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Business Birding Basics – part II

10,000 Birds

The first time could be forgiven but he kept doing it despite our protests. His collection was impressive and overwhelmingly illegal so he will remain unnamed too. This is a fantastic initiative by BirdLife South Africa. Consequently, he would drive too close to any bird party we came across.

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Birding Tongbiguan, Yunnan (part 2)

10,000 Birds

The Golden-throated Barbet has already launched several protests asking for a name change as it does not want to be associated with cannibalism – however, so far without success. That expedition is now mostly known for its failure and for the proven cannibalism some of its members resorted to.

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