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“The (Big) Year that Flew By: Twelve Months, Six Continents, and the Ultimate Birding Record”

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Because this is New Guinea, it does not attract t**s, finches, and sparrows, but parrots and birds-of-paradise… as soon as a fresh load of papayas and bananas is brought out and thrown on the table, the forest comes alive.” After 3 months of South and Southeast Asia, Indonesia and Australia, Arjan’s count stood at 2,060 species.

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Hill Mynas: A Touch of Tropical Asia in Miami

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However, the typical birding experience for someone down here also includes a large menagerie of other species such as Orange-winged Parrot , Mitred Parakeet , Egyptian Goose and Nutmeg Mannikin. Common Hill Myna’s range in South Florida. Common Hill Mynas are easy to locate due to their loud, shrill calls.

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Layover in Singapore

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Redgannet was originally conceived as a way to encourage my colleagues (in case you haven’t read the profile, I work as a flight attendant for an international airline) out of the shops and their hotel rooms to experience something that the local natural scene has to offer. Perhaps I have missed my calling. Spotted Wood-owl.

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Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago: Greater Sundas and Wallacea–A Field Guide Review

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The four authors, themselves field ornithologists, conservationists, birders, and writers with years of experience in southeast Asia, researched scientific studies ranging from early 19th-century descriptions of the birds of Java to the latest phylogenomic studies. But, it doesn’t cover all or Indonesia or all of Malaysia.

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Birding Gunung Gede on a weekend without suffering a mental break-down, part 1

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Once you manage to spell it correctly – which may take some time if my own Google experiences are any indication – you will find plenty of information online about the birds and the birding within this amazing park. However, the following mental strategies helped greatly in learning to enjoy the nature experience nonetheless: 1.

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