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Birding Inner Mongolia

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But I am almost sure that this story was just made up by a blog post writer running out of ideas. Of course, seeing the Snowy Owl would alone be sufficient reason to cover this trip in a blog post. Notice how they never sit together on buses? The species is named after Peter Simon Rosefinch – no, that is wrong.

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Birding Shanghai in February 2022

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If you think it is rather pretentious to start a birding blog post with a Kafka story, I fully agree with you. Pat Fish was the creative force behind a band called Jazz Butcher – he died in October last year. ” “You only need to change your direction,” said the cat, and ate it up. (If Happy with the link?

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I Remember Elephants

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I say they were butchered, face-off. How much time did you need to read this blog? Even worse is the situation with Forest Elephants Loxodonta cyclotis of jungles of Central and West Africa. A different research says, from 2002 to 2011 the known populations of forest elephants declined by 62%. One may say so. Perhaps 15 minutes?

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Birding Parque Nacional Marino Cayos Cochinos, Honduras

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Sure, it’s been well over a month since I returned from my fun-filled, family vacation to Honduras but that doesn’t mean that it’s too late to blog about it, right? I don’t know how I managed to completely butcher all of my shots of what was essentially a stationary subject. Lunch time!

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When Feeding Birds Runs Amuck

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Since the order went into effect, Claire Butcher continued to feed the ducks in the park and was allegedly observed bringing entire shopping carts filled with food. Will it be sustainably nutritious for them in the years to come (but the nutritional value of corn is a completely different blog post topic)?

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Birding Protection Island, Washington

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Having flown to Washington State on a family vacation the first obstacle was easily out of the way, which you knew already if you ever read this blog. The first obstacle was getting to the general range of the species, which is the west coast from northern California to Alaska and across to Russia.*