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Week Fourteen: The Center of Australia, and Sydney Part #1

10,000 Birds

This Pied Butcherbird was right at the base to Ayres Rock. Later the same day, this Wedge-tailed Eagle was circling right over our RV, in Erlunda, where I was later shown the nest that this beautiful bird has previously used. Many of the birds were being wing tagged and GPS makers as well in order to track their movements.

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Africa’s endangered species

10,000 Birds

Rueppell’s (facing left) and White-backed (three birds facing right) Vultures have worryingly leapt two categories from Near-Threatened to Endangered. An adult (left) and subadult (right) White-backed Vulture with full crops after feeding on the remains of a Lion kill, Ndutu, Tanzania by Adam Riley.