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Come Bird Ghana with Malimbe Tours!

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It was a fantastic experience. With over seventeen years of experience studying birds and guiding all over Ghana, I am one of the most experienced active birding guides in Ghana today. I have trained young guides and have also discovered new and important birding sites that are now actively enjoyed by birders from all over the world.

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Swarovski NL Pure – the Sexiest Binoculars Ever

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Not having any cooperative birds in the garden at the moment, I opted to follow a train of ants. Next time I will try my local patch of Beljarica backwaters in Belgrade and check how much different the NL experience is. So I watched an unknown duck now, quite bright, clearly a male. A Little Stint awaited me there this morning.

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How many can YOU see in a day?

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This past January, however, my experience was even better. And when two of those eyes are professionally trained for wildlife monitoring, that is certainly a big plus. For example, of the 9 duck species we saw, 7 are winter-only. Most years, a day in January of serious birding around Lake Cuitzeo can give me around 85 species.

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Birding the Eshowe area, South Africa

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As usual, my experience with such boardwalks was somewhat underwhelming, as was Eshowe as a whole, but there were still a few birds worth mentioning at the forest and in the area surrounding Eshowe. These two Hadada Ibis are reenacting the mirror scene from “Duck soup” (sort of). In a distinct color.

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Birding in the UK after twenty two years

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From Manchester we took a train east to the closest train station to my parents’ home and over those three hours we watched eagerly from the train window for any British birds! Our first birding experiences with UK ducks after so long was frustrating when they all seemed to be tail up! Tufted Duck.

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Common Moorhens at Hannover Zoo

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At these places they are neither shy nor reed-dependent but can often be seen grazing on lawns like cows or swimming on open ponds no less visible than a rubber duck in a bath tub. The following pictures were taken at Hannover Zoo recently, showing just that – feeding and preening, for a family-friendly birding experience.

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Nice, Nice Birding in Narita

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What I learned convinced me to block out a full day to experience my first taste of Japanese birding. In fact, rather than repeat what Jeremy does so well, I suggest you go read it now and come back to hear how my experience differed. Eastern Spot-billed Ducks We crossed the channel to enter the stunning Temple Gardens.

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