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Duncan’s 2015 List

10,000 Birds

African Pygmy-goose ( Nettapus auritus ); Caprivi Strip, Namibia, 1 January. Long-tailed Cormorant, or Reed Cormorant ( Microcarbo africanus ); Caprivi Strip, Namibia, 2 January. African Darter ( Anhinga rufa ); Caprivi Strip, Namibia, 2 January. Hamerkop ( Scopus umbretta ); Caprivi Strip, Namibia, 1 January.

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Birding – An Extreme Sport

10,000 Birds

For number three we need to travel to Mahango Park in Namibia. This is a small and very interesting park in northern Namibia. I ended up scoring four lifers: African Dusky Flycatcher , Village Weaver , Whyte Barbet and Zebra Waxbill. Here’s my Top 3, with another incident already covered in a previous post.