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Revenge Birding (Shanghai, early June 2022)

10,000 Birds

Barn Swallows are a bit unhappy with their image as restless aerial hunters and would like to gain a more stately and dignified profile. The rather drab-looking female can only look colorful by grabbing some colorful insects. Accessorizing for birds. They patiently sat for my photos in order to achieve this.

Singapore 147
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KwaZulu-Natal

10,000 Birds

The bulk of the population (approximately 80%) belong to the Zulu tribe, but significant numbers of Xhosa and Afrikaans, as well as immigrants from India and Britain call this beautiful patch of land on Africa’s eastern seaboard their home. In 1964, Clancey’s “Birds of Natal and Zululand” raised the total to 590. At 36,433 sq.