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Birds and People: A Book Review

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Jonathan Elphick and John Fanshawe provided “specialist research” and support.” It includes stunning photographs by Tipling of eagle hunters (as in Kazakhs who hunt with eagles), Stellar Sea Eagles in Hokkaido, Japan, and Black Kites at the dump near New Delhi, India. Cocker focuses on the love-hate relationship we have with raptors.

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Birding Shanghai in February 2023

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Given that the Black Kite is politely described as an “opportunistic hunter” – which includes the fact that they are more likely to scavenge than most other raptors – the name choice of the company protecting the world’s cyber ecosystem is a bit weird. Fortunately, they are quite common in Shanghai.

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