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Bird Conservation News: The Good, The Bad (and Ugly), and More Good

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Fearing that a natural disaster, introduced species, or disease could wipe this fragile population out, the U.S. The population of Millerbirds on Laysan has doubled , and breeding seems to be going well. A recent survey of the birds suggests that the effort has been a success. Plentovich, courtesy of the U.S.

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My Top Ten Birds of 2016 (or, Let’s Remember the Good Things about 2016)

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Greater Adjutants are huge birds that were once widespread across much of Southeast Asia; today there are two small breeding populations in India and Cambodia. Finally, deciding that a duck that required 250 acres of land to breed probably did not welcome intruders, we tiptoed out of the swamp. 6) Garganey. 7) Piping Plover.

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Birds of Cambodia Review

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A holiday in Cambodia? With 600+ bird species and a two-week trip with possibly a 250 species-list (the best sites are in the northwest and west of the country), my answer is a definitive “yes”. 600 distribution maps, the “Birds of Cambodia” covers 629 species recorded in the country to date.

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