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The Falcon Thief: A Book Review

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Local farmers view it as a threat to domesticated wildlife. It didn’t occur to me till I started reading The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird that there was also a possible threat to the eagle herself: poachers, who steal raptor eggs and chicks.

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Heronry at Sultanpur

10,000 Birds

The park is managed for the benefit of the wildlife and made accessible for visitors with a footpath along the lakeshore and out onto spits that allow a closer approach to the heronry. The storks begin to arrive from August and will usually be sitting on eggs by October. Eggs often fall victim to the ubiquitous House Crow.

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Combined Beats’ List – September

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All birds are equal on this list; parking lot birds or pelagic species, breeders or fly-overs, all will be accorded the same status and each shall be worth 1 credit on the list. Plumed Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna eytoni. White-faced Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna viduata. Bund Baretha Wildlife Sanctuary.

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Combined Beats’ List, May 2016

10,000 Birds

All birds are equal on this list; parking lot birds or pelagic species, breeders or fly-overs, all will be accorded the same status and each shall be worth 1 credit on the list. Blue-billed Duck – Oxyura australis. Musk Duck – Biziura lobata. Maned Duck – Chenonetta jubata. Big Egg Marsh.

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Combined Beats List – June 2016

10,000 Birds

All birds are equal on this list; parking lot birds or pelagic species, breeders or fly-overs, all will be accorded the same status and each shall be worth 1 credit on the list. Blue-billed Duck – Oxyura australis. Musk Duck – Biziura lobata. Maned Duck – Chenonetta jubata. Big Egg Marsh.

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Combined Beats’ List – July 2016

10,000 Birds

All birds are equal on this list; parking lot birds or pelagic species, breeders or fly-overs, all will be accorded the same status and each shall be worth 1 credit on the list. Plumed Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna eytoni. White-faced Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna viduata. Bund Baretha Wildlife Sanctuary.

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Combined Beats’ List – August

10,000 Birds

All birds are equal on this list; parking lot birds or pelagic species, breeders or fly-overs, all will be accorded the same status and each shall be worth 1 credit on the list. Plumed Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna eytoni. White-faced Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna viduata. Bund Baretha Wildlife Sanctuary.

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