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night herons at Ba Be

April 25th 2017
Almost a day's travel north of Hanoi is the Ba Be National Park, protecting a large but skinny lake surrounded by limestone mountains with remnant forests. Birders go here for just one reason, to try and see white-eared night herons. This is one of the rarest species of herons and is largely restricted to southern China. Until 2008 there were only two records from Vietnam, a specimen from 1975 and ... read more
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Vietnamese Flag The conquest of Vietnam by France began in 1858 and was completed by 1884. It became part of French Indochina in 1887. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by Communist forc... ... read more
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I live in New Zealand. I started this blog when going on a 2006 trip through southeast Asia for three months to see the wildlife. Since then I've been on more trips through NZ, Fiji, New Caledonia, Australia and back to Asia a few times looking for animals. Anyone who is not interested in animals and who thinks nature is a waste of space shouldn't be reading this blog. Go back to your bars and your temples and your massage parlours; the kind of birds I'm contemplating would not excite you. ... full info
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