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Pallid Cuckoo

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We have several of the cuckoo species around the Broome area and all cuckoos are more likely to be heard than seen, but every now and again you get lucky! The Pallid Cuckoo favours the nests of honeyeaters, woodswallows, whistlers and the Willie Wagtail and all of those species are present at Ellendale. Pallid Cuckoo.

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Birding the Rainforest Canopy

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The lure of an staggering number of species at a particular location is a draw for many people. In fact, the number of “heard only” annotations next to a species names is more frequent in bird list resulting from rainforest birding than birding in any other habitat type. Birding in the Amazon Rainforest has its pros and cons.

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Ringing in the new breeding season

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But another race of Red Knot make the High Arctic their home, the species that winters in the United Kingdom and coast of France, ssp islandica. At the beginning of June the first shorebirds that arrived at my favourite birding spot included a small group of Red Knot. A pair of Red Knots in the High Arctic.

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The Falcon Thief: A Book Review

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The proprietor of our ecolodge guides my small group of birders up a steep slope where we see, just at the point where a scope view deteriorates into pixels, a huge bird—a Chaco Eagle, also known as a Crowned Eagle—on a huge nest. And, some background on those laws, both in the United Kingdom and the United States.

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“The 125 Best Bird Watching Sites in Southeast Asia”

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This guide describes the 125 best birding sites for both common and rare species, covering Myanmar, Thailand, Laos (officially Lao PDR), Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, the Philippines and Timor Leste. Publication City/Country Oxford, United Kingdom. As a rule, I like second editions better.

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Wild Sri Lanka

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465 species have been recorded and the list keeps growing. There are 34 endemic species and the best season to pursue them is November to April when it is dry in the southwest where the remaining rainforests are, plus, this period has the added bonus of wintering migrants. Publication City/Country Oxford, United Kingdom.

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