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Asia’s Deadliest Bird: The Brown Prinia

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From a birder’s perspective however, this is both a shame and a blessing, as I will show below based on my observations of the species on the island of Java in November. The prinias are a group of around 25 Old World warbler species found in Africa and Asia. The Brown Prinia is an Asian species with a very peculiar range.

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Bunny Love

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Another effect of the bounty of lemmings is other prey species enjoyed a bit of a respite from their position at the bottom of the food chain. Apparently without fidelity to a specific mate, although pairs will soon move off and establish, and defend, their own territory to raise their litter.

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Baihualing – The Sequel

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At this moment, Baihualing is the eBird hotspot in China which has by far the largest number of species – 486. With 398 species, Nanhui is trailing far behind despite being covered by a much larger number of checklists (2225 compared to 608). So, it is certainly justified to cover this spot in more than one post.

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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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