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Birding Lake Kerkini, Greece: Three Lazy Days

10,000 Birds

It turned out to be the home of the final of the four local shrikes, the Woodchat Shrike (a family, 2 adults and 2 juveniles) showing well, a singing Ortolan Bunting , Turtle Dove , one more Masked Shrike , Eastern Olivaceous Warbler , Spotted Flycatcher , Yellowhammer , as well as 3 grazing Greek tortoise ( Testudo graeca ).

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Africa’s Big Five and Little Five

10,000 Birds

They are not necessarily the biggest African animals, but represented those that were considered a real hunter’s worthy prey or “game” – the African Elephant, Cape Buffalo, Black Rhinoceros, Leopard and king of the jungle, the Lion (which of course doesn’t inhabit jungle but savanna!).

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Animals of Kruger National Park: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Tall grass, grass in burnt areas, leaves stems, small mammals, large mammals, invertebrates, birds, bird eggs, even hyena feces (that’s the Leopard Tortoise). The Big Five–Lion, Leopard, African Buffalo, African Elephant and Rhinoceros–were historically the main mammal attraction of Kruger.

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