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Birding Hongbenghe, Yunnan (Part 1)

10,000 Birds

: “A female may share a nest with another, and 3 or more adults may take turns incubating the eggs and feeding the chicks.” Survival rates of chicks increase when there are helpers present – and if in captivity this is not an option, humans can also take the place of helpers ( source ). ” ( source ).

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Birding Hongbenghe, Yunnan (Part 2)

10,000 Birds

.” The website www.jwcpheasants.com seems to endorse polygamy for this species despite this being illegal in the USA for other animals such as humans. Hill ranges in eastern Myanmar and western Thailand are also suspected to be the intergradation zone between C. hardwickii and C. hardwickii and C.

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The Kirtland’s Warbler: The Story of a Bird’s Fight Against Extinction and the People Who Saved It: A Book Review

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I very much enjoyed the first section, which relates the history of the bird and its relationship with us, humans, from its discovery in 1851 up to the fateful Lake Mack fire and its aftermath in the 1980’s. A nest wasn’t found until 1903, which set off a craze for Kirtland’s Warbler skins, nests, and eggs.

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