10,000 Birds
MARCH 22, 2011
home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds , Terminology / Cow Birds Cow Birds By Rick • March 22, 2011 • 1 comment Tweet Share So what do Buffleheads and Bitterns and Hornbills have in common? They’re all named for livestock.
Critter News
MARCH 30, 2009
Here is an interesting article about cattle rustling. Crashing through a gate in the dead of night, thieves using trucks and trailers recently robbed a farmer here of 53 Brahman crossbreed cows valued at some $50,000. Tags: cows.
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Critter News
DECEMBER 6, 2008
4, 2008 by the Environmental Protection Agency to charge a fee for air-polluting cows and hogs. It would require farms or ranches with more than 25 dairy cows, 50 beef cattle or 200 hogs to pay an annual fee of about $175 for each dairy cow, $87.50 per head of beef cattle and $20 for each hog. Gimme, gimme, gimme!
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 5, 2020
The cows and their entourage of Cattle Egrets sloshed through the pastures, each time they moved we lurched forward hoping to see a disturbed Grey-breasted Crake hop into view – but alas, no such luck even though we were hearing the little skulkers consistently. Farmers keep their livestock in this wetland also. Common Waxbills.
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. Tags: collared dove , doves , interior west • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Thanks for visiting!
10,000 Birds
MARCH 19, 2011
… Tags: ID Quiz , quiz • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Or These Blasts From The Past For Medicinal Use Only Wake up and smell the frangipani Cattle Egret at Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn There’s Oil in Them Thar Birds! I’ll leave it to you all to decide in the comments. Get yours today!
10,000 Birds
MARCH 18, 2011
The primary reasons for the decline of macaws and parrots are many but habitat loss due to logging; clear cutting for crops and cattle ranching; and capture for the pet trade rank among the most threatening. These threats are further exacerbated by the naturally low reproductive rates of these cavity-nesting birds. Thanks for visiting!
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