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Survival of the Flexible

10,000 Birds

This particular example of flexibility comes from Tern Island, in French Frigate Shoals to the north of Hawaii. Seeing birds suffer is never fun, but never more so than these trusting and uncomplaining young giants that sat all day like contemplative zen masters, meditating in the intense tropical sun.

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Birding Hongbenghe, Yunnan

10,000 Birds

The Crested Serpent Eagle is another species bound to suffer from a naming error in perpetuity. The White-rumped Shama is a South Asia species – consequently, the HBW mostly discusses its introduced population in Hawaii. A worrying trend. ” Some superstition surely should be supported.

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