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Birding Sukau, Sabah, Borneo

10,000 Birds

If you want to know what happened on August 31, 1984, I can name at least one event: In the Padang-Sugihan Wildlife Reserve in South Sumatra province, a Large Frogmouth was mobbed by a Greater Racket-tailed Drongo, as described here. Lucky him, right? At between 4 pm and 6 pm, to be exact. Though he ended up dead anyway.

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Wild Sri Lanka

10,000 Birds

No doubt, the big five of Sri Lanka include the biggest of the big ever – the Blue Whale , followed by Sperm Whale , Asian Elephant , Leopard and Sloth Bear. Size apart, the sighting rates in the right season and area are really striking. The only thing that remains is to check Gehan’s words personally.

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