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A holiday in Egypt

10,000 Birds

From my poolside viewpoint I can encompass four countries: Egypt where I am and, over the sea, Israel to the far left (there’s a birding mecca of Eilat), Jordan in the middle and finally the endless deserts of Saudi Arabia to the right. Oddly, not a single gull in sight. White-spectacled (a.k.a.

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