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Re: Pratincole in Kruger

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about the size of a starling......

it does not look silly at all......

not that silly that it needs to cover its face .... O** O** O**


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Re: Bird Photos - Not Park Specific

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For Richprins who finds that these birds looks silly 0-

Collared Pratincoles, photographed near Maputo, last weekend.

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I told you they were water birds! O/\


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Re: Pratincole in Kruger

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:ty: Lis!


Habitat
Wetland margins and open areas near water.


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Re: Pratincole in Kruger

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Richprins wrote: Tue Oct 30, 2018 10:59 am :ty: Lis!


Habitat
Wetland margins and open areas near water.
Also Thousands swarm over summer Mealie Fields in the OFS


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Re: Pratincole in Kruger

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Richprins wrote: Tue Oct 30, 2018 10:59 am :ty: Lis!


Habitat
Wetland margins and open areas near water.
that does not make them sea birds or waders

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or silly looking.......

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Re: Pratincole in Kruger

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lol lol


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Re: Pratincole in Kruger

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They belong to the same familly as coursers, so not really waders, and to the same order as plovers or sandpipers, so not so far either... -O- :-?


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