10,000 Birds

JUNE 11, 2015

Statistics would go in favour of the Cape Glossy Starling , as I later learned.). At first, I had no field guide, but even after I obtained it in the souvenir shop of the National Museum, I still wasn’t able to ID it – there were a dozen similarly iridescent starlings in the book. Crow-like has to be a crow, doesn’t it?

Africa 209

Africa Botswana Birds Europe 209

Critter News

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Services shows that most livestock losses come from weather, disease, illness, and birthing problems, and not predation.

Killing 100

Killing Wildlife Groups Endangered Species 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 13, 2012

That Cattle Egret I found in Somerset County, August 2009? The Birds of New Jersey: Status and Distribution lacks the statistical density of the 1999 volume, but, at 308-pages and in paperback, it is portable. Eastern Kingbird is a common and widespread summer resident, and a common fall and fairly common spring migrant.

New Jersey 190

New Jersey Birds 2009 Bald Eagle 190

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 18, 2022

Then again, given that the paper has 12 authors, this may just be statistics at work. Apparently, the choice is for the nests to be flooded (those near streams) or to be trampled by cattle (those near the agricultural ponds). While grazing cattle and buffalo may look idyllic to us, the Oriental Pratincole has a very different view.

Cattle 147

Cattle Portugal Buffalo Humane 147

10,000 Birds

MARCH 10, 2013

As we travelled around the hinterland we discovered that the Cattle Egret in that area of Queensland were with the cattle! Cattle Egret and cattle. Australian Bustard and cattle. Shorebird roost at Toorbul. Now that is just how it should be! Sometimes they were with horses, but that’s OK!

Birds 150

Birds Cattle Litter 2012 150

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 19, 2014

Statistics & Maps. Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis : Camargue, Provence, France, 2 Jan. Jan 14 : A business trip to Wetzlar in Hessen allows for some quick roadside birding in the Lahnaue where I am lucky to encounter a fine flock of geese (fine for the deep hinterland) that includes Greater White-fronts and even two Barnacles.

2014 145

2014 France Germany Indonesia 145

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

The intimidating manner of The Management implied that an improvement will be made this year, so the statistics for 2017 will be rigorously combed and contorted into alternative truths until one is found. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. 1499 species were seen in the eastern hemisphere in 2016. Airport Mangroves. 01 Jan 2017.

2017 100

2017 Australia Sanctuary Woodpeckers 100