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Revenge Birding (Shanghai, early June 2022)

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This is also why you very rarely find a photo of a giraffe on top of one of these posts – the other reason of course being that a giraffe photo would be relatively pointless in a birding blog. In conclusion, an experience that will put me off buying anything from that company ever. ” ( source ).

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Birding and Safari-ing South Africa with the ABA

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to the ongoing conservation of breeding Lesser Flamingos at Kimberley’s Kamfers Dam to the Albatross Task Force, which works with fishermen to find solutions to seabird bycatch (birds caught in fishermen’s nets). The small group was a good counterpart to the large, convivial ABA Safari group of 98 birders.

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Tanzania – Africa at its best

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For 9 months of the year, this great, bellowing herd can be found in the Serengeti and watching the long lines of grunting wildebeest moving across the plains is truly a remarkable experience. And of course the big game is an added bonus. Only bull African Elephants reside in the Ngorongoro Crater The birding is equally astounding.

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