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Fur and Fangs rather than Feathers and Beaks

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I viewed them at dusk, through a telescope, from a ridge overlooking the area they were hunting. A Red Fox in Georgia, not looking very red I’ve never been to Svalbard, so I haven’t ticked off polar bear, but I have seen brown bears on a number of occasions in both Romania and Bulgaria. They particularly like chocolate!)

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Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve: the Tiger Afternoon

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There’s a Three-striped Palm Squirrel by the side of the track, while Jungle Bush Quails are running across it in front of our Maruti Gypsy, almost the official safari vehicle of India. The Osprey tries another hunt, finally a successful one, while Telia goes deeper into the water and lies down. The Telia Lake.

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Birding Tongbiguan, Yunnan (part 1)

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” Blue-bearded Bee-eaters seem to have a pretty clever hunting strategy. Please bear with us while this update takes place.” ” Been bearing with them for quite a while now. A giant squirrel, actually. Attack of the giant squirrels from Mars. Or something like that.

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Birding Borneo with Non Birders

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Mount Kinabalu is an astonishing hot spot of biodiversity and held huge amounts of interest for people interested in plants and insects – it’s also really good for squirrels. The area also boasts a Rainforest Discovery Centre with several canopy walkways and towers, and a newer rehabilitation centre for bears. Danum Valley.

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Africa’s Barbets

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Well, the answer is that the moniker Red-headed Barbet was first given to the South American species that still bears and thus it had precedence to retain the name. Its nickname of “Fruit-salad” bears witness to its rather random pattern of red, yellow, black and white. Image from Kakamega Forest, Kenya.

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