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Hornbills of Sabah

10,000 Birds

If you want to see photos of all 8 of them, there is a nice one-page leaflet online which is also the source of some of the information below. Another paper reviews information on Oriental Pied Hornbills raiding the nests of various bird species in Singapore and even pet bird cages. A good reason to come back soon then, I guess.

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Come@Me: Don’t Mourn for Extinct Birds

10,000 Birds

Pink Pigeons were once found throughout Mauritius, but by the 19th century the population became fragmented and by 1986 only 12 or 16 pigeons remained, depending on your source of information, less than 12 by 1991. A foot deep by some accounts, it killed what life was left in the forest. On the WCS web page, Ms.

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Faithful Loons and Human Lunacy

10,000 Birds

Non-bird watchers without binoculars and experience are notoriously bad sources of information. Every now and the the loosing Loon would disappear like it had been killed and sunk. But, indeed, two Loons went to one. Then it would reappear way far away and they’d stay apart for a while. Then one day they are gone.

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