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50 Top Birding Sites in Kenya review

10,000 Birds

Catherine Ngarachu’s “50 Top Birding Sites in Kenya” (published by Penguin Random House South Africa) is the first detailed guide to the country’s best birding sites. Among the many options, there are shorter highlight guides, as well as various wildlife-watching safari guides. Each site gets from 2 to 5 pages (but mostly 3-4).

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SeaWorld Orlando’s Antarctica Welcomes First Penguin Chick

4 The Love Of Animals

On November 30, SeaWorld Orlando welcomed the first chick to hatch at Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin, the all-new attraction featuring a colony of more than 250 penguins from four species – king, Adelie, gentoo and rockhopper. Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin transports guests into the icy world of the penguin like never before.

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Royal Shags and Tricky Parakeets: Birding Queen Charlotte Sound

10,000 Birds

I went out with the morning sunrise tour and then came back with the wildlife tour in the afternoon, something they are prepared to do for birders who want to spend time on Blumine Island (if both tours are going anyway). One last surprise on Motuara island were some Blue Penguins ! So what are you waiting for?

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