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The best-kept birding secrets of Belgrade

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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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Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park and Lower Peirce Reservoir-Singapore

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There were wild boars and monitors rustling through the leaves as well as the plantain squirrels that we had become so accustomed to. We had not been expecting to see a Banded Woodpecker and there we had one right in front of us. Singapore is a great place to enjoy the woodpecker family. Banded Woodpecker.

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Sometimes you get the bird…

10,000 Birds

The chicks, which were about the size of chickens, had brown and fawn striped plumage reminding me of the colours of young wild boars. But the information was right, and daddy stopped chasing after me. The family on a peaceful moment. The whole effect was capped off literally by a bony casque that looked ancient and weathered.

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Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve: the Tiger Afternoon

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Somewhere below that mysterious eagle, at the far shore of the lake, lies one Bengal Tiger … and further to the right – two more! On her own, two months ago, she took down a big, old and experienced Indian Boar , who already had some old tiger claw scars. We have met the daughters of Telia, the Tigress of the Lake.

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Tracks and Signs of the Animals and Birds of Britain and Europe by Lars-Henrik Olsen

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This is like Sibley calling his bird guide “The Sibley guide to Birds of Massachusetts and North America” The latter sounds silly, right? Examples are wolf, beaver, otter, domestic cat, wolverine, wild boar, elk (moose), and reindeer. So what is one to think of the former?

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