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Collaborative List ? May 2020

10,000 Birds

You may notice a few non-commital “sp” entries and/or a few domestic/feral/hybrid forms. Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis). Fish Crow (Corvus ossifragus). I know that we are all looking forward to a time when we might return to the old normal, but until then, please stay safe and keep your distance. crow sp.)).

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The Domestic Turkey and the First Thanksgiving

10,000 Birds

Thus, the cattle we raise for meat and dairy are sometimes called Bos taurus while the extinct wild form is always called Bos primigenius. The trip was probably reasonably well planned and it would have been known to these travelers that game birds, as well as deer and fish, were abundant in the region they were traveling to.

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Duncan’s 2015 List

10,000 Birds

Cattle Egret ( Bubulcus ibis ); Chobe NP, Botswana, 1 January. African Fish Eagle ( Haliaeetus vocifer ); Chobe NP, Botswana, 1 January. Grey-headed Fish Eagle ( Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus ); Singapore Botanical Gardens, Singapore, 25 February. Buffy Fish-owl ( Bubo ketupu ); Singapore Botanical Gardens, Singapore, 25 February.

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Collaborative list – December 2019

10,000 Birds

Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. African Fish-Eagle – Haliaeetus vocifer. Fish Crow – Corvus ossifragus. Incidentally, Uganda ( 510 ) leap-frogged Australia ( 475 ) to become the list’s fourth most prolific country behind Costa Rica ( 763 ), USA ( 654 ) and Brazil ( 555 ). 02 Dec 2019. 22 Dec 2019.

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Birding the Holiday Inn Resort, Montego Bay, Jamaica

10,000 Birds

Brown Pelicans were always present and regularly dove for fish, as you can see in the above photo. In addition to the White-crowned Pigeons there were White-winged Doves that were more tame than anywhere I had ever seen them, Zenaida Doves , and feral Rock Pigeons. What the resort did have was a variety of pigeons and doves.

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