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Tribes and Birds of the Lower Omo Valley by Adam Riley

10,000 Birds

They are traditionally pastoral people, but have from necessity accepted agriculture, fishing and crocodile hunting as means of survival. Game was not plentiful but the highlight was finding a beautiful female Leopard with her cub next to the road, and along the Mago River, a Da Brazza’s Monkey gorging himself on figs. Mursi woman.

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Birding Shanghai in April 2023

10,000 Birds

To be honest, both the robin and the flycatchers shown above remind me of the easter eggs I hunted for as a child – the same strong colors in front of a green background, same time of the year (feel free to insert your own Proust Madeleine reference here) … Bluethroats apparently are good at imitating other birds.

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