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Birding Tanjung Aru Beach, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

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However, it is only a short taxi ride away from the airport where most travelers will arrive at – better to see birds instead of just eating fast food while waiting for a connecting flight. The US company NE Pigeon Supplies presumably is involved in supplying materials to keep and breed pigeons.

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Monterrey Meetings

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We met Marilyn and Leonardo at a non-descript fast-food joint’s parking lot and within 10 minutes we were in Parque Nacional La Estanzuela. These parrots breed inside cavities in cliffs and they are very particular about the cliff. It was amazing. That plant would not die in vain.

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Birding Balangshan, Sichuan, China (part 1)

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Mid-May to Mid-Jun is the best time to see some of the most exciting species here, as this is the prime breeding time. Higher up on the Balangshan pass, Yellow-billed Choughs (Alpine Chough) benefit from the local fast food available for sale there, along with the limited environmental consciousness of some of the tourists.

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Third time lucky for Arabian Babbler

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A couple of roads cut back through the circle to the central area which boasts a fast food restaurant, a mosque and toilets. . Arabian Babblers live in co-operative groups usually consisting of a breeding pair and their offspring. More complex groups form when potential breeding males and/or females join.

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Three Interesting Things

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Every spring, billions of migratory songbirds in Europe fly north to their breeding grounds. Fast food, caffeine and deadlines fuel your day’s full schedule. But did you know that there is a bat that specializes in eating birds that are migrating at night? Giant Bats Snatch Birds from Night Sky. When you arrive at John F.

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Birding Shanghai in May 2023 – Part 1

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During the breeding season, some Cattle Egrets look like teenage girls who have just discovered the existence of make-up, and consequently massively overdo it. Insects seem to also be the main food item of Brown Shrikes , as this video also shows. It is probably all downhill from here. What’s next? Identification of subspecies?

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A Guide to Parking Lot Birds of the Southeast

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And in the free-flying aviary that is Florida you can easily be shocked by what you find, but White Ibis seem to show a surprising affinity to the local fast food joints. And when you’re in the middle of your post-breeding molt, you need to do that a lot. Quiscalus major , the Boat-tailed Grackle.