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Birding Gir National Park, India

10,000 Birds

while herbivores are represented by Chital and Sambar (above) deer, Wild Boar , Nilgai antelope, etc. The commonest large mammals of the park are smallish, spotted forest deer – Chitals, and we often encounter small herds. A low branch is decorated by a Green Bee-eater and a tree top above it holds several Cattle Egrets.

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Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve: the Gaur Morning

10,000 Birds

A sounder of Indian Boars is watching us from the jungle. They belong to a long-maned subspecies Sus scrofa cristatus (like four-legged Greco/Roman crested helmets) and are my second race of boar seen in India, while I still remain the only Serbian birder who has never seen one closer to home! One Chital is curiously watching us.

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The Lion Forest of India

10,000 Birds

while herbivores are represented by Chital (above) and Sambar deer, Wild Boar, Nilgai antelope, etc. The commonest large mammals of the park are smallish, spotted forest deer – Chitals, and we often encounter small herds. A low branch is decorated by a Green Bee-eater (above) and a tree top above it holds several Cattle Egrets.

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The best-kept birding secrets of Belgrade

10,000 Birds

mi at its widest point, consisting of seasonally inundated riparian forests, industrial poplar plantations, river arms and ponds with 60 mammal ( Eurasian Otter , Roe Deer , Wildcat , Golden Jackal , etc.) Two Wild Boars crossed our path, returning from the arable field where they fed overnight, to the safety of Beljarica.

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