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Birding Yibin, Sichuan

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It seems that the Red-billed Leiothrix can be vocally dominant (it accounts for 37% of an entire bird community soundscape in northern Italy) and can influence the singing behavior, particularly of native Eurasian Blackcaps and European Robins (in Portugal and Italy). In one group, they added a blue egg to their nests.

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The Hidden Qualities of House Sparrows

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As we move from Spain towards the east however, it starts getting interesting as soon as we reach Italy. Italy has an almost endemic … well … “form” of Sparrow, the Italian Sparrow , whose taxonomic affinities and rank have been a matter of dispute ever since scientists started to think about it.

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Activists Hit Max Mara Managers in Italy

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All these people represent the top management of Max Mara Fashion Group, they torture and kill animals for profits of their company. Locked the main entrances. Redecorated with paint also the house of the sister Maria Ludovica located in Reggio Emilia.

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Bird Conservation News: The Good, The Bad (and Ugly), and More Good

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Confiscated from a poacher in Brescia, Italy, this robin will be released to fly away into an uncertain world, where habitat is threatened and predators and poachers await. Fish and Wildlife Service, the American Bird Conservancy, and other groups teamed up to translocate 50 of the birds to another island, Laysan.

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Easy, Bonus Birding at Cano Negro, Costa Rica

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With a schiffornis under our belts, we reached Los Chiles an hour before the meeting time with the group I was to guide, and headed right over to Medio Queso for a bit of scouting. It even entices those of us who seriously dig the fromage (did I ever tell you about the amazing, heavenly provolone I ate at a rest stop somewhere in Italy?

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The Birding in Costa Rica is Always Good at Lands in Love

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Sandy was a fifty-something guy who had immigrated to the Falls from Campobasso, Italy. These are basically groups of drab, sneaky little birds that almost seem invisible as they hasten their way through the lower levels of the forest. Once upon a time in Niagara Falls, NY, they were to a friend of mine whose name was Sandonato.

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Superheroes and the Birds

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She took on the persona Songbird and joined the Thunderbolts, a group of villains trying to take over the world by pretending to be heroes. Heroes, mind, you won’t find the Penguin here. 10: Songbird Mellissa Gold was for many years the Marvel supervillain Screaming Mimi. This is not comic heroism as you remember it.

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