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How to take stunning bird photographs

It all started in what Eddie likes to call the Tarzan garden. “Our previous home here in Swellendam was on a large property of 2000m2 with many large old trees and shrubs – and creepers and poison rope in the trees. Pure Tarzan. All the trees meant that there were loads of birds to watch and photograph. I also like to spend time in nature, because there you find many birds you wouldn’t see in a town or city.”

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