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Frank Gilbert’s Awesome Hospital Cage

10,000 Birds

One summer my father came to visit from his home in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. When some birds start to feel better, they stay mellow and allow you to do what you have to do without much protest. In order to minimize handling, any sort of medical treatment needed is done then, as well. Others, not so much.

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Birding Tongbiguan, Yunnan (part 2)

10,000 Birds

The Golden-throated Barbet has already launched several protests asking for a name change as it does not want to be associated with cannibalism – however, so far without success. Does that mean that families in Florida should on average be larger than in Colorado? Here is another sunbird species – Mrs.

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