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Stamps in a Weathered Passport

10,000 Birds

I have seen documentaries of yak herders in Mongolia, but I never thought I would see something similar with my own eyes. We did not make too many other stops other than to head back to the “Highest Bar in Africa” for a celebratory beer and I was able to add to my foreign currency collection with a $20 Lesotho Loti.

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Birding Balangshan (peak area) in June 2023

10,000 Birds

Or maybe there was just more need to collect food, but I like the first explanation better. BirdingAsia has a report on the first Rosy Pipit seen in Mongolia. The Rosy Pipit seems a bit oversold to me as it takes a lot of goodwill to see the rosiness of the species. Being wet seems to help, though.

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