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Birding the Kruger Park (4): Letaba area

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So, it sometimes comes to South Africa to relax and enjoy relative anonymity. Apologies – I have not taken my anti-cynicism medication for a while now, and it starts to show). ” This sparrow does not want to hear it has a beautiful soul. It would love to be called beautiful, sexy and glamorous though.

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KwaZulu-Natal

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With this quote I have the pleasure of introducing my home province (state) for this month’s 10,000 Bird’s Africa Beat. mi (almost exactly the same size as Indiana), it is one of the smaller provinces of South Africa, but is the second most densely populated with over 10 million inhabitants. At 36,433 sq.

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Protecting Your Pets from Pests and Disease

4 The Love Of Animals

Heartworms are easily controlled by any one of a number of medications designed to kill the worms or repel mosquitoes. The virus originated in Africa, around the Nile region and has only threatened the United States in recent years. Once the worms hatch, they reach the dog’s heart, eventually causing death if not treated soon enough.

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The Falcon Thief: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

The Falcon Thief is the sometimes exciting, sometimes horrifying story of Jeffrey Lendrum, an African-born adventurer who has been arrested multiple times for raptor egg and chick poaching and smuggling in southern Africa, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Brazil. wrote a lengthy article in Outside magazine (Jan. 2019), and now this book.

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Packing for a birding trip

10,000 Birds

Optics is never checked-in and it always travels with me. And the field guide stays in my vest pocket, so I can go through it on an outbound flight (and try to memorise some more details of the common birds, plus a few targets) as well as the inbound flight (when I work through my tour list).

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Unlikely Healer Walks on Three Paws

4 The Love Of Animals

Soon people from South Africa to Japan heard about what was happening, and wrote to share their stories, their challenges, and their curiosity about what Henry was learning. Our nation struggles with a medical system focused on disease, not on health, and on procedures, not on caring.

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International Bird Rescue Believes “Every Bird Matters”

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Birds are brought to the pre-wash care team for warmth, food, fluids, and medical care. Once a bird has been in care for approximately 48 hours, a pre-wash examination and assessment determines if it is medically stable and ready for wash.