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Birding Shanghai in February 2023

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It is mostly a question of economics – raising just one is troublesome enough given the resources required to feed and educate the chick. Their reaction is justified – in Israel, where Ring-necked Parakeets are an invasive species, they have a significant negative effect on the breeding density of hoopoes ( source ).

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Birding Hluhluwe, South Africa

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Superb Starlings avoid this when using helpers, much like rich people presumably reducing the stress of raising kids by hiring a couple of nannies. On the other hand, compared to the Laughing Dove , human life is still pretty long. Please insert your own dirty joke relating to humans here.