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Use it or lose it?

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During the decades that preceded the Iraq war there were two schools of view on how to deal with that country and its troublesome leader. I’m not a fan of some of the cuts to science, but National came in in 2008. Birders and photographers can harrass birds to the point of causing real damage (like Indian Bustards ).

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Birding Shanghai in February 2023

10,000 Birds

February 2023 was a slow month for birding in Shanghai, at least for me – so slow that I almost put the Spotted Dove , possibly my least favorite bird here, on the cover. Not a cover species The Black Kite is not actually black, but of course, misleading bird names are not exactly rare. Maybe those should be protected too?

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