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African Penguins in Peril

10,000 Birds

The early threats of guano harvesting and egg collecting have been replaced by the more ominous threats of oil pollution and overfishing of their favorite food source – pilchards. On the mainland they face predation from domestic cats, dogs, genets, mongoose and Cape Gulls which steal their chicks and eggs.

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Birding Shanghai in September 2022

10,000 Birds

For some butterflies, this bird is not boring but rather the equivalent of a Great White Shark. An example is this study showing that indeed, cuckoo eggs are stronger than the eggs of the host species. ” A weird concept of happiness brought on by killing innocent birds, if you ask me (which of course nobody does).

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