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Birding St Lucia, South Africa

10,000 Birds

One of the most interesting aspects of watching birds in Africa is to see different members of bird families that I already know from China. An information for those Indian readers of the blog who only know “Kingfisher” as a brand of beer: It is also a bird family. Different bird families, I know.

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Birding – An Extreme Sport

10,000 Birds

He subsequently leaves for Peru and gets kidnapped and killed by Sendero Luminoso – the local brand of Maoists. I ended up scoring four lifers: African Dusky Flycatcher , Village Weaver , Whyte Barbet and Zebra Waxbill. Phoebe Snetsinger was an American birder who first passed the 8,000 species mark. Then I heard a ruckus.