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Birding India with the ABA

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India was not on my list of places to go in 2016. So, I birded India, land of Indian Peafowl , Saag Paneer (my favorite Indian dish) and Tigers. I had not planned on birding India in 2016, but I’m very happy I did. We all participated in the photo party, I admit, plain old tourists for a few minutes.

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The Search for the Holy Grail

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Part of its attraction lies in it being a monotypic bird in the family Hypocoliidae – there are no other bird species in its genus and family. That is why the village of Fulay – the only place in India where this bird is regularly seen – is as famous among birders as the Taj Mahal is among the uninitiated.

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They’ve Got an Awful Lot of Birds in Brazil.

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We got particularly great looks at Guira Cuckoo at Pousada Piuval, a resort that is also a cattle ranch; they were active all day, even after many of the birds that gathered in the early morning dispersed, often whistling loudly from the fence posts. Favorite Woodpecker: This is a toughie.

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Revenge Birding (Shanghai, early June 2022)

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Of course, it is quite common for human parents to set fire to their family homes in order to keep the adult children from moving back home, but this is not an issue for drongos. When Cattle Egrets go to the local discotheque, they tend to overdo their makeup a bit. It is sometimes necessary to find food though.

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Collaborative list – June 2019

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Our two newest contributors have shared from Mexico and China, bringing the countries birded this month (also including; Costa Rica, Greece, Serbia, USA, UK, India, UAE and New Zealand) to 10. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. beats have still managed to share 82 checklists and accounted for 737 species. Laguna Lagarto Lodge.

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