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The Oriental Dollarbird

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See the video links at the end of the post for an illustration of this lifestyle. Of course, if you do not only want to watch photos of Oriental Dollarbirds, you can also watch videos of Oriental Dollarbirds – though due to my limited skills in taking bird videos, they do not move around much in these videos.

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Birding Balangshan (peak area) in June 2023

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Being lazy, a bunch of researchers used camera traps to investigate the species rather than following the birds directly (which would have had some health benefits). With regard to their music taste, the research results were inconclusive. Also available as video here and here. ” Full iteration! Evidence-based!

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448 Great Things to do in Nature

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Our increasingly sedentary and indoor lifestyles have taken their toll on our kids with childhood obesity, ADD/ADHD diagnosis and childhood drug abuse at unprecedented levels. And there is even a supplemental video on how to do this on the book’s website. Or make your own watermelon salsa in summer.

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Birding Shanghai in June 2022

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Most scientific research really just proves the obvious. This one seems to wonder about whether eating flies is the right lifestyle choice though. A study on Black-tailed Godwits found that flying against the wind is harder than with the wind. As probably remarked before, most of the work scientists do is to prove what seems obvious.

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A scaredy cat is always a scaredy cat

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Now this, might not sound like anything of particular ground-breaking significance, but in the context of animal personality research, it is a fairly big thing. While studying, he also worked on various conservation/research projects (parrots, wagtails, vultures, and anything else that flew) and ringed thousands of birds.

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A long way from nowhere

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For a researcher to get from Broome to Beijing it would take over 30 hours, as you would be required to fly south first! We are remote but what a great lifestyle! An individually marked Great Knot was seen in Roebuck Bay and then observed on the mudflats at Yalu Jiang Nature Reserve, China, 137 hours later! Wicked, right?

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The Amazing Exploding Dove Meets Montana

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• Explore These Related Posts Windy Roads, Next 99 Miles – The Heavy Haul Through the Rockies Many Happy Returns to the Owl Research Institute Steller’s Jay – Mysteries of the Common Birds Clean and Healthful Winter Finch Wonderland.Or Get yours today! These Blasts From The Past Mockers Everywhere! Wicked, right?

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