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15 Australian Birds (Episode 2)

10,000 Birds

Honeyeaters are a large bird family (190 species) with a strong presence in Australia. The book hastens to assure us that “we may safely assume that it referred only to bright plumage” While larger, the White-eared Honeyeater seems to follow a somewhat similar color scheme. The Common Myna is an aggressive invasive species.

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

4 The Love Of Animals

Stories about animals rescuing members of their own and other species, including humans, abound. They show how individuals of different species display compassion and empathy for those in need. Animal Rescues: Feeling Compassion for Those in Need. Raven Justice? Marc Bekoff wrote this article for Can Animals Save Us? ,

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Birding Nabang, Yunnan (2)

10,000 Birds

As usual, birds seem to like these off-the-way places best – eBird lists 337 species based on a little more than just 100 checklists. One very annoying aspect of the HBW is that in their search box, they seem to require you to put in exactly the one species name they think is the only acceptable one. Courtship feeding.

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