10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

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 ). Sadly, they no longer breed in Algeria, while in Turkey no free-flying birds remain.

Morocco 235

Morocco Austria Algeria Germany 235

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2016

Additional information is presented in boxes and with photographs. and is currently events coordinator for the American Birding Association and a research associate in the Ornithology Department at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. Light blue boxes give brief facts on breeding age, strategy and lifespan.

Birds 190

Birds Groups 2015 North America 190

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

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.

Peru 255

Peru Parrots 2011 South America 255

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Merritt Island NWR–Vistor Information Center. Airport Mangroves. 01 Jan 2017. Reddish Egret – Egretta rufescens.

2017 100

2017 Australia Sanctuary Woodpeckers 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2022

Actually, as I just found out, this is not really new information. But it is all for science, I hear them say. Somehow I did not think Cattle Egrets would eat dragonflies (shouldn’t they eat beef, at least judging from their name?) Swinhoe’s White-eye was just promoted to the rank of a full species in 2018.

Birds 147

Birds China Eggs Breeding 147