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Potpourri of Amazing Bird Science

10,000 Birds

That means crows join humans, apes and monkeys in exhibiting advanced relational thinking, according to the research. I knew a guy who studied depression in a group of people living in the Andes, where periods of depression appeared to come on when the humans detected infrasound caused by distant thunderstorms.

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Finding an Asian Openbill in Singapore-second ever record!

10,000 Birds

There were a couple of people with large cameras and then several school groups. Looking online we discovered there was one previous record for Singapore in January 2013. Squirrels, water monitors, lizards, wild boar, macaque monkeys and more had too often stopped us in our tracks when we heard leaves rustling or odd sounds initially!

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“Wild Rwanda – Where to watch birds, primates, and other wildlife”

10,000 Birds

For birds, this guide follows the Clements list (2007, with revisions through 2013), so it is mostly compatible with your eBird app. The endemics of the Albertine Rift Mountains are marked in bold, 10 mammals and 26 birds.

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