Best Bird of the Year 2012
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 15, 2012
Considering the bird survived a season in an area saturated with hunters and birds of prey, this facemelting rarity deserves our respect. 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.
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