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Birding Balangshan (peak area) in June 2023

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Red and yellow are the colors symbolizing several different things – for example, McDonald’s, the People’s Republic of China, Mastercard, and Kodac. This species might indeed merit a bit more research – the only paper I found on its breeding looked at only 7 nests (of which 3 failed).

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Birding Shanghai in December 2022

10,000 Birds

Inequality in greenfinch society is partly due to assortative mating – cool/attractive/rich/educated male greenfinches preferably mate with cool/attractive/rich/educated female greenfinches. And indeed, the Tel Aviv McDonald’s does not sell any Hoopoe Burgers. As scientists have found.

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