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White-backed Vultures are Proper Birds

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Thanks to a relatively feral childhood I have been left immune to the power of poetry, so I shall dismiss the poetry (a form of art comparable at best to interpretive dance) with a simple dismissive wave of the hand. Baby’s First Bird, if you will. Vultures are proper birds. True birders, birders who like birds, love em.

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What is a Palm-thrush?

10,000 Birds

Mum, Dad, I’m sorry I described my childhood as feral. This time it is the Old World that has misnamed a group of birds, or in fact several groups. It all comes back to a split in one of the great bird families, the Turdidae, or thrushes. The family reunited in safety. They remain little know.