Amid gnarled tea trees, visitors glimpse the nesting sites of ibis, spoonbills and, if they are lucky, magnificent brolgas, a water bird larger than a crane.

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Travelling with professionals like Wildside Tours, which has an extensive range of eco-friendly excursions and programmes targeting Kafue, will ensure that your eyes stay peeled for fish eagles, spoonbills and herons, among many others.

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On the distant Kemah bridge, where the lake merged into Galveston Bay, a procession of cars glinted in the sun, and a smallish flock of pink spoonbills meandered in from the opposite shore, heading past the Hilton toward the marshy channels and bayous beyond Bay Area Boulevard.

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