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15 expat-friendly countries for a birder to move to

10,000 Birds

And it raises a question: if all the birds are having a party over there, am I in the wrong spot? I am thinking of a relatively stable/prosperous bird-paradise where one may be able to find a job in ecotourism or wildlife research… or, to begin with, as a resident environmental scientist / nature blogger in some wildlife lodge?

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A morning in a Kalahari Leopard’s life

10,000 Birds

Several artificial waterholes that have been placed along these riverbeds are a magnet for wildlife and Leeudril is one such location. Sitting down, she raised this leg and pulled them out using her teeth, after a few more paces, she then raised her front right leg and pulled out another thorn!

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Introducing the African Birding Beat

10,000 Birds

I was fortunate to have been born and raised in Africa, and although I have traveled extensively around the world, it remains my home and in my blood. I have thoroughly explored vast parts of the continent as well as neighboring Madagascar, in the process seeing over 2,000 birds on the continent and all but one Malagasy endemic.