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Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Two maps of the northwest Bronx and adjacent Yonkers, one from 1891 and one from 2015, pp. The first three sections are brief, presenting a summary of the bird’s current NYC status (migrant, resident, breeder, vagrant, etc.), “Wait!” ” you’re probably saying. “Let’s back up a little.

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Birding Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo

10,000 Birds

Interestingly, the first description of a nest of Whitehead’s Spiderhunter was only published in 2015. The Borneo-endemic Chestnut-crested Yuhina is a cooperative breeder – the vast majority of breeding pairs (97%) in a study conducted here at Mount Kinabalu had helpers. Leave the bad jokes to me, please.

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