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Birding Kota Kinabalu, Borneo: Rice Paddies

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Another study provides some hope to human males who think of themselves as good karaoke singers. Apparently, the Malaysian Pied Fantail has only recently been split from the Philippine Pied Fantail. Apparently, the Malaysian Pied Fantail has only recently been split from the Philippine Pied Fantail.

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Birding Sepilok, Borneo (Part 2)

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The scientific species name stricklandii commemorates Hugh Edwin Strickland (1811-1853), a British geologist, zoologist, and the coordinator of the Strickland Code, a code of nomenclature for taxonomic classification prepared by a committee of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, first published in 1842 ( source ).

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Bird Butts and Other Matters

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There is a bit of science news. The zoo has already identified several species like the huge monkey-eating Philippine eagle that are at once distinct, endangered, and suffer from lack of attention. I got it on “film” using my camera, but they were so far away you can only see them for a second, and you can only see a few hundred.

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Birds and People: A Book Review

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It’s very hard to organize the many ways in which human beings relate to avian beings into comprehensible text. and also Modern Iraq, Egypt, Albania, Mexico, Poland and the Philippines. Perhaps it’s because the topic is so huge, it’s difficult to comprehend in a systematic way. Eagles are national symbols of the U.S.,

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