10,000 Birds
MARCH 16, 2016
And so South Africa’s fifth largest park came to be (it’s worth remembering that its largest park, Kruger, is the size of Israel) on marginal land that no one in particular could do much with. A Shaft-tailed Whydah, a member of a small African family of cuckoo-finches. Purple Roller.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 26, 2022
However, this makes it a bit surprising that it was also named Israel’s national bird. Family ties are important. And to end this post, a mammal. Cute, admittedly – but still a mammal, not a bird. Apparently, the Eurasian Hoopoe is listed in the Old Testament as unclean and forbidden food for Jews.
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