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Birding Shanghai in September 2022

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Or maybe they are quite excited about clarifying that Muscicapa latirostris is the wrong name for this bird while Muscicapa dauurica is right. An example is this study showing that indeed, cuckoo eggs are stronger than the eggs of the host species. This is not really an option at Nanhui though.

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Birding Hluhluwe, South Africa

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She also laid eggs in Melba Finch nests. In a study in Israel, migrating Steppe Buzzard s were found to have much higher lice infestation rates than non-migratory Common Buzzards in the same region. Serves the bird right for not living close to European ornithologists. Red-billed Firefinch. Some people wonder whether god exists.