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Grassy Green Space in the Central Valley- Trash Habitat or Prime Real Estate for Oddball Birds?

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Most days, that seemingly random place is right at home. Keep birding and you might see a White-tailed Kite hovering as it hunts rodents and one of the few Bat Falcons in the Valley might dash into view. I worry because no protection is given to such supposed “trash” habitats.

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Mammals of Madagascar (Lynx Edicions)

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And birders spend a lot of their time watching the tree-crowns and, in the right place, spotting many other tree-dwellers. Strictly speaking, Mammals of Madagascar is not a field guide, because some larger groups (rodents, bats) cannot be identified down to a species level following the concise descriptions and a single illustration.