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Birding Chongming Island in summer

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This would have allowed you to summarize your experience in sentences such as “A total of 98 boluses regurgitated by 52 chicks aged 1 day to 11 days after hatching form the sample and are shown to contain 323 food items.” This Cattle Egret has just read a paper stating that it would be 3.6

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Birding after the Wet Season

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There had been cattle in the area and we kept coming across bizarre butterfly circles. All we can think is that they were attracted to an area where there had been cattle urine and they were getting the natural salts. It seems the most likely answer, but who knows! They removed some hairs from their tail end and the line failed!

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Collaborative List ? May 2020

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7 beats contributed their sightings from 7 countries (Hong Kong, UK, China, USA, Serbia, Australia and, of course, Costa Rica). These are included as part of the summary and are maintained in the list, despite objections by some purists, to give the full, rich experience as enjoyed by your lucky, lucky beats. Brant (Branta bernicla).

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Layover in Singapore

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Redgannet was originally conceived as a way to encourage my colleagues (in case you haven’t read the profile, I work as a flight attendant for an international airline) out of the shops and their hotel rooms to experience something that the local natural scene has to offer. Perhaps I have missed my calling.

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Bass Point Reserve-New South Wales

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As we came through the open fields towards the coast there were numerous Cattle Egrets among the cattle and Straw-necked Ibis. It is the perfect spot to have a picnic and stroll and experience a wide variety of birds. Trips Australia cormorants Fairy Wren heron Magpie oystercatchers Raven'

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The return of the Banded Lapwing

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There have been a lot of different birds around this year for various reasons, which mainly involve the climatic changes we experience from year to year. The four Banded Lapwings were in amongst the cattle at the edge of the road and several Australian Pratincole were also present. How wrong we were!

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Birding Kununurra late in the year

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On that visit we paddled from Lake Argyle back to Kununurra over three days and that was a magnificent experience. Masked Lapwings , Straw-necked Ibis , Plumed Whistling-Ducks , Magpie-larks , Cattle Egrets and Australian Pratincoles all gather around and in the drainage channel. Cattle Egret. Common Sandpiper.

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