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Birding Tanjung Aru Beach, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

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A study conducted in Singapore found that forest-edge frugivores such as the Pink-necked Green Pigeon are especially vulnerable to building collisions. While birds have developed one way of dealing with gravity, flying, other animals have found different ways, for example, just ignoring it.

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Our Favorite Bird Books (and one pair of Binoculars) of 2022

10,000 Birds

What extraordinary birds penguins are: physically, they remind us of ourselves, so we think we understand their behaviors, but, as the authors say, “their private life is as complex and mysterious as that of any wild animal.” Dragan]: Europe’s Birds: An Identification Guide , by Hume, Still, Swash, and Harrop is a photographic guide.

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Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago: Greater Sundas and Wallacea–A Field Guide Review

10,000 Birds

The two main areas, Greater Sundas and Wallacea, are separated by ‘Wallace’s Line,’ a boundary drawn in 1859 by British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace, who realized that the two areas had totally different birds and animals. So–the book covers islands that belong to the Republic of Indonesia and to Malaysia.

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