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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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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. 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.

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