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Birding – An Extreme Sport

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He subsequently leaves for Peru and gets kidnapped and killed by Sendero Luminoso – the local brand of Maoists. Famous ornithologist Ted Parker crashed into a mountain in Ecuador while surveying birds. It has all Big Five animals and a whole lot of other grumpy mammals. She died in a car accident during a birding trip.

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Best Bird of the Year for 2015

10,000 Birds

Without further ado, here are our Best Birds of the Year for 2015… Jochen makes us all jealous with a bird that most of us would kill to see. Duncan chose a mammal! 2015 was great and here’s hoping 2016 will be even better. A missing Common Loon? What a horrible thing to happen in Minnesota ! The gall of some people!

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