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Birding Balangshan, Sichuan, China (part 3)

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When seen from the right angle, the females are quite attractive as well. I do not have a strong opinion on rosefinch ID, though looking at some photos online, I think she is right. The male looks much more interesting, but that does not help this blog post much. I still do not like monkeys very much. So undignified.

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How To Raise A Baby Bird – Professional Advice With Photos

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On the left are healthy young wild birds, on the right are birds raised by well-meaning but unlicensed people who took their information from the internet. Feeding the wrong diet will result in feathers like the ones on the right. On the right are the feathers of an orphaned grackle fed, said the finder, a diet found on the internet.

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How To Raise A Baby Bird

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On the left are healthy young wild birds, on the right are birds raised by well-meaning but unlicensed people who took their information from the internet. Feeding the wrong diet will result in feathers like the ones on the right. On the right are the feathers of an orphaned grackle fed, said the finder, a diet found on the internet.

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And the Beats Go On…

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Since then there have been some major changes here at the ol’ blog and we thought it was time to update everyone as to where we are at with this grand experiment in group bird blogging. He also blogs at Scienceblogs.com. Greg has seen a bird eat a monkey in the wild. Greg’s beat is Bird Evolutionary Biology.

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I and the Bird: What is a Vulture?

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But if we want to continue to throw a monkey-wrench into this all too cut and dried scenario, there’s also the fact that the Old World vultures had a foothold in North America up until the Neogene about 2.5 And when you think about it, that seems right. Panama’s Vulture – Jan Axel, Jan’s Birding Blog.

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Hong Kong Trip Report: February 2014

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What is a day of birding without scanning malodorous mud, right? The BirdForum thread for China (including Hong Kong & Macau) is a phenomenal resource, as are blogs written by HK birders like John Holmes. Frankly, I don’t even know if this is the right species. Monkey at a monastery. Deep Bay mudflats panorama.

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Come@Me: Don’t Mourn for Extinct Birds

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The causes were the usual reasons for island extinction—deforestation by both humans and invasive plants that crowded out native plants, hunting, and invasive rats, mongoose, monkeys, and, of course, feral cats. And, as we find out in a blogged coda to the episode , they can’t even take care of their eggs. On the WCS web page, Ms.

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