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Morning Coffee with Eastern Imperial Eagle

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Somewhere behind it comes another song, those liquid bubbles of European Bee-eater , also my first – they returned from Africa only a week ago. But on modern farms, cattle are being kept indoors and if the pasture becomes overgrown, ground squirrels disappear. After a wakeup call at highly uncivilized 3.45 It is still cold.

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UN Launches Projects to Help Mountain Gorillas

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The 2009 Year of the Gorilla (YoG) partnership is supporting a project enabling local residents in areas endangered by increasing demands for fuel – not least the Virunga National Park, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – to buy low-cost, fuel-efficient stoves. Tags: virunga africa united nations environment gorillas.

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Combined Beats’ List – September

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Duncan has been in Africa, sweeping all before him like a brush fire. Contributions this month have come from; Costa Rica, USA, Australia, Mexico, Serbia, South Africa, UK, Botswana, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia and Iran. Route 254 farm fields (rd to Playa Panama). South Africa. South Africa. 29 Jan 2016.

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Combined Beats’ List – August

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But our pin-up for August and worthy of a double-page-spread, is Duncan who is currently sharing from South Africa. South Africa. Chomes–Calle San Agustín and farms. South Africa. In so doing, he has helped to push us through the 1900 milestone. River Lapwing – Vanellus duvaucelii. 11 Feb 2016. 16 Feb 2016.

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