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Birding Balangshan (peak area) in June 2023

10,000 Birds

Being lazy, a bunch of researchers used camera traps to investigate the species rather than following the birds directly (which would have had some health benefits). With regard to their music taste, the research results were inconclusive. Or maybe there was just more need to collect food, but I like the first explanation better.

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Birding Shanghai in June 2022

10,000 Birds

So, the birds start collecting mud and small sticks. Most scientific research really just proves the obvious. In this spirit, Taiwanese researchers studied Red Collared Doves and found that in larger groups, these birds spend less time scanning for danger when in larger groups (and correspondingly had more time for feeding).

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