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Birding the Kruger Park (3): Malelane area

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The room was one stuffed with pillows – it seems some landlords think the more pillows are in a room, the cozier the place is. The Lilac-breasted Roller is the national bird of Kenya, but of course, this does not help it pay its bills in South Africa. Thanks for pointing that out. His music is rather bad, after all.

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Birding Wawushan, Sichuan

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A paper on breeding of the species was actually researched right here at Wawushan. Indeed, positive assortative mating, based on culmen length, tarsus length, and body mass, was found across breeding pairs. And of course, there were numerous Rufous-vented T**s. Unfortunately, their overall nesting success was only 18%.

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