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Fish Creek to Buffalo

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This week I will introduce you to the section from Fish Creek to Buffalo. My journey this week was a return trip from Fish Creek to Buffalo. Some parts of the trail offer views over much more open country and I am lucky enough to encounter a Peregrine Falcon and a Nankeen Kestrel. Australasian Grebe.

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The Altruistic Pigeons

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Clearly the flock was being attacked by one of the local Peregrine Falcons , which is a common occurrence but it usually happens so high up in the air that I scarcely get to notice it. I would have expected this group to also get away from the falcon as quickly as possible, as the big flock had done. And the small group of five?

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Birding Lake Kerkini, Greece: Three Lazy Days

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Then there were a few Hawfinches and two young Black Storks , Little Bittern , Great White Egret , Glossy Ibis , Common Kingfisher , Syrian Woodpecker , Peregrine Falcon , Red-backed Shrike , Lesser Grey Shrike , Collared Flycatcher and a family of Western Yellow Wagtails.

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Come to India With Babita Wildlife Tours!

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You are certain to see Greater One-horned Rhinoceros , Water Buffalo and Hog Deer , and with a bit of luck Smooth-coated Otters. Here we look for sandgrouse, bush-quails, francolins, wheatears, shrikes, Laggar Falcons , eagles, buzzards, and the endangered Stolikza’s Bush Chat. Or you may like to join us on a Rajashtan Tour?

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Rancho Naturalista Lodge, Costa Rica, or When Harry Met Mercedes

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Once a Peregrine Falcon flew above the veranda, while several distant King Vultures were soaring above the valley. Did you know that Annie Oakley, an American sharpshooter who starred in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show, outgunned a professional sharpshooter – and then married him? How could she not impress him?

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Saving the Drowning Cormorant, or the Kerkini Lake, Greece

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Asian water buffaloes were brought to Greece by Ottoman Turks centuries ago and by now, they have developed into a separate race, the Greek buffalo, which is protected as an old domestic breed. Out of some 4000 buffaloes still being kept in Greece, about 3000 are at this lake. Then, there was a herd of buffaloes.

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CBC Shenanigans

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This hulking Peregrine Falcon was very accommodating to say the least. Access is restricted, and the livestock referred to are highly temperamental water buffalo. Nevertheless our group (consisting of myself and one loyal friend) got some exceptional views of a pair of Pinnated Bitterns completely engrossed in a territorial dispute.

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