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Pallid Cuckoo

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All other cuckoos lay their eggs in other birds’ nests and let them raise them. The sound of the Pallid Cuckoo and other distinct birds can be found at this website and it has been grouped as one of “The Sorrows”, which I rather like! The Eastern Koel has only been recorded in Broome on very rare occasions.

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The Falcon Thief: A Book Review

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The proprietor of our ecolodge guides my small group of birders up a steep slope where we see, just at the point where a scope view deteriorates into pixels, a huge bird—a Chaco Eagle, also known as a Crowned Eagle—on a huge nest. And, some background on those laws, both in the United Kingdom and the United States.

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Manx Shearwaters

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Its first flight will take it from its burrow, usually on the west coast of the United Kingdom, to the coast of South America, an extraordinary journey for an unaccompanied minor. After mating, a single egg is laid and incubation duties are shared by both parents. While one bird sits, its mate feeds out at sea for a week or so.