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Birds and People: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

And, I’ve passed through the Ancient Egypt exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum, where the Ibis is featured on pottery fragments, many times. We worship birds, we hunt birds, we protect birds, and, yes, we eat birds. Eagles are national symbols of the U.S., As they say, the relationship is complicated.

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Birding the Kruger Park (2): Bateleur area

10,000 Birds

The one bird I did not see here, however, was the Bateleur Eagle … One highlight in the area is the Saddle-billed Stork , likely to be the tallest species in the stork family. The active colonies of wasps are efficient protection against primates and large avian predators. Ostrich industry in Egypt.

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