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What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds: A Book Review

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They are also hunted. People and organizations in Nepal, Zambia, and South Africa have sought to change cultural attitudes, having the most success with school children. They roost and hunt, at night (mostly) when we can’t see them. I’m wondering if the subject of this book itself presented a challenge.

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Birding Longcanggou, Sichuan again (but maybe for the last time)

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Shockingly, the Ashy-throated Parrotbill apparently is a species heavily hunted for bird fighting in Guizhou Province, China ( source ). If being hunted by evil humans was not enough, Ashy-throated Parrotbills are also hosts of the parasitic Common Cuckoo. Animal Class. Shame on the researchers. American Civil War? World War 1?

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