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Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve: the Tiger Afternoon

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A winding track through dense woodlands takes us to the Telia Lake in the southeast of the Tadoba Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra. Our guide explains that it was discovered by tiger cubs and taken off to play with, hence the claw and tooth marks. All of a sudden, in a hushed voice he says one word only: “Tigers!”

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Birding India with the ABA

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So, I birded India, land of Indian Peafowl , Saag Paneer (my favorite Indian dish) and Tigers. Well, they were all memorable, but these two involve subjects people have asked about without fail—the Taj Mahal and Tigers. Target: Tigers. Our local Ranthambhore guide told us that a tiger had been located on our route.

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Cape May Warbler Dendroica tigrina

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That is unfortunate because the Tiger Warbler * is one wood-warbler worth watching. The binomial Dendorica tigrina translates into Tiger Warbler which is reflected in the common name in Spanish ( Reinita Tigrina ), French ( Paruline tigrée ), German ( Tigerwaldsänger ) and other languages.

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They’ve Got an Awful Lot of Birds in Brazil.

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’ They are challenging to find, frustrating to photograph, and the antbird experience often includes heat and humidity, mud and bugs. They are members of the Parulidae family and Horneros are members of the Furnariidae family, a nice example of parallel evolution.

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Revenge Birding (Shanghai, early June 2022)

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Of course, it is quite common for human parents to set fire to their family homes in order to keep the adult children from moving back home, but this is not an issue for drongos. In conclusion, an experience that will put me off buying anything from that company ever.

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Africa’s Big Five and Little Five

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Generally the large family herds of buffalo are peaceful, but the old bulls (called “dagga” boys, “dagga” being a Zulu word for “mud” since they are often covered with the substance after their long wallows) who have left the herds tend to be furious with life in general and anyone they can smash in particular.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of March 2011)

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If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Water levels are right but the waders are still very scarce. I always choose a target bird for my trips to Florida, which are mainly to visit with family, but I never ever dreamed that one of my FL Life Birds would be a MacGillivray’s.

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