10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 30, 2017

We got particularly great looks at Guira Cuckoo at Pousada Piuval, a resort that is also a cattle ranch; they were active all day, even after many of the birds that gathered in the early morning dispersed, often whistling loudly from the fence posts. I took a video that shows the quiet charm of our all-too-brief traveling companion.

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Brazil Birds Los Angeles Tigers 151

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2022

This Cattle Egret has just read a paper stating that it would be 3.6 Again, how surprising (though it is not quite clear to me how they got to that conclusion, as apparently, they did not send out questionnaires to the lapwings in question). Now comes my question: Which of the two categories described do you think this paper belongs to?

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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. It’s just that the exceptions are so much more attention-grabbing. And after all, some birds have to expand their range sometimes.

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Montana 2011 New York Bahamas 135

10,000 Birds

MARCH 31, 2019

We were met by several Cattle Egret in beautiful breeding plumage feeding on the grass right next to the train station. It was being reliably observed early morning and late afternoon around the main bridge and many people got excellent photos and videos of the Asian Openbill. It had become quite a celebrity!

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Singapore Transported Boars Malaysia 114

10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2011

Or These Blasts From The Past For Medicinal Use Only Wake up and smell the frangipani Cattle Egret at Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn There’s Oil in Them Thar Birds! Mallard Complexity About the Author Corey Corey is a New Yorker who has lived most of his life upstate but has spent the last three years in Queens. Wicked, right?

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Bald Eagle Zoos 2011 Parrots 113

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2015

With almost 1200 species of birds in the Capital Region, the house and roof steadily filled with Egyptian Vultures, Barn Owls, Hornbills, Black Ibis, Cattle Egrets, Steppe Eagles , a multitude of songbirds and pigeons , as well as the occasional cobra or palm squirrel. Watch this remarkable video about Wildlife Rescue, and read their blog.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation India Rescue Wounded 262

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

The primary reasons for the decline of macaws and parrots are many but habitat loss due to logging; clear cutting for crops and cattle ranching; and capture for the pet trade rank among the most threatening. These threats are further exacerbated by the naturally low reproductive rates of these cavity-nesting birds. Wicked, right?

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Peru Parrots 2011 Research Center 255

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Yet not mentioned is a simple step that will go a long way toward ensuring compliance with our already lax slaughterhouse requirements: Place video cameras throughout the kill process. You suggest that Senator Richard Durbin and Representative Rosa DeLauro’s idea of a single agency devoted solely to food safety is a worthy first step.

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New York Times New York 2008 Factory Farm 40

10,000 Birds

JUNE 8, 2023

The Large-billed Crow ( video ) is one of the natural enemies – in the study above, it predated 19 eggs from four pitta nests. Of course, what is shown here (and in the video ) is a female – kind of typical for this blog. I was a bit worried about the bird in the video but a friend assured me that birds do not get seasick.

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Birds China Research Tenant 130

10,000 Birds

JUNE 28, 2018

The persecution of these apex predators, especially wolves , is rampant among some hunters and cattle ranchers. Last but not least, I will leave you with a VERY disturbing video of Sandhill Crane hunting in western Oklahoma. This is a very disturbing video of Sandhill Cranes being slaughtered by “hunters.”

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Hunting Hunters Gorillas Wolves 111