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Hoopoes Upupa epops - pronounced “hoo-poo” (both the colloquial and scientific names are onomatopoeic and based on the soft “hoop hoop” call) - are surely one of the Palearctic’s most characterful and unmistakeable birds. Breeding from southern Europe to Russia they are plentiful migrants throughout the eastern Gulf Emirates and States and are found commonly [...]

Parque do Zizo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
30-31 July 2006
 

 
Introduction:
I’ve just spent an inspiring and wonderful couple of days birding the superb Parque do Zizo - an area of (mostly) primary rainforest 700m above sea level in the Serra da Paranapiacaba about three hours drive south of Sao Paulo.

Set up by the Balboni family using a government [...]

Hong Kong, Shing Mun Nature Park: 22 January 2005.
 
From the entrance to Shing Mun Nature Park a country trail leads through mixed secondary forest along the edge of the Shing Mun Reservoir and into the beautiful Shing Mun Valley. The park covers a total of 1400 hectares. It extends from Lead Mine Pass in the [...]