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I Remember Elephants

10,000 Birds

Africa), Hwange (Zimbabwe) and, recently, in Chobe national park in Botswana (the one that was considered so safe that the Clintons have visited it as a presidential couple)! Steven had no binoculars, but impressively sharp eyes and great knowledge of birds. Mopane trees can grow up to 18 m / 60 ft and interlock their canopies.

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Duncan’s 2015 List

10,000 Birds

Struthionidae (Ostriches). Bateleur ( Terathopius ecaudatus ); Botswana/Zimbabwe Border, Zimbabwe, 3 January. Schalow’s Turaco ( Tauraco schalowi ); Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 3 January. Grey Go-away-bird, or Grey Lourie ( Corythaixoides concolor ); Chobe NP, Botswana, 1 January. ANATIDAE (DUCKS).

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