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Visit the Macaw Lodge in Costa Rica

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This natural space of almost a thousand acres – once a deforested area for extensive cattle ranching – has been restored for four decades, considering every detail in the aesthetics and functionality of the landscape, seeking the regeneration of bird and wildlife populations that inhabit the ecosystem.

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Birding Dongfang and Dongzhai on Hainan

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Here, nervous Cattle Egrets trying to quit smoking pace restlessly on buffalos. Bird information does not get much more irrelevant than this. The closest we got to habitat similar to Dongfang was on the last day of the trip, close to Haikou airport, at Dongzhai.

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The return of the Old Man

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There’s no information as to when these European colonies died out, but we do know that it was a long time ago. On a visit in October 2022, I found ibises feeding with cattle in scruffy roadside paddocks adjacent to the marismas ( photographs below ). Here they were easy to overlook.

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Birding Shanghai in May 2023 – Part 1

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During the breeding season, some Cattle Egrets look like teenage girls who have just discovered the existence of make-up, and consequently massively overdo it. But what do I know about the taste preferences of Cattle Egrets. It is probably all downhill from here. What’s next? Identification of subspecies?

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Mad Cow Disease Appears in California

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million dairy cows, according to information compiled by the California Beef Council. The sale of cattle and calves was a $1.82-billion Beef cattle are raised in nearly every California county. Nationally, California ranks behind Texas, Kansas and Nebraska in total cattle numbers. The state also hosts 1.84

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Birding Nanhui, Shanghai, in September 2021

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Cattle Egrets have perfected that smudgy look. ” However, the article fails to give details about the fuel consumption of the bird, making the distance information almost useless for the purpose of any economic evaluations. She got excited: “Birds with sunglasses!” ” This is probably an Eastern Crowned Warbler.

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Red-legged Seriema

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This first encounter was during a bird of prey exhibition at Leeds Castle, so the information was forthcoming from the commentary, but the chances of ever seeing one in the wild seemed remote. They are often found in association with cattle and benefit in much the same way that egrets do. Where does it come from?

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