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Birding and Safari-ing South Africa with the ABA

10,000 Birds

They range from the successful eradication of feral cats from Marion Island (hear that, Corey?) The Big Five–lion, leopard, African buffalo, elephant, and rhinoceros–are impressive, but my heart lies with the patterned mammals, giraffes and zebras. Sadly, we weren’t able to join them or the leopard.

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Collaborative list – December 2019

10,000 Birds

Zebra Dove – Geopelia striata. Bat Hawk – Macheiramphus alcinus. Bat Falcon – Falco rufigularis. Incidentally, Uganda ( 510 ) leap-frogged Australia ( 475 ) to become the list’s fourth most prolific country behind Costa Rica ( 763 ), USA ( 654 ) and Brazil ( 555 ). 01 Dec 2019. 01 Dec 2019. 29 Dec 2019.

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