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Critically Endangered: Sociable Lapwing

10,000 Birds

Gujarat, December 2010. Sociable Lapwings breed in several areas along the Kazakhstani – Russian border and overwinter in Iraq, Sudan and northwest India. Target for today: critically endangered Sociable Lapwing ( Vanellus gregarius ). CR being the highest category in the Red List , if I want to see some of those birds, I better hurry!

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Great Migrations

4 The Love Of Animals

The National Geographic channel has an amazing new series that starts on November 7th, 2010. It’s called Great Migrations , and as the name suggests, it follows some of the most intense migrations in the animal kingdom. Seven hours in total, Great Migrations premieres in the U.S.

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