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Birding crème de la crème: Africa – Ngorongoro Crater to Queen Elizabeth II National Park

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Also, the lake is the most reliable place for both Black and White Rhinos in the whole of East Africa. Just one more thing, bird book of choice is the “Birds of East Africa” by Terry Stevenson and John Fanshawe, second edition (2020). Roger Tory Peterson called it “the most fabulous bird spectacle in the world”.

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"Steven Busulwa, an animal keeper, runs away from a charging rhino at the Uganda Wildlife Conservation Education Center (UWEC) on 20 April 2020 in Uganda. Photo credit: Abubaker Lubowa / Reuters.

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An afternoon in the Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa

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We are nearing the waterhole, and see the large oval shadow in the darkness: that White Rhino cow with a calf. This time they appear more relaxed, but nervousness might be a better policy: between 2013 and 2017, well over a thousand rhinos were annually poached in South Africa.

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Birding crème de la crème: Asia – Corbett to Taman Negara

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In early November 2020, there were 15 countries with more than 1000 species eBirded so far. Other wildlife includes Asian Elephant , Tiger and Gaur (highway 37 passes through the park and the rhinos and wild elephants can be spotted straying near the road). The best season to visit is from November to March.

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