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Birding Eastern Zimbabwe

10,000 Birds

I can speak from experience that this place should only be accessed by a 4 x 4 vehicle. We stopped, wound down the window and started making squeaking sounds by rubbing our fingers over our teeth. He had mistakenly walked into a nice clump of buffalo bean whilst chasing a Singing Cisticola. I’ll never forget the sight.

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Tribes and Birds of the Lower Omo Valley by Adam Riley

10,000 Birds

Recent publicity about these remarkable tribes has resulted in tourists wanting to experience this wild land and its attractions for themselves. They adorn their bodies with decorative scarification, a painful process of slicing into the skin and rubbing the wounds with charcoal. Yellow-billed Stork.

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