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Pied Oystercatchers breeding in Broome

10,000 Birds

This species are long living and so the population appears to be sustainable at this stage despite the predation. The strategy that this pair use is to lay eggs in a busy area which has good views of the surrounding area, which means watching nudists, camel rides, vehicles on the beach and everything else that goes on!

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Birding St Lucia, South Africa

10,000 Birds

As this African Green Pigeon shows, the color should offer good camouflage for species living on trees. In case you do not know that brimstone is sulfur, the Brimstone Canary brings the point home by having the Latin species name sulphurata. Lucia estuary look like the negative of photo of camels in sand dunes.