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Picathartes – Africa’s strangest birds

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They are also believed to be related to the Rail-Babbler of Tropical Asia. Gray-necked Picathartes foraging in leaf-litter on the forest floor in Korup National Park, Cameroon. From previous experience we have had an 11/12 success rate at this site, sometimes the views are fleeting and other times the birds provide a breathtaking show!

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My Top Ten Birds of 2016 (or, Let’s Remember the Good Things about 2016)

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Greater Adjutants are huge birds that were once widespread across much of Southeast Asia; today there are two small breeding populations in India and Cambodia. There is no experience comparable to birding a dump, and, I have to say, I have never experienced a dump like this one. There were several there, plus Lesser Adjutants.

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Who Doesn’t Like Birds, Tigers, or the Taj Mahal?

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In my mind, nothing beats traveling to memorable destinations to experience the grandeur of both human culture and natural beauty. Even better, three litters of tigers were born there last year, so tiger cubs may be seen. Destinations Asia India' But can even those thoughtful gifts suffice when shopping for yourself?

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Birding Gunung Gede on a weekend without suffering a mental break-down, part 1

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Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park, which comprises the twin volcanoes Gede and Pangrango (with gunung meaning “mountain”), surely must rate as one of the birding highlights of Southeast Asia, and is arguably the most important and well-known birding site on the island of Java. You will get your birds and the day will be grand.

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