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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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Remotest Endemic Birds

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How difficult is the place to reach in terms of planes, trains and automobiles? 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. Basically, if you can fly or drive there, it doesn’t count.

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