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“Peacocks and Picathartes: Reflections on Africa’s Birdlife”

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I did that with Peacocks & Picathartes – Reflections on Africa’s birdlife (published by Penguin Random House South Africa ). In case you didn’t know, yes, there is an indigenous peacock living in Africa, the Congo Peafowl. So, could sunbirds actually have evolved in Indomalaya and spread west into Africa?”

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Introducing the African Birding Beat

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My blogposts will aim at enlightening your view of Africa if you have never been here before, and sharing the joys of birding and exploring this remarkable continent to those who have indulged or would like to learn more. Quintessential African scene from Tarangire National Park, Tanzania Africa boasts a fabulous and unique avifauna.

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What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds: A Book Review

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The species are taxonomically divided into two families: Tytonidae, Barn-Owls, and Strigidae, Owls, encompassed in one order, Strigiformes. People and organizations in Nepal, Zambia, and South Africa have sought to change cultural attitudes, having the most success with school children. They are also hunted.

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Plugging Kids Into Birding

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By age 2 she could identify over 10 species of birds in our Johannesburg, South Africa, yard by call alone. Astounding because she picked up birding before she could speak and surprising because this ability was definitely not inherited from anyone in my family, myself included. And perhaps 20 others by sight. GAMES AND APPS.

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Awkward Fostering

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Especially it is associated with dogs, which may raise kids of other species and even of scary and dangerous representatives of wildlife! This case has strongly fascinated the publicity, which led to publishing the book about this awkward family – Tiger-Pups. Puma rejected her children and they were given to Mary.

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Penguins: The Ultimate Guide — A Review by a Penguin Groupie

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The reality is that it’s if pretty difficult to see most penguin species, excepting the wonderfully accessible African Penguins at Boulders Beach outside Cape Town, South Africa and the Galapagos Penguins, ironically one of the rarest and most commonly seen species. That’s a lot of books about a bird family that cannot fly.

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Ghana – Rainforest Birding on the Brink by Adam Riley

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I was in contact with a group of birders for whom I arranged and guided an annual tour to Africa. We already had South Africa, Zambia and Uganda under our belts, but my clients’ request for the next year came right out of the blue: Ghana! During each trip we would discuss a destination for the following year.

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