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Asia’s Deadliest Bird: The Brown Prinia

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Additionally, this split would mean that birders need to cut their time short in prime habitats to allow for sufficiant time in degraded, littered shrubs that hold little else that is of interest to them – just the Brown Prinia. A small brown bird. Look at the colour of the mouth: it is pitch black! Now, what does that remind you of?

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Bunny Love

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One of a half dozen hare that live and forage in the industrial area of town Resting in the warm sun is an important survival strategy amongst Arctic Hare These groups pale (sorry) in comparison to the herds that can be found in nearby areas. These herds range from 30 to over a hundred individuals.

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Baihualing – The Sequel

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Scimitar babblers use these long downcurved bills to work through the leaf litter – they are rather terrestrial birds. For comparison, here is a photo of the same species taken at Nanhui, Shanghai, far further east. Two of these birds are relatively easy to see at Baihualing.

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Rambling

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The subject begs for facile metaphors and easy comparisons, and rejecting such is one of my favorite hobbies after birding itself. I applaud responsibility, but please don’t litter.) I am writing (hopefully, by the time this posts, have written) on the odd confluence of good birding territory and historic gay cruising zones.

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In Memoriam

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And to be truthful, now that I’m cleaning the litter box full-time without her, I understand where that comparison came from. We didn’t always agree on everything. She hated sauvignon blanc and IPAs and always claimed the latter smelled of cat p**s.

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