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Birding Sepilok, Borneo (Part 2)

10,000 Birds

Unlike Sean the martial artist, who is still alive, our Strickland is already dead – when he went to examine the geological strata visible on a railway near Retford in the UK, he stepped out of the way of a goods train on a double track and was hit and killed by an express coming in the opposite direction.

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Birding Without Borders: A Review

10,000 Birds

He was an extraordinary guide and an excellent companion by all accounts — including this eloquent post from the 10,000 Birds blogsite, where Strycker learned, just a few days before their scheduled meeting, that Hugo had been killed in an auto accident. And not a few birders are dubious about the concept of the Big Year itself.) .

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