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Birding Tabin, Sabah, Borneo

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The Plain Sunbird is the plain vanilla version of the otherwise often very colorful family (ok, a very low-budget sort of joke). They quote Yascha Mounk: “At its best, it [nationalism] can inspire a white Christian living in rural Tennessee to feel special concern for a Hispanic atheist living in Los Angeles—and vice versa.”

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Arizona, or Central Mexico?

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A quick study as I researched this post revealed that fully 37 Arizonan “specialties” are common birds right here where I live. When they go low… How about the Tyrant Flycatcher family? Southeastern Arizona is unusual, precisely because its species mix is as much Mexican as it is American.

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Collaborative list – August 2018

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Can the whole family live together in harmony during the school holidays? Vuelta Los Angeles. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Vuelta Los Angeles.

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