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Birding Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo

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When not climbing, he collected species, and thus a number of birds are named after him. While the Bornean Forktail looks quite similar to the White-crowned Forktail, it apparently is a separate species, making it another Borneo endemic. Of course, only chemists have a rough idea what that might mean. Leave the bad jokes to me, please.

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Hornbills of Sabah

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In total, there are eight species of hornbills in Borneo – the best place to see them seems to be the Kinabatagan River area (also known as Sukau). If you want to see photos of all 8 of them, there is a nice one-page leaflet online which is also the source of some of the information below. A good reason to come back soon then, I guess.

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What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds: A Book Review

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” Writing about owls means writing about roughly 250 species (I counted 245 on the 2022 Clements spreadsheet, but I might have missed a few, and we all know that each classification system is different). These are behaviors that are most likely to vary across species and topics that make for compelling stories.

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The return of the Old Man

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There’s no information as to when these European colonies died out, but we do know that it was a long time ago. They were my target species, and I remember being delighted in not only seeing them well, but finding feeding flocks that were remarkably unconcerned about being watched.

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Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History from Cave Art to Conservation–A Book Review

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This is “the deep cradle of Western ornithology: the birthplace of bird study,” he tells us as he writes about gazing at the 8,000-year old depictions of “flamingos, herons, raptors, avocets and many other species” (p. With Birkhead, you never know what’s going to come next.

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Birding According to ChatGPT, Part II

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Birders often venture into various habitats, such as forests, wetlands, grasslands, or coastal areas, to encounter different bird species. The primary objective of birding is to identify bird species based on their physical characteristics, behavior, and vocalizations.

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Feral Cats Are An Invasive Species in North America (and elsewhere)

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I once knew a guy who kept and raised cats. The plethora of approaches to the feral Cat problem is not an outcome of a diversity of great ideas; it is the ugly chimera of inappropriate compromise among biased and often poorly informed stakeholders. They are invasive species. But they don’t live in North America.