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Birding Sukau, Sabah, Borneo

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Some scientists at Chittagong University, Bangladesh observed the behavior of Stork-billed Kingfisher and Pied Kingfisher at – guess where – Chittagong University campus (presumably they have some problems expensing travel costs). He was also nearly strangled by a pet python that he kept. Or speluncaphobia?

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Birding Shanghai in November 2022

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On the other hand, in the West, mice, and rats are also kept as pets, maybe with the same logic. Weirdly, this bird is also described as a common pest in Indonesia, responsible for substantial losses of rice.

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