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Just had my lifer Cinereous Vulture this morning

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Stopping for a large cappuccino at a drive-in McDonalds en route, soon I entered a hamlet of a dozen family homes mixed with a dozen small apartment buildings. There’s an eagle… a White-tailed Eagle , a relatively common and numerous breeding species of riparian forests along large water courses and fishponds.

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Birding Shanghai in June 2023

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That means that before starting the migration, the birds spend 15-18 hours per day feeding and fattening up and even moving their sleeping locations close to the food source to save time ( source ), equivalent to a Tour de France cyclist locking himself into a McDonald’s restaurant for a few days before starting the race.

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Birding California: A Regional Primer

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Of course, the Sierra Nevada is a huge mountain range, and there are countless other places to bird besides Yosemite. McDonald Road, south end of the Salton Sea, CA. I’m lumping the eastern side of the Sierras in this section, which includes places like Mono Lake , Crowley Lake, the White Mountains and many other great spots.

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Birding Balangshan (peak area) in June 2023

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Red and yellow are the colors symbolizing several different things – for example, McDonald’s, the People’s Republic of China, Mastercard, and Kodac. And they found that Tibetan Snowcocks like high elevations, gentle slopes, and low levels of vegetation.

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Most Wanted Birds in Brazil

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Horned Screamer Michael McDonald is a lot like Wile E Coyote and would like to see a Rufous-vented Ground-cuckoo ! I can imagine myself inside the Brazilian Atlantic Rain Forest (with the book in my bag), checking every movement, searching for this almost legendary creature and of course jumping in joy when finding it!

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Birding Shanghai in December 2022

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Of course, the paper ends with the usual thinly disguised request for more research grants: “This sharing behavior could indicate a high level of social awareness and prosociality that should be further investigated. .” And indeed, the Tel Aviv McDonald’s does not sell any Hoopoe Burgers. But then, who can be sure?

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