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The Bird Way: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Ackerman surrounds each individual story with background facts and studies on other birds who mimic, play, parasitize nests, engage in complex cognitive routines, parent in unusual ways–presenting a complex mosaic of avian behaviors amongst bird families and the scientific histories of trying to understand them.

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Birding beyond Brisbane

10,000 Birds

By 6am we had our first Australian Brush-Turkey as shown in the above photograph and the list was soon started. We saw several of the kingfisher family whilst on our trip, including Azure Kingfisher, Red-backed Kingfisher and Sacred Kingfisher. Laughing Kookaburras with Australian Brush-Turkey in the background at a campsite.

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