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Birding Sukau, Sabah, Borneo

10,000 Birds

If you want to know what happened on August 31, 1984, I can name at least one event: In the Padang-Sugihan Wildlife Reserve in South Sumatra province, a Large Frogmouth was mobbed by a Greater Racket-tailed Drongo, as described here. A Crested Serpent Eagle , looking a bit ridiculous after a rain. At between 4 pm and 6 pm, to be exact.

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Birds and People: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

We sing about them, we paint them, we use them as mythic and poetic symbols for our spiritual and emotional feelings, we wear them in myriad and often colorful ways, we adopt them as household pets. Eagles are national symbols of the U.S., We worship birds, we hunt birds, we protect birds, and, yes, we eat birds.

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