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Birding the Danzhou Bay area (Hainan, China) by day

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In these rural areas, public transportation is still mostly based on rather old-fashioned modes. There are probably not too many words that will allow you to use two y in the same word, and – I looked this up – ever since a Scrabble rule change in 2010, names of locations are allowed. The Crested Mynas do not seem to mind.

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The Danube Backwaters

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It is a fascinating world of swampy forests of willow and poplar, inhabited by Black Storks , White-tailed Eagles , Eastern Olivaceous and Icterine Warblers (above), among more than 200 other species. Locations, dates, species and numbers, right? Among the common species, Nagy mentions the Corn Crake.

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The Smell of Napalm in the Morning

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The majority are clearly Mallards , followed by Garganeys , with one and possibly more Green-winged Teals , also Ferruginous Ducks … Surprises among them are one Common Shelduck , a species that most likely breeds some 15 mi from here (and my first shelduck of the year) and an even greater surprise: two Eurasian Wigeons.

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Inaccessible Island Rail Atlantisia rogersi

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BirdLife International believes that this might be maximum population the species can reach, as it seems to completely saturate its range. Occasionally the Tristan Thrush Nesocichla eremita will prey upon chicks from the two-egg nest of the Inaccessible Island Rail but this not enough in any way to threaten the species.

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On THE DOG WHO COULDN'T STOP LOVING

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When I agreed to read and review Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson's THE DOG WHO COULDN'T STOP LOVING (Harper 2010), the regal Charles Hobson Booger, III was still with us. She's not capable of the kind of love that dogs and humans are capable of for one another--across species. Essentially, I was afraid that the pain would never stop.

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The Case for Adding the U.S. Territories in the Caribbean to the ABA Area

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The capital is San Juan, an important center of Caribbean culture and transportation. According to the 2010 Census, the population was about 3.7 The USVI are smaller and have fewer habitats and, as a result, fewer bird species. Herbert Rafaelle includes 284 species in his field guide , which covers both territories.)

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Panama Trip Report: April 2017

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In fact, we saw two species of monkey, our only sloths, lots of coatis, and my rarest ever mammal sighting—a Jaguarundi —right on site. TRANSPORTATION. Plus, we never stopped finding new and better species, which suggests that this place could compile a highly respectable site list. This species is a Summit Ponds specialty.

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