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Birding St Lucia, South Africa

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One of the most interesting aspects of watching birds in Africa is to see different members of bird families that I already know from China. An information for those Indian readers of the blog who only know “Kingfisher” as a brand of beer: It is also a bird family. Different bird families, I know.

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Corella Dam, Queensland

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Lake Corella was formed in 1959 when the Clem Walton Dam was built to collect water for the mining town of Mary Kathleen and is now a popular camping area, especially in the height of tourist season in the cooler months. A family of Black-necked Storks appeared to have recently bred in the area and had not quite fledged.

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Songbird-parrot link strengthened in new study, with implications for vocal learning

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Now, you collect the nine pieces of paper from the last generation of copiers. Zebra Finch ( Taeniopygia guttata ), one of the study subjects, in Indonesia © David J. Persons 1 and 2 copy the page exactly and each give it to three other people. Not everyone entirely agrees with this assessment, but more on that in a moment.

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Keep River National Park

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per person per night and discounts for families. We observed Zebra Finch, Long-tailed Finch, Masked Finch, Double-barred Finch, Star Finch and the rare Gouldian Finch … an uncommon red-headed male no less! It obviously had a bit of a bone fetish and had collected bones from both bird and animal. Aboriginal cave drawings.

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