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This is my dream – this is my nightmare

10,000 Birds

Located in the Kutch District of Gujarat, the Naliya Grassland is the smallest reserve of India, covering only 2 square kilometers (yes – 0.77 Once this species inhabited wide steppes of India and Pakistan, but nowadays remains in ever smaller and more isolated habitat fragments. Males reach 1.2 meters (3.9

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The Rarest Bird I’ve Ever Seen

10,000 Birds

In India, everything takes about three times longer than you expect it to. Road birding along India’s main roads is surprisingly productive, but here, where there are no power lines or fences and even the barest impression of a road, there was little to see.

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