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Tembe Elephant Park, South Africa

10,000 Birds

Elephants used to cross the border here before the war, but the fighting increased incidents of poaching as law and order broke down, leading to highly traumatised elephants crossing the border. It was pretty awesome to see so many tuskers, as well as families of elephants safe in their special park. But despite this, I did see birds.

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We Got the Wrong Starling

10,000 Birds

But we forget that the family Sturnidae consists of more than our familiar European Starling.

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“How about Pineapple Gose-beak?” – Uinta Brewing Company: Flamingose

10,000 Birds

These unwanted orphans of German brewing were mainly left to fend for themselves in the oncoming dissolution of regional specialties as the nation unified its government – and its brewing laws. In keeping with these colorful, tropical connotations, Uinta has added pineapple to its Gose. So it goes?

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Gifts of the Crow: How Perception, Emotion, and Thought Allow Smart Birds to Behave Like Humans

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In each instance they start with a striking anecdote — my particular favorite took place on the University of Montana campus, where in 1964 an American Crow learned to call and taunt stray dogs into causing perhaps the most adorable college riots of the decade.

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Lewis's Woodpecker in New York State

10,000 Birds

Second of all, Lewis’s Woodpeckers are birds of the west and they rarely stray to New York State. … Tags: Lewiss Woodpecker , new york , woodpeckers • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! Melanerpes lewis is, to put it simply, a really cool bird.

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Is fostering the answer? We think it is.

4 The Love Of Animals

Imagine the heart exploding with happiness that the beautiful pet you have supported and loved, has found forever love with a great family. The former could not be further from the truth. And the latter is selfish. Look at tail wag. Many shelter animals are down on their luck, and need a second chance. Fostering is a wonderful experience.

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Our Best Birds of 2020

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But in 2020, with all my travel plans cancelled and pretty much everything shut down, I wasn’t straying too far from Albany, New York for birding. Luckily I wasn’t affected too severely by the current pandemic: I lost neither life nor family members to Covid, only my job which was replaced the same day I lost it.

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