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Birding Shanghai in June 2023

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That means that before starting the migration, the birds spend 15-18 hours per day feeding and fattening up and even moving their sleeping locations close to the food source to save time ( source ), equivalent to a Tour de France cyclist locking himself into a McDonald’s restaurant for a few days before starting the race.

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Twitching a Gray Kingbird in New York

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After five hours, a stop for McDonald’s and gas, lots of crappy incidental checklists in eBird, a call from Brooklyn birders saying they didn’t have the bird, and a traffic stop that somehow didn’t result in a speeding ticket, we made it to Conesus Inlet State Wildlife Management Area where we were greeted by a Yellow Warbler.

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Remotest Endemic Birds

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How far is the closest human settlement? Well yes, but all of the planet’s tall mountains are relatively close to some form of human habitation. Some rain-forests could rightfully be termed remote but again, human habitation is actually relatively closer than what one might think.

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Birding Balangshan (peak area) in June 2023

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Red and yellow are the colors symbolizing several different things – for example, McDonald’s, the People’s Republic of China, Mastercard, and Kodac. If such human food is not available, the Yellow-billed Chough goes back to its original diet of (at least in Europe) grasshoppers, as described here.

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Most Wanted Birds in Brazil

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Horned Screamer Michael McDonald is a lot like Wile E Coyote and would like to see a Rufous-vented Ground-cuckoo ! However, the Stresemann’s Bristlefront is one of those birds that is simply enigmatic and rare and recently discovered, with many aspects of its life history unknown to humanity. My most-desired Brazilian bird?

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The One Animal Product You Should Feed Your Children

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That animal product is human breast milk. Human breast milk is a near perfect food for human newborns and infants. 105-6) Dr. Spock is not alone in his endorsement of breast-feeding human infants. There simply is no dispute in the medical community that human breast milk is the best food a human infant can be fed.

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Birding Shanghai in December 2022

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Presumably, this also leads to income inequality, if parallels to humans are any guidance. And indeed, the Tel Aviv McDonald’s does not sell any Hoopoe Burgers. As scientists have found. Discussing important topics in small groups. Minorities are also well-represented. I have already shown many photos of the Daurian Redstart.

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