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Birding Tanjung Aru Beach, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

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It is listed as Near Threatened, partly due to the usual occurrence of illegal trade for the pet market. It is listed as vulnerable, again as a consequence of illegal trade and habitat loss. The US company NE Pigeon Supplies presumably is involved in supplying materials to keep and breed pigeons. Or US$ 8 for the pair below.

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Birding Ruili, Yunnan

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When I last visited the town almost 10 years ago, it had a Wild West feel, and Wikipedia claims that it is “an important location for trade with Myanmar, in both legal and illegal goods and services” but it seemed pretty tame to me this time. Not a great situation given the chronic housing shortage in suitable environments.

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Bicknell’s Thrush in Trouble on Wintering Grounds

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No matter how much we do to protect the breeding grounds of Neotropical migrants, we can’t assure the safety of those species that lose essential wintering habitat. The expanse of cloud forest also serves critical, irreplaceable ecological functions for both the Dominican Republic and Haiti.

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Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City–A Book Review

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The authors’ detailed delineation of problems with the accuracy of NYC breeding bird surveys or with the limits of historical writings may test a reader’s patience. In addition, many of the numbers and examples given for NYC areas beyond the Bronx represent species observed in Central Park in Manhattan and Prospect Park in Brooklyn.

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Spotlight: Maureen Eiger – To Intervene or Not to Intervene?

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We also try to re-nest uninjured baby birds so we don’t interfere with a bird’s breeding cycle. Here are some examples of when a bird definitely needs your help and a call to a federally permitted bird rehabilitator is warranted. It is illegal to keep a wild bird. After all, “Mother knows best.” So: When do you intervene?

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15 Australian Birds (Episode 3)

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For example, the Brown Honeyeater visits more than 300 different flowers. Wikipedia uses the same source to provide the same information as for the Little Pied Cormorant on the appearance of the eggs over time: “They become increasingly stained with feces, as does the nest, over the duration of the breeding season.”

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

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The survival of songbirds depends in part upon eliminating illegal hunting. Take Hawaii, for example. The population of Millerbirds on Laysan has doubled , and breeding seems to be going well. Photo by David Guttenfelder, courtesy of National Geographic ). Photo by David Guttenfelder, courtesy of National Geographic ).

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