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Birding Gir National Park, India

10,000 Birds

while herbivores are represented by Chital and Sambar (above) deer, Wild Boar , Nilgai antelope, etc. A low branch is decorated by a Green Bee-eater and a tree top above it holds several Cattle Egrets. Wild Boar stands next to the road, watching us without nervousness or fear. We’re here for the birds!”

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Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve: the Gaur Morning

10,000 Birds

A sounder of Indian Boars is watching us from the jungle. They belong to a long-maned subspecies Sus scrofa cristatus (like four-legged Greco/Roman crested helmets) and are my second race of boar seen in India, while I still remain the only Serbian birder who has never seen one closer to home! One Chital is curiously watching us.

Tigers 246
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The Lion Forest of India

10,000 Birds

while herbivores are represented by Chital (above) and Sambar deer, Wild Boar, Nilgai antelope, etc. A low branch is decorated by a Green Bee-eater (above) and a tree top above it holds several Cattle Egrets. Wild Boar stands next to the road, watching us without nervousness or fear. Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis.

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