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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

We follow the tire tracks in an off-white, salty soil and then, without a word of warning, our guide/driver turns into the bushes, driving left and right… until one and then another Short-eared Owl flushes in front of us. Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis. Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis. 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. There was something “not right” about it. If the train did not go all of the way then we took a connecting bus or walked. It was not a Milky Stork or a Painted Stork.

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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. Now you can check the fish farm lakes on your left (but here you have to ask for permission in the management building, the last one on the right hand side) or you can drive on until the first, very slight band in the road.

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