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The Traveling Birder

10,000 Birds

I mention these trips because, along with other trips and experiences closer to home, they inform my research into my future birding travel. Standing in the shadow of a historic lighthouse watching Great Frigatebird, Red and White-tailed tropicbird, Laysan Albatross, and Red-footed Bobby glide by at Kilauea Point NWR is remarkable.

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How much bird is there, anyway?

10,000 Birds

But if you look at a bit of prairie in South Dakota during the dead of winter, you may see very few birds and a lot of bison. Here’s some data from the famous research project of Manu, Peru, giving biomass in kilograms per hectare. When Albatross alight in temporal alignment anything else is swamped out.

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