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Birding the Ndumo area, South Africa

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In three cases of adoption the common factor was that the adopting individual was sexually attracted to one of the real parents of the young. Greater Flamingos are considered cooperative breeders as fledglings are raised in a creche, in which large numbers of young are watched by multiple non-breeding adult greater flamingos.

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The Cattle Egret Expansion

10,000 Birds

They have expanded their range through Indonesia and into Australia and is found in post breeding dispersal as far north as South Korea and Japan. The following decades continued the great expansion, and it was recorded breeding in Canada in 1962 and Chile by 1970. There are two main subspecies, the nominate B. ibis and the eastern B.

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Spotted Thick-knee

10,000 Birds

Outside of the tropics, nesting would usually take place in the spring (in the southern hemisphere, spring and the height of the breeding season occurs before Christmas); these pictures were taken in March as the weather in Cape Town is beginning to cool. Elephants Eye Mar 19th, 2011 at 7:34 am I vote for night-plover.

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