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Don’t Ignore the Barnacles – they’re Real Birds

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This individual was photographed in India There’s one problem with this approach, as it can lead to birds being ignored. However, though there have been records of feral Barnacle Geese nesting in Suffolk for many years, the number of pairs remain small, and certainly not sufficient to account for flocks of the size now seen every winter.

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The Rose-ringed Parakeets of Heidelberg

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The Rose-ringed Parakeet naturally occurs in two isolated areas: a thin strip across Africa just south of the Sahara, and south Asia where it is mostly found in India with smaller ranges in adjacent countries. This is what happens when people choose their pet birds on visual factors alone without taking vocalizations into account.

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