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OWN, are you back from holiday? What is the answer on your q? :think:
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Anyone is welcome to post a new question here :popcorn:
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Thanks Rose for the go ahead...here is a new question :

Name 3 raptors that are summer visitors to the Kruger National Park ?
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Wahlberg's and Steppe eagles and the Steppe buzzard are three that spring to mind.
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:clap: :clap: TP well done you are correct.The three I had in mind are :


1. Wahlbergs Eagle - one of the first raptors to arrive.Stocky brown eagle,with round nostrils and baggy feathered legs
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2. Steppe Eagle - the biggest of the brown Eagles to fly in from the Palaeartic Regions
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3. Ginger Brown Pels Fishing Owl - one of the three fishing owls in the world
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Sorry for the delay folks, been up in the Northern Territory on a business trip so not much time to do any "webbing" :wink:

One from left field, which species of bird was likely the cause of death of the Tuang child, and why do you say this.
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Nice question Timepilot. :thumbs_up: It is amazing how they determined which bird caused the death. :clap:
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African Crowned Hawk Eagle ?.Depressed bones on top of skull from strength of the talons,critical piece of evidence was a hole in the base of the eye orbit of the left and right eye sockets made by the Eagles razor sharp talons

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Timepilot, what is the answer to your question?
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Mischief :gflower: i think you are correct. :)
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Oki doki Philip thank you :gflower:

Which bird is mostly silent except for bill clattering at the nest ?
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The White Stork?
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Hi Onewithnature, nice to "see" you back again. :gflower: :gflower:

It is definitely a stork.....50% correct....but not the white stork.Think Big 6 Birdies. :think:
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is it the saddle-billed stork? :hmz: :hmz:
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:clap: :dance: :clap: well done Wildflowergirl,it is the saddle-billed stork.
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