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Birding St Lucia, South Africa

10,000 Birds

An information for those Indian readers of the blog who only know “Kingfisher” as a brand of beer: It is also a bird family. Apparently, while in Egypt waiting for a boat to return to Germany he collected specimens of the bird which is now named after him. The Brown-hooded Kingfisher is one of them. Celebration everywhere.

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Birding Longcanggou, Sichuan again (but maybe for the last time)

10,000 Birds

The Eurasian Wren isn’t actually a particularly specific bird to Longcanggou – I have seen it in my parents’ garden in Germany as well. This resource participation, as the ornithologists call it, allows for relatively peaceful coexistence as long as both brands of confectionary are available.

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