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Salon des Refusés (part 1)

10,000 Birds

Though carefully removed with photo editing software, it is obvious that the bird in the air has been fixed by a wire. Notes on bird species and locations shown: Amur Paradise Flycatcher (Nanhui, China). Bar-tailed Godwit (Tiaozini, China). Barn Swallow (Nanhui, China). Daurian Redstart (Nanhui, China). Eurasian (?)

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Return of the Waders

10,000 Birds

It is rumored that one of the researchers later became a software developer. On the other hand, for every disturbed Nanhui, there are probably at least 10 coastal places in China that are completely undisturbed, so it all evens out. Then again, given that the paper has 12 authors, this may just be statistics at work.

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