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Rarer than Tigers: the Indian Wild Dog

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India, February 2013. Further down the road, we reach a derelict building with a large veranda hidden among the trees – an abandoned hunting lodge (if I were in a situation to invest, I would choose to upgrade this into a luxury wildlife lodge). It is February and evenings are cold. Against snakes,” he said. It is too early to show.

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Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve: the Tiger Afternoon

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Maharashtra, February 2013. The Osprey tries another hunt, finally a successful one, while Telia goes deeper into the water and lies down. Trying not to inhale so much of the dust cloud that envelops us, I am sporting a bandana tied bank-robber style.

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Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City–A Book Review

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There are no bird illustrations in Urban Ornithology, other than Arthur Morris’s Least Bittern on the cover, but there are maps and figures in the first two chapters, and scatterplots for 43 species, illustrating Bronx/Westchester CBC data from 1924 to 2013, in the Species Accounts. It’s a very mixed chapter.