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Laughing at you, not with you

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The Blue-crowned Laughingthrush (Wuyuan) is listed as Critically Endangered, as there are only about 250-280 birds spending the breeding season in Northeastern Jiangxi (and according to the HBW, it is not clear where they spend the non-breeding period).

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Birding California: A Regional Primer

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Southern California pelagics (San Diego to Morro Bay). Gull-billed Terns breed in south San Diego Bay, along with Black Skimmers and several other tern species. San Diego County has many important nesting sites for the imperiled Western Snowy Plover and California Least Tern. Ventura, CA. The desert.