10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2022

Where it is not – for example, in Japan – it will have difficulties finding a partner to mate. This Cattle Egret has just read a paper stating that it would be 3.6 The solution for one female Chinese Pond Heron in a Japanese heronry: mating with a Little Egret ( source ). How convenient. No wonder it looks a bit pissed off.

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Birds South Korea Japan Abandon 162

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

We remember starlings not skylarks, House Sparrows not Eurasian Tree Sparrows , Cattle Egrets not… well, whatever we’ve forgotten because it didn’t do as well as the Cattle Egrets. Especially of all the species that had been introduced to the US. And after all, some birds have to expand their range sometimes.

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Montana 2011 New York Bahamas 139

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2018

During March, 11 beats shared 122 checklists to accumulate 680 species from 8 countries; USA, Costa Rica, Serbia, India, Australia, New Zealand, UK and Japan. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis.

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2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 8, 2023

The Fairy Pitta is listed as Vulnerable, with the HBW that the species is “rare; global population probably no more than a few thousand individuals” While the sexes are alike, my guess is that the Fairy Pitta in the photo is a male given its early arrival date in Shanghai.

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Birds China Research Tenant 130