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Birding Hongbenghe, Yunnan

10,000 Birds

If you are afraid of spiders, you might want to get a pet Streaked Spiderhunter. A worrying trend. The birds forage in flocks and members are believed to stay on nearby if one is killed, according to the Lothas, they will wait to be killed and the hunter would soon see people around him die in quick succession one after another.”

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Can Nature Take Care of Itself?

10,000 Birds

My work as a wildlife rehabilitator over the past forty-five years has allowed me a unique perspective on a disturbing trend. There was a time when our domestic pets were treated like objects. Wild birds are biologic organisms just as we and our domestic pets are. Veterinarians were taught animals did not “feel” like we did.