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Bowling for Rhinos

4 The Love Of Animals

All donations go to the National AAZK for distribution to the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in Kenya, Africa, the Ujung Kulon National Park in Java, Indonesia and the Bukit Barisan Seletan National Park in Sumatra, Indonesia. Raise $100 and get a t-shirt and entry into two door prize categories. Date: May 1, 2009. 4015 Wasatch Blvd.

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Birding the Little Rann of Kutch

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We’re passing the Dasada village where shop owners and artisans are opening their doors, collecting rubbish in the street and burning it, while standing around those small fires and warming themselves up. Winter mornings are pretty cold, even without the wind-chill effect of an open Maruti Gypsy.

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“Peacocks and Picathartes: Reflections on Africa’s Birdlife”

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A lot of destinations were mentioned, with Central and South America leading the way, New Guinea, Indonesia and Australia appearing only at the middle of the list, and African countries (South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania and Madagascar) lagging at the end of the list.

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Birding Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo

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When not climbing, he collected species, and thus a number of birds are named after him. This is particularly acute in Indonesia ( source ). John Whitehead (1860-1899) was a British explorer who once a year starting in 1885 tried to climb Mount Kinabalu and finally succeeded in 1888, the first person to do so.

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