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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. While I would not want to encourage anyone to put birds in cages, it is interesting to read about the experience of somebody breeding Black-headed Sibias in captivity.

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Highs and Lows from the Champions of the Flyway Bird Race in Eilat, Israel

10,000 Birds

Sharing those special birds with so many like-minded people of all ages may have been the most magical experience on race day. At the bidding of count organizer, Jonathon Meyrav, we had arrived before dusk, took a seat on the rocky ground, and kept quiet when the birds came in. Waiting for the sandgrouse.