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Business Birding Basics – part II

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Second, every raptor we encountered was identified as Tawny Eagle. The first time could be forgiven but he kept doing it despite our protests. His collection was impressive and overwhelmingly illegal so he will remain unnamed too. This is a fantastic initiative by BirdLife South Africa.

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Birding Tongbiguan, Yunnan (part 2)

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The Golden-throated Barbet has already launched several protests asking for a name change as it does not want to be associated with cannibalism – however, so far without success. It is also quite good at mimicry, imitating species such as the Crested Serpent-eagle, the Javan Cuckoo-shrike and the Orange-bellied Leafbird.

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