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Birding Tengchong, Yunnan, China in 2017

10,000 Birds

.” I wonder if the rules of the European Song Contest could also be adapted, with the worst performers being turned into birds or maybe turtles. If you do not like that explanation, the HBW has another one: “khloros green (cf.

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Best* Bird Books, Binoculars, Bottles** of Booze, and Backpacks of the Bygone Year

10,000 Birds

Of the dozen gifts mentioned in the Christmas carol β€œThe Twelve Days of Christmas,” seven are birds: the seven swans a-swimming, six geese a-laying, four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves, and – of course – a partridge in a pear tree.

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