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Uganda’s Billion Dollar Bird: The Shoebill

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Penguins are, obviously, penguins, which makes them awesome. Not all birds are created equal. The Resplendent Quetzal boasts a tail so long that people travel the world to admire it. The Sword-billed Hummingbird puts its less endowed kin to shame. Central Africa has one of those birds.

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Birding Cape Town

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People go to Boulder’s Beach for one reason… penguins! It’s the easiest place in the world to see wild penguins (well, except for the parking in summer), namely African Penguins. But mostly, just drink in the penguins! African Penguin! Cattle Egret in spring flowers. Boulder’s Beach.

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Africa’s endangered species

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Rueppell’s, White-backed and Hooded Vultures After Asia’s dramatic vulture crash (some of the species’ populations dropped by over 99% in just a few years due to Diclofenac, a veterinary drug mostly used for treating cattle that is fatal to vultures), Africa’s vultures are now facing the abyss.

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Collaborative List – March 2018

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Yellow-eyed Penguin – Megadyptes antipodes. Katiki Point Penguin reserve. Little Penguin – Eudyptula minor. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Western Yellow Wagtail – Motacilla flava. Beljarica–centralni forland (Kovilovo floodplain), IBA Uš?e e Save u Dunav. 17 Mar 2018. 16 Mar 2018.

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Collaborative List – April 2018

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Yellow-eyed Penguin – Megadyptes antipodes. Katiki Point Penguin reserve. Little Penguin – Eudyptula minor. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Greater Flamingo – Phoenicopterus roseus. Lake Kerkini-east side–from Limnochori to Megalochori.

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Collaborative List – July 2018

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African Penguin – Spheniscus demersus. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Yellow-eyed Penguin – Megadyptes antipodes. Katiki Point Penguin reserve. Little Penguin – Eudyptula minor. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Asian Glossy Starling – Aplonis panayensis. 11 Jun 2018.

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Collaborative List – June 2018

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Yellow-eyed Penguin – Megadyptes antipodes. Katiki Point Penguin reserve. Little Penguin – Eudyptula minor. African Penguin – Spheniscus demersus. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Cattle Tyrant – Machetornis rixosa. Lake Kerkini-east side–from Limnochori to Megalochori.

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