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Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve: the Tiger Afternoon

10,000 Birds

There’s a Sloth Bear in tall, dry grass, barely 50 metres from us, but all we can see is a dark, shape-shifting shadow that eventually becomes all but invisible. On her own, two months ago, she took down a big, old and experienced Indian Boar , who already had some old tiger claw scars. The Telia Lake. The other two are motionless.

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The Kerkini Lake, Greece: Dipped One, Got One

10,000 Birds

It’s the boar hunting season. The soil is disturbed by foraging boars (and there is not a single shot from those hunters). The WBW remained elusive like a bear (for me at least – a month ago, Georgos met a mother with two cubs, took a few photos, then dropped down and played dead). Enough of the mountains.

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