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15 expat-friendly countries for a birder to move to

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And it raises a question: if all the birds are having a party over there, am I in the wrong spot? I used to live in Botswana, where there are about 450 bird species in an area a few dozen miles from the capital; then somewhat naively moved back to Serbia with mere 250 species around the capital. Botswana (529 / 577).

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Is my Rhino Still Alive?

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The sky was becoming orange-pink; its reflections were colouring the water, while the rhino raised its head, water sipping through his half-open snout, itself shining from the last sun rays of the day. One Springbok gazelle came to drink, but kept a respectful distance staying by the smaller puddle.

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A morning in a Kalahari Leopard’s life

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This 15,000 sq mi Kalahari desert reserve straddles the South African and Botswana border regions and was created when two national parks were merged – these being South Africa’s Kalahari Gemsbok National Park and Botswana’s Gemsbok National Park. Along the way she picked up two thorns in her back left footpad.

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THE QUEST FOR THE RAREST OWL OF INDIA

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Raising and lowering its head, like stretching. An individual was located in Tansa Wildlife Sanctuary in the Thane district in 2014.” It rotates its head 180 degrees to keep an eye on us. Humbly, we approach on foot. The Forest Owlet is watching us – we are staring in awe. And it becomes a motionless observer once more.

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“Peacocks and Picathartes: Reflections on Africa’s Birdlife”

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DNA analysis now shows Chapin’s conviction to have been fully vindicated, while at the same time raising a host of questions about the peacocks’ common ancestors and their distribution at a time when both the map and climate of our planet were very different from those of today.” Most definitely so.

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Feral Cats Are An Invasive Species in North America (and elsewhere)

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She talked about what we might see after we remounted the safari truck, which we had just driven out of the campground at the southern end of Kgalgadi Transfrontier Park, where we were staying in the South African camp, just across from the Botswana camp. I once knew a guy who kept and raised cats. But they don’t live in North America.

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Introducing the African Birding Beat

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I was fortunate to have been born and raised in Africa, and although I have traveled extensively around the world, it remains my home and in my blood. I have thoroughly explored vast parts of the continent as well as neighboring Madagascar, in the process seeing over 2,000 birds on the continent and all but one Malagasy endemic.