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Stamps in a Weathered Passport

10,000 Birds

In one stretch of rocky outcropping, a group of Ground Woodpeckers foraged along boulders searching for ants and as their name suggests, they forage on the ground in sparsely vegetated country. I have seen documentaries of yak herders in Mongolia, but I never thought I would see something similar with my own eyes.

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Birding Ruoergai, Sichuan, China

10,000 Birds

Godlewski’s Bunting is an attractive bunting species with a rather broad distribution in Russia, Mongolia, China, and other countries. Finally, the Azure-winged Magpie raises a hen-and-egg question: What was first, the color of the bird or the color of the Tibetan prayer flag?

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