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Madikwe; Paradise Restored

10,000 Birds

In some cases someone was blown away by the scenery and thought “this needs saving” In some cases someone thought “there seems to be a lot of animals here, let’s keep things that way” Still others happen because no one had done anything with the land yet and no one wanted the land anyway. Purple Roller.

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Birding Shanghai in February 2023

10,000 Birds

Some examples of animal names working the other way around – with the Latin name sounding naughty – can be found here. Like this bird family b. In that spirit, I will not give you the English name of the species below but just its Latin name, Parus minor. A relative of this species is the Yellow-bellied Tit.

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