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The Cattle Egret Expansion

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When you think of invasives, you think of the birds that have been helped by human beings to get where they are, such as House Sparrow or European Starling. I’d like to introduce you to a diminutive heron, the Cattle Egret Bubuclus ibis. Cattle Egret has been introduced by humans to Hawaii and the Seychelles.

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Birds of Pantanal

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Pantanal is about the size of Florida and is the largest fresh water swamp in the world; it is full of birds and other wildlife making it one the most biodiverse ecosystems in the world. Unfortunately this place, like all other biodiverse places in the world, is being destroyed and threaten by us, the needy greedy humans.

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Birding while Holiday Shopping

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Common Myna, a steadily spreading exotic in southern Florida restricted to artificial, man-made habitats. In southeastern Florida, most of the bird species restricted to parking lots and similar artificial habitats are exotic species. Ring-billed Gull, an abundant wintering species in parking lots of southeast Florida.

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A New Year Begins! But First–A Celebration of My 2018 Top Ten Birds

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Whooping Crane, Florida. There is a small resident population in Polk County, Florida, in the middle of the peninsula, mostly on protected land, and once in a while they show up in a place where they can be easily observed. So, I was excited to read reports in late 2017 of a pair of Whooping Cranes being seen on a cattle farm.

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Combined Beats’ List, May 2016

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Others, by their own admission, are Luddites and believe that the pinnacle of human technological achievement was reached on the day that man first bound a notebook in moleskin. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Costanera Sur, Promenade.

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Combined Beats List – June 2016

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Others, by their own admission, are Luddites and believe that the pinnacle of human technological achievement was reached on the day that man first bound a notebook in moleskin. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Bill Baggs Cape Florida SP. Bill Baggs Cape Florida SP. Bill Baggs Cape Florida SP. 09 May 2016.

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Combined Beats’ list

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Others, by their own admission, are Luddites and believe that the pinnacle of human technological achievement was reached on the day that man first bound a notebook in moleskin. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Florida Scrub-Jay – Aphelocoma coerulescens. Bill Baggs Cape Florida SP. Bill Baggs Cape Florida SP.

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