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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. A low branch is decorated by a Green Bee-eater and a tree top above it holds several Cattle Egrets. Wild Boar stands next to the road, watching us without nervousness or fear. We’re here for the birds!”

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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. A low branch is decorated by a Green Bee-eater (above) and a tree top above it holds several Cattle Egrets. Wild Boar stands next to the road, watching us without nervousness or fear. Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis.

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Birding the Little Rann of Kutch

10,000 Birds

Back on dirt tracks by a Desert Wheatear decorated bush (bellow), to spot five or six Wild boars disappearing among the bushes. There’s a large eagle at the top of an acacia crown, we cannot tell which one, so we wait for it to take flight and show its colours… Finally – a Short-toed Snake Eagle ! Grey Heron Ardea cinerea.

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Finding an Asian Openbill in Singapore-second ever record!

10,000 Birds

We were met by several Cattle Egret in beautiful breeding plumage feeding on the grass right next to the train station. It was a good location to observe Brahminy Kites , White-bellied Sea Eagles , Grey-headed Fish Eagles , Oriental Pied Hornbills and Dollarbirds. There was something “not right” about it.

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The best-kept birding secrets of Belgrade

10,000 Birds

Two Wild Boars crossed our path, returning from the arable field where they fed overnight, to the safety of Beljarica. Park at the beginning of the route (driving along the levee is prohibited and the barrier is often closed and locked), but at the side – be sure not to block heavy lorries full of poplar trunks.

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