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Birding Singapore

10,000 Birds

If you take a feral pigeon, bleach it and then batik it using the right colors, the result might be a Pink-necked Green Pigeon (1). These birds on Pulau Ubin may well be Red Junglefowl (they have grey feet), but they may also be hybrids – apparently, there is a genomic continuum from feral to wild Red Junglefowl in Singapore.

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Road birding in New Zealand

10,000 Birds

So, inspired by a similar article on road birding in Thailand, I present road birding in New Zealand. Feral Turkey are also quite common. As with any kind of road birding, birding as a car passenger in New Zealand generally restricts the kind of birds you’re going to see.