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Birds on the move

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There is a lot of bird movement around Australia at the moment due to the weather, so time to go and investigate! It actually looked like the station owner was breeding birds rather than cattle! This group were hanging out with some Plumed Whistling Ducks. This group were hanging out with some Plumed Whistling Ducks.

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Tribes and Birds of the Lower Omo Valley by Adam Riley

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Over a dozen distinctive ethnic groups exist here, many of whom live lives little touched by the modern world. Heading south on a good surfaced road, we made slow progress through the herds of cattle, donkeys and goats that thronged the highway, until we finally reached the land of the Konso. Hamar mother and child.

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Zero Gravity Brewing Company: Bobolink Saison

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And of course, there are Cattle Egrets ( Bubulcus ibis ) and several species of cowbirds that rarely stray too far from livestock. For most of history, beer has thrived in agrarian settings, too. It’s true that grassland bird conservation can often seem at odds with farming and it doesn’t help that some birds are viewed as agricultural pests.

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Licking Clay: the Macaws of Tambopata, Peru

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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.

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Birding Inirida, Colombia, or river dolphins and hoatzins, part 2

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In the Orinoco, the largest observed groups number 30, but average is just above five. Am I over-confident in my thinking that we were so interesting that they were investigating us for a good half an hour, until we moved further upriver? For a breath of air? Breathing takes place every 30 to 110 seconds. metres (7.6

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Bass Point Reserve-New South Wales

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As we came through the open fields towards the coast there were numerous Cattle Egrets among the cattle and Straw-necked Ibis. The carpark area was surrounded by a grassy area with picnic facilities and was extremely popular with several groups of Superb Fairy-wrens. Superb Fairy-wren -male. Australian Magpie. Australian Raven.

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