10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 21, 2022

I’ve been leading a small but faithful group on Trinidad for several years to count birds within a livestock farm that is generally restricted to the public (you can read about some of those shenanigans here ); this was the first time I was to embark on a CBC on the smaller island of Tobago. Mangrove Cuckoo. Blue-winged Teal.

Falcons 229

Falcons Trinidad Ducks Groups 229

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2020

Scores of Black-bellied Whistling Ducks circled overhead, these vocal ducks are often hunted illegally here so it was refreshing to see so many. Farmers keep their livestock in this wetland also. Arriving before sunrise, we could already see the thick clouds on the horizon. Such is birding, such is life.

Livestock 203

Livestock Ducks ALA illegal 203

10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2011

They’re all named for livestock. It didn’t take much imagination to name Cowbirds or Cattle Egrets or Cattle Tyrants , but there’s more fantasy, even more wit, involved in the naming of other bovine birds. The genus Bucephala includes three familiar ducks with big heads.

Cows 141

Cows Cattle 2011 Birds 141