10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Cattle Egret. A clever strategy to specialize on something that everybody thinks is disgusting. Little Grebe: With 4 chicks waiting for the fish, maybe better to eat it yourself … Some birds seem to prefer crustaceans. Black-capped Kingfisher. Little Egret: There is a shrimp farm by the seaside. Very easy work. Brown Shrike.

Fish 197

Fish Rodents China Vegetarian 197

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 27, 2015

Continuing to release more birds into an environment that could not sustain them was a losing strategy. One of the remaining birds is known to frequent Joe Overstreet Road, a dirt road that runs a few miles through sod farms and cattle pastures between Canoe Creek Road and Lake Kissimmee in Keenansville,about an hour south of Orlando.

Cattle 201

Cattle Florida Bald Eagle Endangered Species 201

10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2023

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. While having somebody else raise your chicks like an attractive strategy to me, it is not without dangers.

Birds 130

Birds Raised Cattle Mammals 130

10,000 Birds

JULY 27, 2011

It’s a good strategy for Bobolinks to have. Cattle wandered this pasture along with me (one cow even attempted to taste my carbon fiber tripod). I can watch where I step on my way to my survey spot, the cattle aren’t so cautious, Bobolinks need to be ready to move when the unaware bovine wanders near near the nest.

Birds 161

Birds Cattle Blackbirds North America 161

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2016

Light blue boxes give brief facts on breeding age, strategy and lifespan. The 24 groups of birds are organized into nine broad categories—Waterbirds, Coastal Birds, Seabirds, Large Shorebirds, Skulkers, Birds of Forest and Edge, Aerial Insectivores, Night Birds, Open-Country Birds. Green boxes offer Natural History and Taxonomic Notes.

Birds 190

Birds Groups 2015 North America 190

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 20, 2020

It is interesting to see the different evolutionary strategies of closely related bird species – the various snow-white egrets with their “I don`t give a damn who can see me” attitude contrasting with the ridiculously well-camouflaged yellow bitterns. If you see 50 cattle egrets following a plough on a rice paddy, less so.

Singapore 175

Singapore Fish Cattle Species 175

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 19, 2019

Forego strategies, do Big Year birding on the wing and you do a year list at your own peril. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis; Turrucares, 1-Jan. It’s a fresh start, a time when we can start counting once again to see how many birds we can find over the next 12 months. Snowy Egret – Egretta thula; Turrucares, 1-Jan.

Costa Rica 113

Costa Rica 2019 Parrots Woodpeckers 113