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GUYANA–Simply Delicious Birding!

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And Giant Otters are still common in the rivers around Karanambu Ranch, home of the late “otter lady”, Diane McTurck, who used to rehabilitate orphaned otters and whose family still runs the lodge. View from 10:18 onwards to see my first glimpse of a juvenile harpy eagle close to Surama village.

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Botswana’s Private Reserves

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Red-crested Korhaans are attractive members of the bustard family. Spotted Eagle Owls are one of several owls that can be seen here. As well as birds, the reserve holds endangered species like African Wild Dogs. Southern White-faced Scops Owl or African Scops Owl? You decide. Brown-hooded Kingfishers hunt far from water.

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The Top 25 Target Birds to Look for in Costa Rica

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A birder needs access to large areas of mature forest that also offer up chances at seeing glittering flocks of tanagers, checking out the tail bobbing behavior of cool antbirds, and glassing a hawk-eagle or two. This is what a Black Hawk-Eagle shape looks like. Ornate Hawk-Eagle. Yellow-billed Cotinga. Wrenthrush. Black Guan.

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Birds that Costa Rican Birders Want to See the Most

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In Costa Rica, the growing local birding community likewise have their lists of most wanted species, both local and global. Bald Eagle. When I was a kid, I remember asking about the possibility of seeing a Bald Eagle around western New York. Yellow-breasted Crake – Along with most other members of their reclusive family.

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Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve: the Tiger Afternoon

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At the far end of the lake stands a tall, dry tree with an eagle that we are struggling to determine and it remains a dark silhouette far too far. Somewhere below that mysterious eagle, at the far shore of the lake, lies one Bengal Tiger … and further to the right – two more! Conservation endangered species India Mammals tiger'

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KwaZulu-Natal

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Despite discovering dozens of bird species, he is however not remembered in any English names of birds. The famous Verreaux family who made several expeditions into the province through the 1820’s and 1830’s procuring specimens for rich collectors. Sundevall named Wahlberg’s Eagle and Wahlberg’s Honeyguide in his memory.

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10 Countries, 10 Top Birds in 2016

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In particular they evoke the New Hampshire lake my extended family descends upon each summer and has done so from before I was born. The Orange-fronted Parakeet is a critically endangered species that I came agonisingly close to seeing but didn’t. New Zealand: The Didn’t Bloody Even See It Award.