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Birding the Ndumo area, South Africa

10,000 Birds

My understanding is that since March 2020, the HBW is integrated into eBird ( source ). On the other hand, their preferred food is blood, and they also feed on it directly, pecking at a mammal’s wounds to keep them open ( source ). Well, Ndumo is a malaria area, so at least there is some connection.