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Food

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Cattle Egret. Tiger Shrike. A clever strategy to specialize on something that everybody thinks is disgusting. Similar to the Chinese, birds do not seem to mind eating frogs and toads. Brown Shrike. Rodents seem to be less popular, or less available. Black-winged Kite: Yes, it is a tail. Cuckoo species (common?):

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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. While having somebody else raise your chicks like an attractive strategy to me, it is not without dangers.

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Pat’s Year List from Costa Rica, 2019

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Forego strategies, do Big Year birding on the wing and you do a year list at your own peril. Bare-throated Tiger-Heron – Tigrisoma mexicanum; Medio Queso, 14-Jan. Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis; Turrucares, 1-Jan. Unfortunately, time doesn’t stop for birding, love, or anything else.

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Birding Shanghai in May 2023 – Part 2

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And how do Fairy Pittas get injured and possibly die?

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