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Birding the Ndumo area, South Africa

10,000 Birds

Ndumo Game Reserve lies in the Easternmost part of South Africa, close to the border of Mozambique and Eswatini. On the other hand, their preferred food is blood, and they also feed on it directly, pecking at a mammal’s wounds to keep them open ( source ). Pel’s Fishing Owl, where were you?

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Starlings and Eagles

10,000 Birds

If we were just birders, or photographers, this would be dreadful behavior, but we were here to watch people engaged in Science. And Science requires Sacrifice. The aim of the game was to band raptors, and specifically to band Golden Eagles. Enough to draw the attention of a predator. Do I sound facetious? I’m not.

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