Part Five

Orange-headed Thrushes

Zoothera citrina

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Mechanical Harvested Tea

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Mechanical Tea Harvester

The least discriminating way to harvest tea.  Lots of sticks and bits that are not wanted.

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White-cheeked Barbet

Megalaima viridis

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African Tulip Tree

Spathodea campanulata

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Lesser Hill Myna

Gracula indica

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Lesser Hill Myna

Gracula indica - in a nesting hole.

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Deceased Actor-Politician

Symbol of a splinter political party.

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Loading Cows

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Black Pepper Vine

Piper nigrum

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Black Pepper

Piper nigrum

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Asian Elephant

Elephas maximus - male. We were hoping to see an elephant walking through the tea plantation, but this is the only one we saw.

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