10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

I’d like to introduce you to a diminutive heron, the Cattle Egret Bubuclus ibis. The Cattle Egret is native to Africa, where it is a familiar sight among herds of large mammals. Cattle Egret is more closely related to herons in the genus Ardea then the species termed egrets in the genus Egretta.

Cattle 170

Cattle South Korea Suriname Seychelles 170

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 10, 2020

but there are other birds, many stopping to stay, many others moving to South America. We don’t see so many on the ground but with both Yellow and Black-billed hightailing it to South America, you know that their long wings are carrying these caterpillar gourmands far overhead and straight on to Colombia.

Costa Rica 260

Costa Rica South America Colombia Paraguay 260

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

We remember starlings not skylarks, House Sparrows not Eurasian Tree Sparrows , Cattle Egrets not… well, whatever we’ve forgotten because it didn’t do as well as the Cattle Egrets. Renato Mar 13th, 2011 at 8:36 am Nice post, the Collared Doves also make it to South America.

Montana 132

Montana 2011 New York Bahamas 132

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2017

uses the zoogeographical ecozones and denotes North, Central and South America (Nearctic and Neotropical realms) as western and the rest of the world (Palearctic, Afrotropical, Indomalayan, Australasian) as eastern. Canada Goose – Branta canadensis. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Breezy Point Tip. 01 Jan 2017.

2017 100

2017 Australia Sanctuary Woodpeckers 100