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Birding Hongbenghe, Yunnan (Part 1)

10,000 Birds

Quite possibly, this laughingthrush is now locally extinct in Switzerland or at least in Basel. It is a bit worrying that while the Basel Zoo is listed by Google as having a page on the Red-tailed Laughingthrush , that page itself does not seem to exist anymore, and the species is not listed among the inhabitants of the aviary of the zoo.

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Serbia self-drive birding tour planning

10,000 Birds

It turned out Raphael Nussbaumer is a keen ornithologist who just completed his PhD in Lausanne (Switzerland). research papers). Thanks to my research on eBird, I was expecting to find them there, but it was still a great surprise to see so many and hear them so well! The “ping” call of Bearded T**s are always a delight to hear.

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