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Birding the Ndumo area, South Africa

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Poor researchers Nicola Coumi and Rob Slotow failed to find anything particularly interesting about vigilance in Bronze Mannikin groups. Mind you – it is indeed a description, not a video, as the research was done in 1952. On this trip, this forced me to participate in a side trip to the nearby Tembe Elephant Park.

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The Feather Thief: A Book Review

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’ To get a feeling for how difficult it is to tie a Victorian fly like the Durham Ranger, look up a video on the Internet, it’s impressive. The skins were invaluable tools for ornithological, ecological, environmental research. That’s pretty much the reaction of anybody hearing this for the first time.

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Most Wanted Birds in Brazil

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Go win a copy and you might get it before I get off my keister and write my review… Great Horned Owl Taking a Deer Leg Seriously, that really happens in this excellent video of a Great Horned Owl scavenging a deer carcass by Kirk Mona. He told me quite a bit about his observation – sadly “undocumented&#. Wicked, right?

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The New “Birds of Thailand”

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Wich’yanan graduated with a Master’s Degree in Biology and has been involved in a number of ornithological research projects in Thailand, as well as being a freelance guide. Uthai, a former chairman of the Bird Conservation Society of Thailand, has a Master’s Degree in Environmental Biology and has led birding tours from 1983.

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Spotted Thick-knee

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Elephants Eye Mar 19th, 2011 at 7:34 am I vote for night-plover. Feeling lazy, or I would do the research myself.) He is looking forward to communicating with people who dont ask if he is searching for the "feathered variety" of bird. Thick-knees, dikkop, stone curlew, the names are either unflattering or just plain dull.

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