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Birding Sukau, Sabah, Borneo

10,000 Birds

With a picture of the then-queen of Thailand on it, if I remember correctly. I remember that when I was still a research chemist developing dental materials, I once gave a presentation at that university, which was followed by my receiving a hideous and very colorful plate as a gift afterward.

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Birding Shanghai in February 2023

10,000 Birds

In Thailand, apparently, the number of Oriental Magpie-Robins has seriously declined in some areas apparently, partly because of poaching for the pet bird trade as the birds are good singers ( source ). No surprise then that the species is listed as Vulnerable. ” At Tianmashan, one can almost always hear Grey-capped Greenfinches.

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