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Rosefinches, Griffons and Woodcocks

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But I cannot notice the breeder #2! Eurasian Griffon Vultures are flying towards the restaurant (occasionally visited by Brown Bear , too). My friend Puza comes back from a short walk… and shows me the photos of the more elusive #2: the not-so-common Common Rosefinch , a female. It is somewhere in those willows.

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Birding Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo

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So, like a football stadium named after an insurance company, the broadbill ended up bearing a name celebrating a sponsor. The Borneo-endemic Chestnut-crested Yuhina is a cooperative breeder – the vast majority of breeding pairs (97%) in a study conducted here at Mount Kinabalu had helpers. Must have been a camera fault.

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Polygynandry and avian swingers

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Dale Forbes Mar 16th, 2011 at 7:48 am @Corey, Is there also a Daisy involved in this Group Marriage? We are now up to 3 males and at least 4 females (I see there is a Kim in the group photo too). These group dynamics are always hard to track, but this group seems particularly complex. Any reason?

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