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Hawking for Nighthawks

10,000 Birds

Scores of Black-bellied Whistling Ducks circled overhead, these vocal ducks are often hunted illegally here so it was refreshing to see so many. Farmers keep their livestock in this wetland also. Arriving before sunrise, we could already see the thick clouds on the horizon. Common Waxbills. Such is birding, such is life.

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Cow Birds

10,000 Birds

They’re all named for livestock. The genus Bucephala includes three familiar ducks with big heads. Tags: names , nomenclature , Terminology , words • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? apparently has the same origin, the booming of the male’s wings recalling somehow the bellowing of a bull.

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