Elephant guns have given way to telephoto lenses, but the essentials remain: dawn and dusk game drives, stately canvas tents guarded by warriors with spears, and drinks around the campfire, with the mawing and bellowing of animals in the liquid black night beyond.

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The major cause of predation in the colony turned out to be Black-crowned Night Herons.

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As the sun sets each night, a black cloud emerges from under the bridge as the creatures go in search of moths and other bugs to call dinner.

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Clair plans to be in the electronics section Thanksgiving night through the morning hours of Black Friday.

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Throughout eight galleries, cranes and egrets roost in gilded screens, eagles swoop down on prey in hanging scrolls, sparrows and swallows variously flit across the black night of lacquer and the pure white of porcelain, and all manner of avian beauty graces works big and small.

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Throughout the night, Brooklyn implored fans to dress all in black as part of their "Blackout in Brooklyn" theme when they host their first playoff game in the borough.

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Perhaps Black Friday retailers should encourage shoppers to see each other as part of the same in-group (late-night waffle lovers) to reduce competition and antagonism.

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