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Birding Balangshan (peak area) in June 2023

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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). But fortunately, they make no efforts to restrict the lifestyle of the accentors, ban their books, or prevent them from educating their chicks about sex.

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Dreaming of Congo rainforest: Gabon, Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic

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Logging roads have opened up vast areas to commercial hunting, leading to industrial-scale poaching and a more than 60 per cent drop in the region’s Forest Elephant population in less than a decade. Ba’Aka people are among the most well-known representatives of an ancient hunter-gatherer lifestyle.

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A long way from nowhere

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Our location meant that during the height of the pearling industry here the Pearling Masters sent their “whites&# to be laundered in Singapore by sea, as that was the fastest option! They will feed up there and then head north to Siberia to breed. We are remote but what a great lifestyle!

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Birding Shanghai in June 2022

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For example, without this blog, would you know that the Barn Swallows of Nanhui are now having their own housing boom, ignorant of the overinvestment that has characterized China’s construction industry? There was a breeding pair at Binjiang Forest Park this June. So, the birds start collecting mud and small sticks.

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