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The Oriolest Oriole

10,000 Birds

Baltimore Orioles are surprisingly slight when you get a look at them, but troupials are about the size of a jay, and with the bearing to go with it. Troupials raise their own chicks, generally 3 to 4 per clutch, they just steal the nest in which they raise them. Take a look at this sucker. For starters, it’s massive.

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Be the next Pambassador!

4 The Love Of Animals

Pambassador finalists will participate in the current panda release plan, designed to re-introduce captive bears into the wild. Isn’t that exciting?

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The Birding Rally Challenge Peru 2012

10,000 Birds

Raise global awareness of Peru’s potential as a top-notch birding destination whilst highlighting the need to conserve bird habitat across the country. We maybe forfeited our chances of winning because of that fantastic hour spent watching the Spectacled bear and its cub. A female C**k-of-the-rock.

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Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve: the Tiger Afternoon

10,000 Birds

Maharashtra, February 2013. 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. The closer one raises her head, than lies back. Telia yawns, raises and sprays her urine on a dead tree stump, marking her territory.

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