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Birding Eastern Zimbabwe

10,000 Birds

This forced us to abandon the vehicle and walk the 15 miles to the nearest village where a bush-mechanic walked back with us at night to our vehicle and temporarily patched the hole. End result – precious birding time lost and 43 adopted African kids. Buffalo bean will make grown men cry and literally drives you insane for hours.

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Vultures, Human Evolution, Global Warming, and Windmills

10,000 Birds

Soon after, Williams retired and moved out of state, and Eric was arrested by the Texas Rangers for a combination of credit card fraud (something about a fake field school for high schoolers in Orange Walk Town) and child abandonment. Any buffalo bones from prior to that transition were obviously scavenged.

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