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Birding the Ndumo area, South Africa

10,000 Birds

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. On the other hand, their preferred food is blood, and they also feed on it directly, pecking at a mammal’s wounds to keep them open ( source ).

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European Call to End Bird Trapping

10,000 Birds

But the most talked about issue throughout was the ambelopoulia problem in Cyprus, with relevant presentations from the Game Fund, SBA Police, Terra Cypria and of course BirdLife Cyprus.&# Kingfisher on a limestick (Credit: Hüseyin Yorganc?) That’s welcome news. So it’s not a good week in Cyprus!

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Birding Eastern Zimbabwe

10,000 Birds

End result – precious birding time lost and 43 adopted African kids. We stopped, wound down the window and started making squeaking sounds by rubbing our fingers over our teeth. The club has a golf course, billiards table, pub, well-manicured lawns and a swimming pool.

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