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Birding Sukau, Sabah, Borneo

10,000 Birds

Not sure why they spend time in Shanghai in winter when they could come here though, but then again, I usually do not understand most of the behavior of humans either. They look crap but presumably offer some protection for the chicks, though not from each other (see the murderous activities within the nests in my previous post ).

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COMMENTS ON COLLECTING BIRDS: A Reply

10,000 Birds

How it is being affected by human intrusions? Says the prosecution to this: “Can a dead bird educate the researcher on its song? Or how gracefully it flew? Where and how it gathered food? How its diet changed seasonally? How it raised its chicks? Who its predators were? Its natural longevity?