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Come@me:Cameras with AA batteries are the best

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A long time ago, before many of you may have been birding, I got my very first camera. I received this camera as a birthday gift from my parents in May 1981 when we lived in Kuwait and it was incredibly clever, because it enabled me to take two types of photos. After all, I am birding first and photographing second.

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Birding Lodges – Part 2 – Punta Cana Resort & Club

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The vast majority of guests that visit these “birder-friendly&# lodges are birders and the primary target market of these places is the birding segment. This is not a birding lodge. Add to this the fact that you can be birding within 2 hours of leaving the USA and you have a pretty unbeatable birding vacation!

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Collaborative list – May 2019

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Despite looking way older than his years, we cannot attribute Regannet’s haggard appearance to hard birding, scoring only 19 during eBird’s Big Day was not the greatest effort expended on May 4th. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia.

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Collaborative List – February 2019

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Without including the new pin in the map, countries this month featured; USA, Australia, Serbia, Bahrain, India, Kuwait, New Zealand, UK, Ghana and of course, Costa Rica. The month of February has produced 838 birds noted by 10 beats who, between them, shared 114 checklists. Western Australia. Western Australia.

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Collaborative List – April 2017

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Donna is still recovering after a speed-reading accident, but has shared some more wonderful birds from her Cuba trip that will retrospectively be added to the March totals. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Western Australia. Who fancies a trip to Siberia?

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Killingholme Haven Pits

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You will now realise that we were not on a birding holiday in the UK after twenty two years , but visiting my parents. Grant and I lived in the family home in 1988 and 1989 when we were working and travelling in Europe whilst they lived in Kuwait, so we are familiar with the area from those days. Common Redshank.

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