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15 expat-friendly countries for a birder to move to

10,000 Birds

So, beside a lot of birds and the sunny sky, I want the coldest thing to experience year-round to be my beer. Thailand (925 / 948). While I do enjoy the first snow of the season, the second snow is a different matter. As is every one after it. Which leaves me with quite a few choices – practically the entire tropical belt, right?

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Deadly 60: Big Cat Battleground

4 The Love Of Animals

Steve travels to Namibia, a land of rolling dunes, sand and plenty of dangerous wildlife. Steve dons a camouflage suit for a once-in-a-lifetime experience that gets him closer to a wild leopard than he ever hoped. Also airing tonight, Thailand’s Killer Cats! Monday, July 11 at 10PM ET/PT on Nat Geo WILD!

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The Kirtland’s Warbler: The Story of a Bird’s Fight Against Extinction and the People Who Saved It: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

It’s the warbler that is often the last unchecked species on birders’ life lists and, whether you list or not, for most of us observing it is a once in a lifetime experience. Fish and Wildlife Service endangered species list. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, and the U.S. Forest Service.

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Best Bird of the Year 2014

10,000 Birds

Carlos chose a pigeon that pretty much everyone should want to see: My best bird of the year came right at the beginning of January as I was wrapping up my travels in Thailand. The experience, the place, and the bird combine to make this my BBOTY. Larry’s BBOTY – Great Gray Owl.

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“The 125 Best Bird Watching Sites in Southeast Asia”

10,000 Birds

This guide describes the 125 best birding sites for both common and rare species, covering Myanmar, Thailand, Laos (officially Lao PDR), Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, the Philippines and Timor Leste. As a rule, I like second editions better. Whatever was omitted or incorrect in the first is fixed in the second.

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World birding from a Schrödinger’s house

10,000 Birds

I was trying to find that answer for a while and it turned into a very annoying experience. Thailand 1065 18. Birds of Thailand field guide review. These areas offer magnificent wildlife but, apart from Kaziranga, little in terms of infrastructure. Which countries topped the list? India 1341 10. Kenya 1131 14.

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Road birding in New Zealand

10,000 Birds

Many a birding trip starts with a longish drive from the airport to the first birding site with these common roadside birds being the first taste you get of a country’s wildlife, and I feel that many bird trip reports, interested mostly in mega-rarities, gloss over the amazing experience this first drive can give.