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Tribes and Birds of the Lower Omo Valley by Adam Riley

10,000 Birds

Ethiopia, a landlocked country situated in the Horn of Africa, has firmly established itself as one of Africa’s top birding destinations. Its great diversity of habitats hosts an incredible bird count of over 900 species, including Africa’s 2nd highest list of endemics and near-endemics (after South Africa).

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The Great Bustard Search is On (1)

10,000 Birds

I am preparing for the new census of one of the rarest birds of Serbia, the globally threatened Great Bustard , taking place two days from now. Together with African Kori Bustard (which I observed on a camping trip in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve), this is the heaviest flying bird in the world. m–8 ft 10 in).

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Birding the Little Rann of Kutch

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Unlike other birds that drink one sip at the time and raise their heads to swallow, pigeons and sandgrouses drink like asses, lowering their beaks into the water and taking as much as they like. Next comes the White-footed desert fox, Vulpes v. Rao Travel, and the post-conference bird tour by Arpit Deomurari. ceylonensis.

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Chilling out with Rollers and Hoopoes

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Further on a wire sits a somewhat large-headed small-crow like bird. I am coming closer – the bird is quite tolerant – and taking a few photos. Their scientific name is not turtur for nothing. Checking through the dusty windscreen, I catch a glimpse of bluish plumage – the uncommon European Roller on migration. Deliblato Sands.

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Collaborative list November – 2021

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…we bird, bird, bird, bird, bird, bird, bird in the marsh the whole day thru. My birding list for November totals 15 species. 156 Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. 424 Fox Sparrow – Passerella iliaca. 156 Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis.

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Collaborative list – November 2020

10,000 Birds

Who remembers birding parties? With some of the beats locked down still, or again, the birding has been patchy. However, 10 beats from 7 countries were able to submit some 127 checklists containing 597 birds from 7 countries (USA, UK, Serbia, China, Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago and Costa Rica). Nice distancing.

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Protecting Your Pets from Pests and Disease

4 The Love Of Animals

Perhaps the most well known mosquito born disease, heartworms can be fatal to dogs and occasionally cats and foxes. The disease can attack domestic pets, such as dogs and cats, as well as livestock, such as horses, chickens, and cattle. The virus traveled across continents because it easily infects birds. Heartworms.