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Birding Tanjung Aru Beach, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

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It is listed as Near Threatened, partly due to the usual occurrence of illegal trade for the pet market. and Blue-Naped Parrots (Tanygnathus lucionensis)” Instead of reading that paper, maybe watch the video ? and Blue-Naped Parrots (Tanygnathus lucionensis)” Instead of reading that paper, maybe watch the video ?

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

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The survival of songbirds depends in part upon eliminating illegal hunting. Note: Some of the accompanying photos and videos are very powerful, but also not necessarily for the faint of heart.). Thanks to a little human intervention, the future looks much brighter for Millerbirds. Photo of the Nihoa Millerbird by S.

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Hornbills of Sabah

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The part of the paper available online describes a video in which “the hornbill pair was seen side by side, observing the swiftlets movements entering and/or exiting while being about a foot away from the square entrance of the roof. One paper describes them breeding in a human settlement in abandoned clay jars.

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes 2015 Expansion of Hunting and Fishing Opportunities on National Wildlife Refuges

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Note in this 2010 video, birders, birdwatching and kayakers are mentioned, not hunters. The State of Louisiana has increased fines for illegal killing of bears. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk_5pt9OTLA. v=sk_5pt9OTLA. They know birders are their biggest draw. Marks National Wildlife Refuge : Expand upland game hunting and big game hunting.

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Hotspur’s Revenge: A Review of Three Books

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I am a human being, so I am entitled to, and I do, say that the starling is an ugly bird. Thomas acknowledges that the Anthropocene epoch, the age of humans, is bringing a sixth great extinction, but that, by itself, is not something he much mourns. Prum, Doubleday). What’s magic about 1970? What, for that matter, is normal?

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Birding Hongbenghe, Yunnan (Part 2)

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videos (see Birding Hongbenghe part 1 to understand this obscure and not very good joke). Unfortunately, juvenile White-hooded Babblers do not look cool and hedonistic enough yet, so they are usually excluded from these videos. The site states that in captivity, “two hens can be paired with one male.”

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Birding Shanghai in November 2022

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Unfortunately, Hen Harriers die disproportionally near British Grouse moors – most likely killed illegally by people hunting grouse for sports ( source ). So assuming that these results are transferable to humans, parents should feed their offspring regularly (first finding) but restrict themselves to one child (second finding).

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