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Business Birding Basics – part II

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Second, every raptor we encountered was identified as Tawny Eagle. His collection was impressive and overwhelmingly illegal so he will remain unnamed too. I have been guided by David Letsoale and Paul Nkhumane for Cape Parrot and other difficult forest species. And yes, Sable Antilope is very cool, but birds are sub-zero cool!

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This ruled out some excellent species like Cape Eagle Owl, Violet Wood-hoopoe, African Finfoot and Half-collared Kingfisher and I was still left with 36 species. Cape Parrot The Cape Parrot is one of the world’s most threatened parrots. So I decided to impose a few rules.

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Spotlight: Lisa Beth Acton, Raising Ravens

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She has a captive-bred education bird named Xena, a Eurasian Eagle Owl. He meant well, but his research told him to feed them Exact parrot formula – which is NOT a diet for ravens. This post is from Lisa Beth Acton, a wildlife rehabilitator in Accord, NY. This summer Lisa raised three orphaned Common Ravens.

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GHANA – Upper Guinea Forest Birding at its best!

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Next, came small flocks of Red-fronted Parrots screeching overhead with the odd African Grey thrown in for good measure. Sadly, though much of the Upper Guinea Forest remains at threat from illegal logging and clearing areas for farming.

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