers Hunting Game Protection 172

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 23, 2016

A cold, productive day spent birding with a friend from Buffalo was marked by two owls, lots of ducks, Tundra Swans , several gulls, and other targets not possible in tropical Costa Rica. Cattle Egret – Bulbulcus ibis; House, 7-Jan. The locals don’t always get along with the migrants.

Costa Rica 101

Costa Rica 2016 San Antonio Sparrows 101

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NOVEMBER 2, 2019

Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver – Bubalornis niger. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Prestoiuskop to Satara via Skukuza and Tshokwanse. 20 Oct 2019. Burchell’s Starling – Lamprotornis australis. Prestoiuskop to Satara via Skukuza and Tshokwanse. 20 Oct 2019. Prestoiuskop to Satara via Skukuza and Tshokwanse. 20 Oct 2019.

2019 115

2019 China Battery Jamaica 115

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2016

Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver – Bubalornis niger. Cutler Wetlands. 01 Jan 2016. Reddish Egret – Egretta rufescens. Ding Darling NWR. 11 Jan 2016. Pied Heron – Egretta picata. Western Australia. 31 Jan 2016. Cutler Wetlands. 01 Jan 2016.

2016 154

2016 Sanctuary Australia Ghana 154