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Endangered Malayan Tiger Cubs Born at Busch Gardens Tampa

4 The Love Of Animals

The litter consists of two males and one female. Malayan tiger cub births in managed care are rare – just one successful birth in 2012 as part of the SSP. The cubs will rotate separate sessions on the habitat with the Bengal tiger groups that currently reside there. These births are critical to help preserve the species.

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CBC Shenanigans

10,000 Birds

It was late December, 2012, and I slotted into a sizable group under the joint leadership of two highly respected birders. As prolific as the area was, the group was on the move. The group was significantly smaller, only myself and one other person. By 2015 I was assigned to lead a CBC group for the first time.

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Birding Gunung Gede on a weekend without suffering a mental break-down, part 1

10,000 Birds

I was very fortunate to visit the park twice, once in April 2012 and just recently in November 2013, and can fully confirm that the birding is epic. Two kinds of visitor groups frequent the park: those who seek the summit and the summit only, and those who aim for a casual walk to the waterfall. There is nothing not to like about them.

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