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Birding the Ndumo area, South Africa

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On the other hand, their preferred food is blood, and they also feed on it directly, pecking at a mammal’s wounds to keep them open ( source ). In any case, if these two stork species are split and you want to research the Asian species, you will still have to face the tigers. T his is an African Sacred Ibis at Ndumo.

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Poop From The Front End Of The Bird

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There was also a mammal jawbone in the pellet too. I stuffed it in my pocket and decided to take it to Richard Oehlenschlager at the Science Museum of Minnesota. I wasn’t as interested in the mammal jawbone, but it totally piqued his interest. What was throwing me off were the feathers. Was that a cardinal beak?

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