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Getting the Guan (Pawi Edition)

10,000 Birds

The latter reason explains why I joined a group of North American birders in an early morning assault on the birds of the Northern Range. We were about to leave the area when a guide from another Caligo Ventures tour ran towards our group, shouting “Pawi!” Now let me tell you, friends: I rarely run for birds.

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Come@Me: Don’t Mourn for Extinct Birds

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The Zoo episode focuses on two Pink Pigeon couples: The Stud and Serendipity, a male and female that the zoo people hope will mate and produce a viable egg, and Thelma and Louise, a same-sex pair-bonded couple who the zoo people hope will incubate the egg and nurture the chick. He is the Harvey Weinstein of Pink Pigeons). Because, Ms.

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Moorcroft Manor, a Great Place to Lay a Birding Head Down

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Groups of Cape Turtle Doves feeding on the grass were occasionally joined by a nervous and much larger Rameron Pigeon, and Southern Grey-headed Sparrows and a single Bokmakierie hoped around as well. Another group that sings Africa to me are the antelopes. The Gardens. Common Fiscal using a sculpture as a perch to watch for prey.

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Campbell Park, Canberra

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Australia’s capital, set in the eucalypt-studded Great Dividing Ranges, has not got a fantastic reputation as an exciting place to be, but in truth its an attractive garden city with a lot of green spaces, parks, and other pleasant paces that make it a nice place to live. A Speckled Warbler.

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