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The wetlands of Kaleodeo Ghana National Park were actually created in the 19th century. The diversion of canal water to a system of dams transformed the scrublands to a watery ecosystem that attracts resident and migratory birds.
We ride by rickshaw (the non-polluting foot-pedal type) from the lodge to the banks of Kaleodeo.
A new bird-watcher is born every day.
Rare Siberian cranes take a break from the Arctic winter.
The spotted Chital deer and the largest deer in India, the Sambar, can be sighted in the woods.
And the water is teeming with schools of carp.
Wild green parakeets play around the grounds near a temple ...
... where Lynn goes in for her first "puja", complete with bell-clanging, chanting, and a puja mark on her forehead.
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