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Birding Botswana’s Borders

10,000 Birds

But I do have rules about whether I can have said to have visited a country, ie does the country “count” which I have inherited from my family, particularly my Dad. I slept in hotel in Zurich but didn’t leave the airport or even clear immigration, so I can’t really say I’ve been to Switzerland either.

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10 Countries, 10 Top Birds in 2016

10,000 Birds

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 only reason that the Golden Eagle didn’t get the same award for the same reason is that I hadn’t tried as hard to see one in Britain in the past. United Arab Emirates: No Bird Award.