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Birding the road from Kabul to Jalalabad

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Alternative transportation options would have included traveling on a truck like this one. We will establish a series of online workshops, trainings, and seminars for young women. As I said, the road mostly goes downhill … … but not every car or truck has good enough brakes to stay on the road during this journey.

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Stormbirds

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Damage to New York included floods caused by the storm surge, power cuts and disruption to transport, including the loss of the railway line that crosses Jamaica Bay. Two years on, the train line has been repaired at last and I paid a visit to the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.

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Little Big Year

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When I got word of the state first Couch’s Kingbird being seen in the West Village, easily accessible by train, I was up at the Olde Homestead. My official list will include only birds I see on foot and/or using New York City public transportation: mainly buses and trains under the auspices of the MTA, but also the Staten Island Ferry.

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This Week in Bird(ing) News: Orange Is the New Beak, and a Dead Parrot (No Joke!)

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Then you might benefit from a new program training birding guides. The first bird feathers may have been for showiness more than transportation. Planning on birding Kenya? Then you’ll want to check out this new book. Or maybe you’re visiting Belize, Guatemala, Paraguay, or the Bahamas? Feel free to weigh in, up-over Clare!).

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Powerful Owl in the Royal Botanical Gardens-Sydney

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The Royal Botanical Gardens are a huge area to explore and easily accessed by public transport. This worked in our favour and we were able to take a few more photos before we had to make a move and get ourselves back to the train station. We have to be content with Barking Owls around Broome, which are also magnificent owls!

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Finding an Asian Openbill in Singapore-second ever record!

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Arriving in Singapore we soon collected our bags and got ourselves a NETS card for travel on public transport and to also use in supermarkets. The train system is fast and efficient and was our primary mode of transport. If the train did not go all of the way then we took a connecting bus or walked.

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Cuero y Salado Wildlife Refuge, Honduras, Part 1

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Our bus ride to the train that would take us to the boat launch led through monoculture pineapple plantations being sprayed with pesticides that were not a pretty sight, but the view of the sun breaking through the clouds over the mountains (like in the picture above) was inspiring. Not only that, but we had a train ride to look forward to!

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