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The Fallen Yellowlegs

10,000 Birds

I say unceremoniously – but I am using the human metric by which we decide what makes noise and what doesn’t. Did the Black-bellied Whistling Duck represent his family, “showing face” as we say here in the Caribbean? Without so much as a splash, it slipped into the water. A moment of silence for the departed.

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Birding the Kruger Park (1): Skukuza area

10,000 Birds

For some reason, the largest member of the heron family is not called the Great Heron nor the Giant Heron but rather the Goliath Heron. It is also documented on video. The shrike family (Laniidae) has two genera, one (Lanius) with 32 species and one (Eurocephalus) with 2 species. Consistency is overrated. With Red-billed Quelea.

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