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Birding Tanjung Aru Beach, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

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However, it is only a short taxi ride away from the airport where most travelers will arrive at – better to see birds instead of just eating fast food while waiting for a connecting flight. The US company NE Pigeon Supplies presumably is involved in supplying materials to keep and breed pigeons.

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Birding Balangshan, Sichuan, China (part 1)

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Mid-May to Mid-Jun is the best time to see some of the most exciting species here, as this is the prime breeding time. Higher up on the Balangshan pass, Yellow-billed Choughs (Alpine Chough) benefit from the local fast food available for sale there, along with the limited environmental consciousness of some of the tourists.

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Monterrey Meetings

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For my next visit in the following summer, we decided to organize a company birding trip to La Estanzuela – another treasure spot in the Cumbres. We met Marilyn and Leonardo at a non-descript fast-food joint’s parking lot and within 10 minutes we were in Parque Nacional La Estanzuela. It was amazing.

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Birding while Holiday Shopping

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Common Myna , a fairly recent introduction, is practically a specialist in dumpster diving at fast food joints, roosting under vehicles near shopping malls, and nesting in neon store signs. In the summer, Gray Kingbird breeds in significant numbers throughout the county with a pair defending territory in every strip mall.

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