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Tembe Elephant Park, South Africa

10,000 Birds

The history of Tembe Elephant Park in South Africa is a slightly unusual one. The park was created as much to protect the local communities from marauding elephants with a hatred of dangerous humans and a lack of interest in the differences between nations as it was to protect the elephants. But despite this, I did see birds.

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Andalucia’s City-Slicker Falcons

10,000 Birds

They are generally regarded as summer visitors, arriving back from their wintering grounds in Africa in March, and departing again in September. According to the Birds of the Western Palearctic , they will attack Ravens and Egyptian and Griffon Vultures if they stray too close to their nest sites, while ignoring buzzards harriers and kites.

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