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Hawking for Nighthawks

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Especially as we were at the time about to experience a rapidly advancing tropical storm. Farmers keep their livestock in this wetland also. Even though I had seen these cryptic austral migrants before, there was no way I was going to pass up an opportunity that was this close to home.

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Tribes and Birds of the Lower Omo Valley by Adam Riley

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Recent publicity about these remarkable tribes has resulted in tourists wanting to experience this wild land and its attractions for themselves. Heading south on a good surfaced road, we made slow progress through the herds of cattle, donkeys and goats that thronged the highway, until we finally reached the land of the Konso.

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