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Birding Mkuze

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Cattle Egrets using public transport. Not too many raptors, but at least an African Fish Eagle. Some more Mkuze birds for which I cannot come up with a semi-interesting caption right now … African Jacana. Alone time. Taking a bath …. And drying on a giraffe with your friends. What a life. African Pygmy Kingfisher.

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The Crocodile Safari (Botswana)

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A few paddle strokes down the river and on the right bank there were four Impala antelopes ( Aepyceros melampus ). albiventris ) and fish eating Pied Kingfishers ( Ceryle rudis ). Among 60 or so heron species in the world this is the only one using this peculiar fishing technique. Cattle Egret 16. African Fish Eagle 1.

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All my patches

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There were grumpy old fishermen, fishing through the closed season when the fish enter the backwaters to spawn, but also carrying handguns on their belts and assuming that, being armed and dangerous, they have every right to the area. armed with binoculars only?)

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Birding India with the ABA

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Then, we became birders again, noting Common Mynas and Eastern Cattle Egrets on the terraced lawns, Yellow-footed Pigeons, European-collared and Red-collared Doves in the trees bordering the garden squares. Luckily, I didn’t have to look hard to find the Dusky Eagle-Owl’s nest. Target: Tigers. It was a big owl.

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Week 16: South Africa and Kruger National Park

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The mighty rhino along with the Cattle Egret. It is incredibly hard to pick a highlight, but the Lilac-breasted Rollers, Southern Yellow-billed Hornbills, Green Wood Hoopoe and the Kori Bustard are all right up there. The African Fish Eagle was a great first day bird.

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Tribes and Birds of the Lower Omo Valley by Adam Riley

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We were able to take a thoroughly enjoyable boat ride on Lake Chamo, whose shores teem with birds, including such typical African species as African Fish Eagle, Goliath Heron the world’s largest, Yellow-billed Stork and the incomparable Hamerkop , a species in its own family. A Konso village perched atop a terraced hill.

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What to Do at High Island When the Winds are South

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It stops those thousands of migrating birds flying across the Gulf of Mexico and directs them right onto the trees, fields, sanctuaries, beaches along the Bolivar Peninsula, where they hopefully find food and fresh water. I imagined walking right up to them. High Island in April requires Weather, so I was told. American Avocets.

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