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Birding Chongming Island in summer

10,000 Birds

If you are a person who enjoys analyzing the stuff regurgitated by bird chicks, you probably wish to have participated in a study looking at the diet of Yellow Bitterns in South Korea. The relationship between Black-crowned Night Herons and Common Terns seems to be as weird as the relationship in most human couples.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Our experience on the ground confirms your reporting that this trade is increasingly tied to organized crime. This holds true whether it is in the Democratic Republic of Congo or right here in New York City, where Cyrus R. BENNETT Jeju, South Korea, Sept. ELIZABETH L.