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Birding Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo

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Of course, only chemists have a rough idea what that might mean. When seeing a Black-sided Flowerpecker , of course, the first thought everyone has is “What an amazing black side!” ” Unless, of course, you see a female. ” Mediocre minds think alike. ” Mediocre minds think alike.

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Birding Tongbiguan, Yunnan (part 2)

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” But of course, with this slight adaptation, it also works for blog posts and their writers, and allows me to plug another nice song by this underrated artist, before switching to birds. And yes, of course you missed my reference to somebody determining the mitochondrial genome of the species. How many times was it played?”

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European Call to End Bird Trapping

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From July 6-8, there was a European conference in Larnaca about illegal bird killing , organized by Terra Cypria. But the most talked about issue throughout was the ambelopoulia problem in Cyprus, with relevant presentations from the Game Fund, SBA Police, Terra Cypria and of course BirdLife Cyprus.&# That’s welcome news.

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15 Australian Birds (Episode 1)

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In my imagination, the job of a male Australian Brush Turkey is pretty similar – removing or adding bits and pieces to his pile of rotting vegetation in order to get the right temperature to incubate the eggs buried underneath to hatch. It breeds in tree holes, presumably explaining the more commonly used name for it.

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Hornbills of Sabah

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In fact, given the right chromosomes, hybridization is possible between the two species and has been observed ( source ). Of course, their own mother is not the only threat to Wreathed Hornbill individuals. Other threats arise from illegal logging, hunting for bushmeat, and other body parts (feathers, beak, etc.)

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Trumpeter Swans: Don’t Shoot Them

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Only several dozen of these swans wintered in the region (the region being, approximately, Montana, Idaho and Wyoming) and for some reason they were almost all at this river in this year, and on this day, they were right there in view. Of course there were other Trumpeter Swans out there, but not many. Canada has more than the US.

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The Wryneck: Biology, Behaviour, Conservation and Symbolism of Jynx torquilla: A Book Review

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The photographers are listed in the front, under Acknowledgements, and are a mix of colleagues, researchers, tour guides, professional photographers, and of course, Gorman himself. I somehow knew right away that the bird I saw was a Wryneck. A 10-page Index is very helpful in locating topics, including country information.