Grumpy Old Birder

Where there's muck… there's wildlife, too, writes Bo Beolens

I saw my first Lion in the wild with its legs sprawled either side of a low bough, lolling in the rising sun amid the long grass of a national park. Behind the tree, in close view were the skyscrapers and shanties of Nairobi. My first US Great White Egret walked by six feet away to pick at a half-eaten hamburger in a litter bin at my hotel in Orlando, Florida. The next day, I saw my first Muskrat at Orlando's home of effluent, alongside Yellow-rumped Warbler in the surrounding trees, and Common Yellowthroat flitting among the reeds. My first Pitta was pecking between grass and litter on a road verge on the edge of a village in India. My first White Stork was finding sustenance among the discarded food…

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Bird Watching (Digital) - 1 Issue, January 2025

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