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Hula Valley Israel Is A Migratory Hot Spot

10,000 Birds

And though there are plenty of places in the United States to enjoy migration (heck even right here in my state of Minnesota) I’ve been fortunate enough to take in migration in other areas. On top of that, your guide interprets and ids birds and mammals over the loud speaker.

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Birding Hluhluwe, South Africa

10,000 Birds

While the conclusion is not an outright damnation of the oxpeckers as the Count Draculas of the avian world, the carefully phrased conclusion does not sound very positive either: “These results suggest that the oxpecker-mammal relationship is more complex than was previously thought.” Some people wonder whether god exists.