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Seeing Sociable Lapwing in Kazakhstan

10,000 Birds

Kazakhstan – May 2009 After our excellent time at the Korgalzhyn State Nature Reserve we bid a fond farewell to its gorgeous grassy terrain and made our way to a location where Sociable Lapwing were known to breed. Often, nests are near villages, though sometimes they are found on the shores of salt lakes or on hills.

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Jochen’s 2014 Year List

10,000 Birds

In a funny twist of fate, it seems that 2014 will be much the same as 2012 and 2013 have been, with family trips to somewhere in France and business trips to Indonesia and Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan: Mangghystau province at the Caspian Sea shore, probably in May. Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis : Camargue, Provence, France, 2 Jan.

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