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Goliath Herons at Lake Panic

10,000 Birds

The bird life of Kruger National Park appears to be distilled into a small area surrounding the hide and they seem oblivious to the observers with their battery of lenses poking out from the wooden building. The clutch of a Goliath Heron would usually consist of 3-4 pale blue eggs that would hatch after about 4 weeks.

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Reasons Consistently Applied

Animal Ethics

One cannot produce eggs or dairy products on a large scale without the wholesale exploitation of animals. Layer hens spend their entire lives permanently confined in battery cages with 6-9 other hens and have only half a square foot of living space per bird. These birds are some of the most abused animals in agriculture.

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Combined Beats’ List – September

10,000 Birds

The Management and beats at 10,000 Birds send a big hat tip and a collective thank you to eBird for their facility which allows us to easily register the beat sightings into a joint account. Breezy Point Tip. Battery Pt. White-tipped Dove – Leptotila verreauxi. White-tipped Sicklebill – Eutoxeres aquila.

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Combined Beats’ List – August

10,000 Birds

The Management and beats at 10,000 Birds send a big hat tip and a collective thank you to eBird for their facility which allows us to easily register the beat sightings into a joint account. Breezy Point Tip. Battery Pt. White-tipped Dove – Leptotila verreauxi. White-tipped Plantcutter – Phytotoma rutila.

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