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Birding the Ndumo area, South Africa

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Greater Flamingos are considered cooperative breeders as fledglings are raised in a creche, in which large numbers of young are watched by multiple non-breeding adult greater flamingos. It is one of the largest flying birds in the world and seems to be capable of social learning ( source ).

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The Geladas of Ethiopia

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Geladas are the sole survivors of a once abundant branch of primates that historically foraged across the grasslands of Africa, the Mediterranean and India. Gelada communications include intense staring with raised eyebrows. As mentioned earlier, Geladas spend their nights on inaccessible cliffs, where they sleep on ledges.

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Hawks In Flight, Second edition: A Review of a New Version of a Birding Classic

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Even the lyrics of the song echo the art and science of hawk watching, “Link by link, making the connections…”) Chapters are strategically illustrated with David Sibley’s drawings. No computers, just “a bottle of India Ink, a crow-quill pen nib in a handle, and a watercolor brush.” These are not just drawings of hawks per se.

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KwaZulu-Natal

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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.

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Birds of Bolivia: Field Guide–A Book Review

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That’s pretty amazing–Bolivia has more bird species than India! This is more than eBird reports–a checklist generated from the citizen science database lists only 1,413 species. The source of this ranking, BirdLife International, lists Bolivia as currently having 1,439 bird species, including 18 breeding endemics.

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Collaborative List – November 2019

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He raised his binoculars above his head and cried out with courage and clarity, “I am Sparticus!” They ranged across 10 countries (Costa Rica, USA, UK, India, Australia, China, Brazil, Mexico, Serbia and Uganda). Mark Hatfield Marine Science Center and Estuary Trail. Something needed to be done. 16 Nov 2019.

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