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The Birding Rally Challenge Peru 2012

10,000 Birds

In early December of 2012 we had the opportunity to cover this hard-core rally in the south of Peru. On the final day, major drama played out as a rare Spectacled Bear and her cub made an appearance at the lodge, causing the Forest Falcons from the UK to take the decision to watch and photograph this once-in-a-lifetime event.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Second Weekend of February 2012)

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I found myself on the shore of Lake Ontario on the most bitter day of this mild winter to observe over 1,700 maniacs take a Polar Bear Plunge.

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King Juan Carlos, Honorary Head of World Wildlife Fund Spain, Caught in Elephant Hunt

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April 2012. Apparently it isn't the first time the King has been shooting big game in Africa, or elsewhere (Apparently he killed a bear in Russia a few years ago too). From the Wildlife Extra News.

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Untamed Americas

4 The Love Of Animals

The first of the series premiers June 10th, 2012. In a rarely filmed event, see newly awakened black bears go on the hunt for newborn elk calves. We are so excited about this new mini-series from National Geographic! Untamed Americas ” is a high-definition miniseries event narrated by Academy Award-nominated actor Josh Brolin.

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Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve: the Tiger Afternoon

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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. In 2012, the Hindustani Times claimed that from January 2011 to June 2012, a further 9 tigers were killed in the Tadoba buffer zone. The Telia Lake.

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Birding in the Dark

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It’s either that or the Hindus are right, that our existence is a continuing chain of lives through re-birth, a system of action and reward, and Corey Finger’s former life was that of a panda bear whose biggest mischief was eating bamboo, while I was Pol Pot. Either way, it just ain’t fair !!!

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Be Careful What You Wish For: A Punter’s Guide to the World Birding Rally

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They didn’t say, when you hear owls calling from an Utcubamba roadside at noon, bear in mind that Rich Hoyer can produce a full range of geographically appropriate pygmy-owl vocalizations without so much as moving his lips. Read James’s account of the 2012 Birding Rally and Alfredo’s account of the 2013 Birding Rally.

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