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Birding Dulan County, Qinghai

10,000 Birds

Good for animals, of course – particularly some shy mammals. Therefore, apologies in advance for the largish number of mammal photos in this post. Being a mammal myself, I am understandably much less fond of this animal class than I am of birds. Gazelle, maybe Goitered ? A juvenile nearby. No nice blue flowers.

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Is my Rhino Still Alive?

10,000 Birds

One Springbok gazelle came to drink, but kept a respectful distance staying by the smaller puddle. Conservation Africa Mammals poaching South Africa' My eyes will be returning to the lonely acacia next to a waterhole, trying to spot a large shadow in the sunset. Cover photo: White Rhinoceros, Wikimedia Commons.

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Mammals of South Asia (Lynx Edicions)

10,000 Birds

Ahead of the first trip, I wasn’t thinking much about mammals, and yet, you cannot miss them, from Nilgais near villages to Indian Flying Foxes in town centres, not to mention those ubiquitous and irresistibly cute Palm Squirrels eating seeds left for parakeets. I clearly needed a mammal book. monkeys, deer, gazelles, etc.).

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