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Urban Birding in San Diego

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The festival headquarters is located on the southwest side of Mission Bay, overlooking a marina with nearby Black-crowned Night Herons and frequently plays host to several falcon species, and a short walk to the San Diego River. Granted, it is a large county spanning many different habitats, but San Diego County garners 515 species.

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My Top 12 Wildlife Watching Moments

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I remember, several times while motionlessly surveying birds, I found myself being investigated by Striped Field Mice , who would dare to come to sniff me. As a proof, two Dalmatian Pelicans are flying low above us, while a Bluethroat disappears into the nearby bush. I already have a history of searches for this species.

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Magpie Goose eaten by a crocodile!

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WARNING:- This post shows animal predation… Whenever we go north from Broome we stop in at Parry’s Nature Reserve and visit Marlgu Billabong. We still observed 45 species of birds in the reserve in about an hour and there are always raptors to observe as well as the usual water birds. Smaller crocodile moving in.

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