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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. But what do I know about the taste preferences of Cattle Egrets. A paper reports on how a female Common Cuckoo was mobbed and killed by Oriental Reed Warbler hosts.

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Layover in Singapore

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Mike’s comments regarding his recent stopover in Japan struck a chord that has been resonating within me for a week or two. Anyone with more than a couple of hours to kill could easily make a quick birding foray out from the airport.

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Birding Shanghai in May 2023 – Part 2

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Well, yes, if you phrase it as if it is, such as in this paper titled “Marine and terrestrial food chain links” In another paper , Large-billed Crows in Japan were made to listen to either the Japanese language or the Dutch language. Is it worth a scientific paper if a Large-billed Crow eats a fish?

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