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Best Bird of the Year 2012

10,000 Birds

However, he went far afield to find a more familiar fowl. I saw my all-time favourite bird species again after not seeing it for more than 10 years, a splendid Bearded Vulture (well, even two) in the Tien Shan mountains above Almaty, Kazakhstan in June. I traveled to the other side of the world just to see a chicken!

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