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Birding Tanjung Aru Beach, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

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As the rice paddies near Kota Kinabalu described in an earlier post , Tanjung Aru beach is not really a major birding spot in its own right. 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.

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Monterrey Meetings

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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 must face the sun at the right time of day, the material needs to be good for excavating but not too soft to avoid collapsing tunnels, it needs to be steep, and the list goes on and on.

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Winter Wanderland

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I might have to add the Dallas airport staff to the list of things Buffon was right about. My colleague Doug wrote me an email describing the whereabouts of these “rosy finches” and my wife had to manage my excitement with horse tranquilizer… What a fantastic little birds. I flew into Denver from Mexico.

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Birding Balangshan, Sichuan, China (part 1)

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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. The chicks do their usual thing of just being pesky and clamoring for food … … mostly successfully.

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Twitchers are Losers

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They wait for the winds to be right for a lake watch, sea watch, or hawk watch. Some folks who are really into listing figure out what birds they still need for their list that are still at least theoretically possible to see and come up with strategies to see them. They put themselves in the lines of hurricanes.

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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.

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Komen and KFC: A Match Made in Hell

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It's not just a question of animal rights. It's fast food and it is unhealthy. The more fattening food you eat, the more money goes to cancer research. However, I can hardly believe that they would actually partner with KFC (KFC!!!) for cancer research. Chickens that are used for KFC products are horribly treated.