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Birding the Ndumo area, South Africa

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And of course, what you see in the background of these two photos is a Bronze Mannikin , giving me what is perhaps one of the best links in the personal history of my bird blog writing (low standards, admittedly). Great White Pelican is not just the name of a non-existent glam-rock band but also of a bird species.

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Birding Nonggang, Guangxi, China – part 2

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And of course, on a rather rare occasion for this blog, an almost perfect link to the next bird (my favorite transition is still the Monty Python one: “And now for something completely different”). Then again, nobody would expect kids whose parents hire babysitters a lot to have a better life either.

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Polygynandry and avian swingers

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He also blogs for birdingblogs.com 19 Responses to “Polygynandry and the Alpine Accentor&# Corey Mar 15th, 2011 at 1:49 pm Nobody tell Daisy, OK? Don’t you realise there may be children reading this blog? to have and raise children. Jan Axel Mar 15th, 2011 at 3:01 pm JAJAJA! You disgust me. Oh… Sharon?

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Birding Shanghai in October 2022

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For those males who pride themselves on being good karaoke singers, it may be pleasing to hear that among male Japanese Thrushes, males breeding with two females tended to have more various trills than monogamous male breeders ( source ). Sounds a bit like inbreeding to me, but the bird I saw had only one head, so it should be ok.

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A Little Win

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Whilst most Turtle Doves present in Morocco during the summer periods are probably local breeders the possibility of late arrivals or early returners from the British breeding population getting caught up in the slaughter was a real threat. This was a little win perhaps, but hopefully the first of many.

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