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The Dracula Bird

10,000 Birds

Especially when I compare it with the other cowbird present in central Mexico, the Brown-headed Cowbird. Instead, they lay their eggs in other species’ nests, and let those nest-making birds (often significantly smaller than the cowbirds) raise their young. But all this changed with the arrival of Europeans, and their cattle.

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Collaborative List – November 2018

10,000 Birds

He pointed out that Illinois had been sadly neglected up to this point, so Redgannet made a special visit to Chicago to redress this oversight. They birded 6 countries; USA, UK, Costa Rica, Serbia, Australia, and Mexico. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Jamaica Bay, Big Egg Marsh. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis.

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