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Birding Gir National Park, India

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A low branch is decorated by a Green Bee-eater and a tree top above it holds several Cattle Egrets. A little bit further, while watching a large Sambar wallowing in the mudbath, Manoj points our attention to a Crested Honey Buzzard on one and a Changeable Hawk-Eagle on another tree. Maybe his reputation is not without a foundation?

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The Lion Forest of India

10,000 Birds

A low branch is decorated by a Green Bee-eater (above) and a tree top above it holds several Cattle Egrets. A little bit further, while watching a large Sambar wallowing in the mudbath, Manoj points our attention to a Crested Honey Buzzard on one and a Changeable Hawk-Eagle on another tree. Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis.

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What to Do at High Island When the Winds are South

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It stops those thousands of migrating birds flying across the Gulf of Mexico and directs them right onto the trees, fields, sanctuaries, beaches along the Bolivar Peninsula, where they hopefully find food and fresh water. I imagined walking right up to them. High Island in April requires Weather, so I was told. American Avocets.

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Birding the Little Rann of Kutch

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We follow the tire tracks in an off-white, salty soil and then, without a word of warning, our guide/driver turns into the bushes, driving left and right… until one and then another Short-eared Owl flushes in front of us. Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis. Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus. Grey Heron Ardea cinerea.

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Which Bird Species Have Gone Extinct in Costa Rica?

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Must be a joke, right? Not that long ago, Costa Rica had one of the highest deforestation rates in the world, rainforests were razed to make way for hot and chiggery cattle pasture, and bot flies probably became more numerous than some bird populations. But how about when the Costa Rica conversation involves a birder? What a horror!