World of Birds
On the way back from our excursion today we stopped at World of Birds, a bird and animal sanctuary. They boast over 3,000 different species of birds and I for one believe them. It was quite something.
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Not a bird but a mongoose and quite an entertaining little chap. He wasn't being aggressive in this shot, more like sleepy.
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Lovely Golden Pheasant
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This is my favorite African bird, the Secretary Bird.
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There were loads of owls, many in open enclosures and quite close as you walked by.
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This is a fat meerkat.
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An this a bat eared fox.
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A Rock Hydrax or "dassie" with quite an overbite. These little critters are most closely related to the elephant.
Beautiful birds! So colorful!
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