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Around the World For Penguins: A Penguin Fan’s Book Review

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Penguins here! <pause> There are few bird names that will elicit great big smiles and Penguin is one of them. I’ve been fortunate to see two Penguin species in the wild (African and Galapagos) and have dreamed of seeing more–maybe even all! <pause> Do I have your attention now?

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Driving The Denali Highway

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The wildlife was what we expected. The birds were not as plentiful because we were there during the tail end of the summer when most species had already flown south. We are told the scenic beauty of Alaska is only rivaled by that of the Patagonian and Antartic region in extreme South America. Alaska was incredible.

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Untamed Americas

4 The Love Of Animals

“ Untamed Americas ” is a high-definition miniseries event narrated by Academy Award-nominated actor Josh Brolin. In it we get to see some of the amazing places in the wild areas of North America, Central America and South America. Untamed Americas: Mountains. Untamed Americas: Coasts.

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Best Bird of the Year 2014

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I was a bit sad, too, that we had annoyed the owl enough that it felt it had to strafe us … my normal MO is to avoid stressing out wildlife. Final choice is African (aka Jackass) Penguin because I had such a wonderful time watching these creatures at Betty’s Bay and Boulders Beach. Donna’s BBOTY – an African Penguin.

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“Peacocks and Picathartes: Reflections on Africa’s Birdlife”

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I did that with Peacocks & Picathartes – Reflections on Africa’s birdlife (published by Penguin Random House South Africa ). In September 2015 a group of eight intrepid bird watchers linked up with the African Wildlife Foundation and arranged for a 10-day stay in Yemi [DRC].

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