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OB farmers. I have a question.
Posted on 4/5/19 at 6:51 pm
Posted on 4/5/19 at 6:51 pm
With everyone disking, rowing up and planting....where the hell are the cow birds? There are usually 30 or so behind a disk. We planted about 1200 acres of corn and nary a single bird was seen. I'm in NELA. I only saw crows.
Eta: Apparently their true name is Cattle Egret.
AllAboutBirds
Eta: Apparently their true name is Cattle Egret.
AllAboutBirds
This post was edited on 4/5/19 at 7:48 pm
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Posted on 4/5/19 at 7:01 pm to Lynyrd
Interesting...I can’ t say that I have seen many either...maybe they are late migrating this year for some reason.
Posted on 4/5/19 at 7:01 pm to Lynyrd
Nets on the arky/la border stopped them. Plus all the units to cool the ponds up north are changing their habits
Posted on 4/5/19 at 7:39 pm to Lynyrd
Legitimately haven’t seen one this spring. It is a bit strange.
Posted on 4/5/19 at 7:41 pm to jimbeam
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Nets on the arky/la border stopped them. Plus all the units to cool the ponds up north are changing their habits
Damn DU is even stopping other species....
Posted on 4/5/19 at 7:43 pm to Spankum
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maybe they are late migrating this year for some reason.
Maybe...to be honest, I didn't know they were a migratory species.
Posted on 4/5/19 at 8:06 pm to Spankum
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maybe they are late migrating this year for some reason.
Nah, they're here. I've seen them in a few fields around Ville Platte.
Posted on 4/5/19 at 8:10 pm to Lynyrd
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I didn't know they were a migratory species.
not all but most go to mexico/central America for winter
they actually came over from Africa they are the same species you see on Discovery channel eating off the backs of Cape buffalo and elephants and others
Posted on 4/5/19 at 8:11 pm to Cowboyfan89
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Nah, they're here. I've seen them in a few fields around Ville Platte.
I’ve been seeing them in the pastures in Opelousas.
Posted on 4/5/19 at 8:16 pm to Cowboyfan89
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Nah, they're here.
May be, but they aren't here. I just found it odd
Posted on 4/5/19 at 9:09 pm to Lynyrd
Too cool and early. Gotta get a lot warmer than it has been
Posted on 4/5/19 at 9:10 pm to Lynyrd
shite, I haven’t noticed any either.
Posted on 4/5/19 at 10:30 pm to prostyleoffensetime
Man, I don't know where you guys live, but I'm seeing flocks of them daily out here on the Cajun Prairie.
I'm west of PillageUrVillage, BTW.
I'm west of PillageUrVillage, BTW.
Posted on 4/5/19 at 11:05 pm to Lynyrd
The reports on ebird seem to show a little less coverage, but NELA is always spotty for Cattle Egrets this early in the year.
Here's a visual of the January - March observations in the last 10 years:
And here's this year's observations to date. Similar, but a bit less coverage:
Here's a visual of the January - March observations in the last 10 years:
And here's this year's observations to date. Similar, but a bit less coverage:
Posted on 4/6/19 at 5:35 am to shell01
They appear to be more concentrated this year, which could be an effect of the wet spring we've had so far. Farmers have had a difficult time getting in the fields because of the rain. Maybe the draw is just not there across the region to get those birds spread out.
Posted on 4/6/19 at 7:42 am to Lynyrd
They nest on the across the lake my camp is at. They roll out in the morning and back at dusk. First volley of guns in the September teal season, they gone. Always wonder how many chicks fall in the water below and the gators scarf up.
Posted on 4/6/19 at 8:35 am to Ron Cheramie
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eating off the backs of Cape buffalo and elephants and others
Have 20 2 year old Brangus bulls in the pasture behind my house and these birds follow them around all day. Don’t know how they don’t get stepped on.
Posted on 4/6/19 at 11:29 am to FelicianaTigerfan
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Too cool and early. Gotta get a lot warmer than it has been
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