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Birding Longcanggou, Sichuan again (but maybe for the last time)

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The last time I birded Longcanggou, a national forest park in China’s Sichuan province, was in November 2021. Today, the national forest park is open to tourists – which in China means large groups of people in similarly large buses. Shame on the researchers. However, instead of a tit joke, some wren pornography.

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The Bee-eaters of Africa

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After breeding they also disperse over the rainforests and savannas of West and Central Africa, where they hunt for aerial insects. The former occurs from Kakamega Forest in Kenya westwards to Cameroon and the latter from Cameroon westwards to Sierra Leone. They also nest in north Africa, and the entire population winters in Africa.

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