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Africa – Birding down Memory Lane

10,000 Birds

Statistics would go in favour of the Cape Glossy Starling , as I later learned.). The Feral Pigeon and the House Sparrow came the day after, when in the lush green oasis of the Sanitas nursery tea garden I noticed the announcement of the next meeting of the Botswana Bird Club. Crow-like has to be a crow, doesn’t it?

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How many birds do we see?

10,000 Birds

During such a visit, one would normally just write down the numbers for the “better” duck species, for all the shorebirds, and for a few selected songbird and raptor species. The rest would be uncounted and not put down in the notebook.

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Jochen’s 2014 Year List

10,000 Birds

Statistics & Maps. Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula : Lahnaue Wetzlar, HE, Germany, 14 Jan. Feral Pigeon Columba livia f. A Willow Tit is also noteworthy. This is not an uncommon species in Germany, but it is not frequently seen in the areas and habitats I mostly bird my way through. The Almighty List.

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