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Birding Tengchong, Yunnan, China in 2017

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I visited Tengchong in late 2020 and wrote about it – but I also went there earlier, in 2017, and this post shows some photos I took during that trip, along with the usual comments that seem to be much more about ridiculing my fellow humans (especially ornithologists and the like) than providing useful information on birds.

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The Falcon Thief: A Book Review

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September 2017, Cerrado, Brazil. It didn’t occur to me till I started reading The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird that there was also a possible threat to the eagle herself: poachers, who steal raptor eggs and chicks. We are cautioned to keep the location of the eagle a secret.

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The Wryneck: Biology, Behaviour, Conservation and Symbolism of Jynx torquilla: A Book Review

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The Eurasian Wryneck is the woodpecker that doesn’t look like a woodpecker, the bird with the portmanteau name that is also a medical condition (and which may remind some people of a Nora Ephron essay). copyright © 2022 Gerard Gorman.

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Combined Beats’ List – September

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US-NY-New York-Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center – 40.6603x-73.9325. Big Egg Marsh. Finca Hamadryas. 09 Jan 2016. Cape May Warbler – Setophaga tigrina. Bill Baggs Cape Florida SP. 20 Apr 2016. Cerulean Warbler – Setophaga cerulea. 10 May 2016. Northern Parula – Setophaga americana. 03 Jan 2016. 25 Apr 2016.

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