10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2011

It didn’t take much imagination to name Cowbirds or Cattle Egrets or Cattle Tyrants , but there’s more fantasy, even more wit, involved in the naming of other bovine birds. They’re all named for livestock. The genus Bucephala includes three familiar ducks with big heads.

Cows 142

Cows Cattle 2011 Birds 142

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2019

12796 Tucson Avenue, Mount Lemmon, Arizona, US (32.442, -110.758) Private residence. 12796 Tucson Avenue, Mount Lemmon, Arizona, US (32.442, -110.758) Private residence. 12796 Tucson Avenue, Mount Lemmon, Arizona, US (32.442, -110.758) Private residence. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. 11 Aug 2019. 11 Aug 2019.

2019 118

2019 Arizona Ghana Tucson 118

10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2019

Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Gene C Reid Park, Tucson US-AZ (32.2076,-110.9233). Lewis’s Woodpecker – Melanerpes lewis. Red-headed Woodpecker – Melanerpes erythrocephalus. Acorn Woodpecker – Melanerpes formicivorus. Golden-naped Woodpecker – Melanerpes chrysauchen.

2019 113

2019 Ghana Australia Woodpeckers 113

10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2019

Red-bellied Woodpecker – Melanerpes carolinus. Downy Woodpecker – Dryobates pubescens. Hairy Woodpecker – Dryobates villosus. Hoffmann’s Woodpecker – Melanerpes hoffmannii. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Pale-billed Woodpecker – Campephilus guatemalensis. 01 Jan 2019.

2019 113

2019 Australia Ghana Woodpeckers 113

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2019

White-headed Woodpecker – Dryobates albolarvatus. Golden-cheeked Woodpecker – Melanerpes chrysogenys. Eurasian Green Woodpecker – Picus viridis. 6900 South Jamie Avenue, Tucson, Arizona, US (32.19, -111.112). Syrian Woodpecker – Dendrocopos syriacus. Montezuma NWR–Wildlife Drive.

2019 113

2019 Australia Ghana Woodpeckers 113