10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks , Muscovy Ducks and Blue-winged Teals were around us, together with Green , Great and Little Blue Herons , Cattle and Great White Egrets , Black-crowned and Yellow-crowned Night-Herons , plus one locally rare Pinnated Bittern in the floating vegetation, as well as several dozen Neotropical Cormorants.

Costa Rica 244

Costa Rica Nicaragua 2019 Farming 244

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

UNLESS that is you get yourself down to the internationally-renowned Tambopata Research Centre in southern Peru where literally hundreds of macaws (and other parrots) congregate around a 50 meter high clay bank. Scarlet Macaw Ara macao.

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Peru Parrots 2011 South America 255

10,000 Birds

JULY 17, 2012

The population of parrotlets they studied was located on one of the many huge hatos (cattle ranches) in the Venezuelan llanos, a vast swath of flat flooded savannah in the central third of the country that drains into the Rio Orinoco. Color markings on the legs and head are to identify individuals for research purposes).

Eggs 269

Eggs Venezuela Porcupines 2008 269

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 7, 2014

In other words, if you look up Cattle Egret, you will find a reference to its species account and its inclusion in the box on Identification of White Egrets. It does not have the scientific references or research knowledge offered by some other bird handbooks, and it doesn’t pretend to be that type of book.

North America 178

North America America Birds Family 178

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Watch out for Tom during October to see this anomaly put right. Australian King-Parrot – Alisterus scapularis. Turquoise-fronted Parrot – Amazona aestiva. Brown-headed Parrot – Poicephalus cryptoxanthus. Double-eyed Fig-Parrot – Cyclopsitta diophthalma. Alphabetic Taxonomic. 29 Sep 2018.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2019

This year the big prize must go to Tom who has pushed himself, right to the wire to acheive a magnificent score for a self-funded, wife-organised, wife-sponsored Little Big Year , accounting for 57% of the total. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. 01 Jan 2018.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113